Sears Credit Card Reviews

I have both Sears MC & store card. I recently bought a vacuum thru a 3rd party on the Sears website. It was supposed to be delivered on 10/09/2023. I went to track it & noticed the address was wrong. I could not reach a live person so I used one of their online forms. I called Citibank to dispute charge for a product I never received. Today 10/21/ 2023 I received a letter from them saying my request was denied as it was delivered. Their documentation consisted of a printout from AfterShip.com- a program for businesses that can be manipulated. It had me receiving the product on 1 line April 10,2023. On the Amazon itinerary it had it going out at 9:53AM 10/04/2023 & on my doorstep 9:47AM- 6 minutes before it went out. Then I called Amazon to see if they could track it & found out they don’t deliver if not ordered thru Amazon.

My Sears Mastercard was misplaced, and they won't replace the card. I pay Citibank monthly, but they ignore My requests for a replacement card. 7 years ago, there was a Sears, and a K-Mart in my area; now, both are gone. The merchandise in both stores, was the worst they could buy, so I was not a frequent shopper. Now that the card is lost, Citi's awful customer service will not send a replacement. I've even written to Sears about this, only to no avail. What am I missing? Nothing.

My husband's wallet was stolen in Oct 2022. We called all creditors immediately upon learning it was stolen and in the process learned that the thief had been 'shopping' with several cards. Sears, which is managed by Citigroup, was the only creditor that was a problem. A month after calling we received a statement showing the fraudulent charge. I advised my husband to call Sears again to confirm the fraud had been taken care of. Apparently, the original call did not result in the fraudulent charge being removed.

I have had a Sears card for many years since I did a lot of shopping at the sears store that is now closed in my city. I lost my card and it was very difficult to get a real live person online to cancel it. All my other credit cards have the option where you can lock the card in the event of a loss or stolen card. I am done with sears card.

After many years, I pulled the plug on the Sears/Citi Master Card. They lowered my credit limit. I was never late, never used more than five percent of my credit limit. Customer Service is good for nothing.

I have been trying to have a problem with my Sears Credit Card (Citibank) account page fixed for weeks. I think the customer support has been outsourced to somewhere that doesn't understand English well. I have explained the problem numerous times and any reply I receive never mentions the problem I described. They always talk about something else. Apparently they are not able or willing to make any modifications to my account. When I asked to have my issue escalated to someone who has the authority to make the changes, they refused to assist me further. Perhaps it's a good thing I can't use my account, the level of incompetence Citibank is allowing in the customer service department is likely a symptom of the incompetence in the whole company.

I gave them one star due to their horrible customer service, both online through messaging and on the phone via the number on the back. I created a new email account as my old one was full of spam and I want to delete it. I have changed that email over and over, sent complaints over and over only to be told to contact tech support via the number on the card. Tech support says it's fixed, but it never is. I reply to messages sent to the wrong email yelling and cussing in capital letters to stop using that email!!! This has gone on for months. I think my only option now is to cancel my online account, then start a new one, just like I had to do a few years ago. What a bunch of inept morons!!

I have an LG washer and dryer which I bought at Sears a few years ago. My warranty was about to end and I received a phone call from Sears with the offer to buy a new protection agreement. First of all, I didn't want to buy it, but the representative said that they offer 12 months interest free if I use my Sears credit card. I agreed, $70 a month is not as bad as $726 in one payment. I received my first bill, paid $100, 1 month later I received the second bill with the interest charge. More than 3 hours later, I'm still on the phone with Sears, I've been transferred 5 times already from one department to another with no help.

I have a 10+ year history with my Sears Citi card with zero late payments, and a great credit score. I reached out to customer support to try and negotiate a better interest rate based on my history and stellar credit. Not only were they completely unwilling to lower my rate, but they proceeded to cancel my card without letting me know. The person I talked with on the phone was very hard to understand, but I never asked to have my account closed as they allege. That's the real kicker, that they claim I asked to have my account closed, and when I tell them I didn't, they still won't reinstate it. I don't need their kind of business at all, so I paid off my outstanding balance. What kind of company cancels the account of a reliable no risk customer? There must be serious mismanagement going on inside that company. The whole experience was surreal. The off shoring of customer support is also doing them no favors. They will not get my business again.

They charge a late fee for no balance and then tell you they will waive it but are so late doing it that another late fee is incurred. These people are crooked and should be in jail. It does no good to contact them because they lie.

I used this card only for a re-occurring $35 monthly charge. I was continually charged late fees of $28.00 and a minimum interest charge of of $2.00, even though it was paid EVERY month. (Making each $35 monthly charge now $65 - although statement said my balance was 99.98.) Had to waste time calling WORST customer service almost every month to try and get it all straightened out! So called Thankyou points are a joke - my monthly statements say I earned 35 points for each billing cycle - Customer service say I have "0" after having card for well over a year.

AccountCare has been charging me without me ever signing up for such services. I have been calling them since 9/11/20 trying to cancel their services. I have received two cancellation confirmation numbers and now there's been charges to my account because it wasn't cancelled correctly the first time and since the account is 'past due,' I have been charged again for late fees. I have called on 9/11, 9/29, 10/6, 10/23 with each person stating that my case would be "escalated" and someone will call me in 24-48 hours. No one ever calls and all I get is the same letter after every time I call stating my request is under review and to allow 30 days. It's been almost two months and I still don't have my refund onto my account and now my credit is most likely going to be impacted by their inability to cancel and refund me in a timely manner.

Although the rates could be better, I haven't suffered there as I pay my bill off every month. With all of the insane scams going on, they have been very quick to respond to my concerns or questions. They have reissued a new card when I reported questionable phone calls or emails to prevent any fraudulent charges and I appreciate that. Re-issued cards have been promptly sent out so there has been minimal inconvenience.

Me and my wife have been making monthly payments, we called them to get it straighten out but they are saying we never paid the payment. Our bank account showed they took the money, so apparently they making excuses by accusing us. Been fighting with them for months and they already destroyed my credit scores. Gonna make reports to BBB against this company. No wonder why this company is failing and desperate for the money to stay afloat. We are no longer will buy anything that comes from the Sears or Kmart.

Complete fraudulent third-party services from Sears. Took my money. Never received product. Sears has been giving me a hard time for two months refusing to give me my money back even after the company never shipped it and they have all the proof they need. Had to go through my fraud department/credit card. So sad. That’s why Sears is Where they are today.

Updated on 07/17/2020: I just found out that my credit rating went down 80 points with this ** card. I found a fraudulent charge on my credit card and reported to them piously early this year. What happened next was completely **. 1) They cancelled my old card. 2) They issued me a new credit. 3) They reported the fraudulent as unpaid and loaded onto the new card. 4) They did nothing to investigate and told me it was legitimate, they could not provide me with the bill, the company info (see 7 why?). 5) I have nowhere to go to fight this (well, the credit card company supposed to fight for you on this).

Absolutely disgusting. I have been the victim of identity theft and fraud by someone I met. I didn't realize all the charges he made until too late... $16000. All my other credit cards were helpful. Savannah & Nicki, In Florida, were absolutely disgusting to deal with. Long story short they blamed me and the criminal gets to walk away with $16000 in purchases.

The Sears store card was my first credit card ever. I got it in 1994 and have had no issuers until recently. I don’t use it but once a year to keep it active. On Oct 23, 2019 charges were charged to my account I didn’t know until Oct 24, 2019 when the fraud department was texting me about a charge I replied with the N for no. Then I got a phone call asking me if I charged over 3,000 grand in California I replied no. They said, "we are closing your account and getting you a new card to a new account." I had no idea that any charges were actually charged to my card. Until I finally was able to get into my online account and saw there were two charges for over 3,500. This was ridiculous. They didn’t catch this until the third attempt in the same sears store.

The apparent change in credit card provider is a complete fail. Every online bill pay customer when logging-in should be rerouted to new site and login/password should remain the same. Instead, it appears their one or two mailings and a email among all the other junk mail we get has gone unnoticed by many. Following their directions also has not worked. Had me thinking I was get either fraud calls or fraud mailings.

I am legal guardian to a cardholder and was attempting to update card information as well as acquire a new card for my client. Customer Service representative was kind to hear both my client and me on the line. In the process we found out that there is a wrong social security number associated with the card and was transferred to 'Consumer Protection' group. The representative in this department said they would only speak with the cardholder after I told them I am the legal guardian trying to help my client resolve the issue they have with her card.

I’ve never had a credit card company not give me my money back for a dispute and most credit card companies give us our money back, no questions asked, period. These people are liars, every time I call them every representative tells me something different about the same situation, they have a new policy everyday, and they will lie, cheat, and do everything in their power to not give you your money back. I've never dealt with a credit card company that we can't speak with the person handling our claim, that works against me instead of help me, or who really does not want to return my money from a dispute. It’s really shady how the investigators hide behind the scenes and scam and lie to not approve our disputes. They ask for one thing and when you send it, they lie and deny your claim saying they didn't receive the information.

I have been a card member since 2016. Never late fee. Now it seems the two attempts I have tried to pay my card have failed. Then I find the number has been changed (without warning). Now it seems I will have my first late payment. I'm Not happy that this company doesn't care enough to make sure I can Make a payment on time! They seem to be trying to collect late fee!

Had 100% payment history with the credit card company! Never late! Always on time! Had bought a complete kitchen set, fridge, stove, dishwasher. Well when they decided to close their stores, I guess they decided to screw the loyal customers that they had. Didn’t send any notification that they were closing my card, no phone call! No email! No correspondence whatsoever! I go to use my card find out that the account number is no longer active so I called the 800-number only to be told oh well we changed your account number you should be getting a new card in the mail within 6 to 8 weeks.

My credit card was used twice around the world and I had never swiped it anywhere. This means Sears was hacked or somebody was selling the information. I also later purchased an item online and was double charged. The seller provided me a refund (he saw both transactions) but Sears was still double charging me. I asked for my money back which Sears initially did give me, but they actually took it from the seller (the single transaction left that the seller should have had). So the seller decided to reach out to his company and they get the money back. Now I'm out a couple of hundred because Sears is incompetent. I reached out to them and they sent me a letter ("proof") that it was a rightful charge. Funny thing is they're only disputing that I DID buy something, not that I was double charged. They totally ignored the situation. I was complaining about being double charged, I was not disputing the fact that I bought something or not.

I had the Sears store card for about 6 months. 2000 dollar limit. So with 350 dollars on my card and flawless payment history the idiots dropped my limit to 400.00. Thank you Sears for destroying the credit that I worked so hard to fix... IDIOTS. Plus what happened to the Craftsman quality? I traded my Harbor Freight tool box for a Craftsman. It was made from aluminum foil.

These people are thieves. NEVER get a Sears card. I am on paperless billing. I paid off the card in November 2018. In December 2018 there was a $23 charge. I did not receive a statement in December 2018, January 2019, or February 2019. In March 2019, they sent a statement saying my account was four months overdue, but that's not the worst part. THEY CHARGED ME 1000% interest on that $23. The bill ended up being $230 dollars. Customer service was COMPLETELY unhelpful and lied. I will never do business with this company again.

I have completely given up on Sears bankcard customer service. I called them to complain about unauthorized charges on my card over 2 months ago. At first I gave my report to the unauthorized charges department. I called 2 weeks later to follow-up and was told that I actually had to call the Fraudulent Claims Department. So, I did. I then called 2 weeks later and was told that my claim had been sent to the Presidential Offices. So, I called them to follow-up. They said they would contact me within 2 weeks.

Sears was my longest line of credit. After being with them for over 10 years they closed my card. Never once made a late payment (not even a day). My card wasn’t maxed out. In fact I was paying it off. I specifically called and asked someone if I paid it off in a debt consolidation would my card be closed. The representative guaranteed me that it wouldn’t. She told me that she would leave notes on my account stating that I did not want my account closed. A month later it’s closed. I call in and dispute it saying that the representative promised it wouldn’t be closed (otherwise I would have just excluded that card from the consolidation).

My husband opened a Sears Mastercard around 7 years ago, we were on time with the payments and we even paid it off last year. Due to emergencies, we had to put around $1500 back on it, I was then I was a couple weeks with the payment, not even close to 30 days, one time, mind you, and they lowered his limit from $3,000 to $1800. Since then I have not missed a payment, but yet he got a letter in the mail saying they would not be renewing his credit card, what the heck? He has no delinquencies on his credit, why they made that decision I’ll never know. They are terrible and it doesn’t matter if you are a loyal customer or not, they will screw you over!

The Sears credit card system is literally set up to keep you from paying off balance transfers in time for the promotion to end. I had two balance transfers on my card, and I always pay way more than the minimum. I should have already paid off my first transfer, but then I found out the "system" was misapplying my payments. Only the minimum was going towards the first transfer the rest towards the other. Even calling in cannot solve this because all representatives will tell you is that "the system will not apply anything past the minimum to the first transfer, if you have more than one on the card". It is literally set up to keep customers from paying off the transfers on time, so that they can receive interest money. I did a balance transfer for the entire Sears card and then I closed my account with them. There's a reason this company is bankrupt and I have no pity on them.