PS... Sears sent out replacement cards as they do and I called in to activate the day I got it.
About two weeks later I saw a tire sale so I went to Sears and the clerk wrote it up and card declined???
I said I just got this and he said it's been happening all day...
Thought it was a glitch but turned out to be related to Sears financial problems.
Sears did say I could apply to one of their partner credit cards... why would I do that only to find it also went under?
Both examples happened through no fault of deficiency on my part...
When questioned as to why I was told good to go when I called in the explanation given is it's basically an automated process to confirm receipt...
I think grandma had the best advice... Cash in Hand but this also caused a problem.
I needed $2700 to close escrow and showed up with $2700 in cash and the Title Company refused...
I said how would I know and they said it's unwritten policy... go figure?
She said the liability of cash in the office is too great a risk... personal check and wait to clear, cashier's check good when verified, wire transfer and in limited cases for small amounts for document services credit and debit cards...
Funny how it works...
As a business person with the Sheriff evicting a tenant for non payment the father rushes to his daughters apartment with the $1900 owed in cash... this is happening with Sheriff, Tenant, me the manager and tenant father on the front porch.
Sheriff watched the father count out 19 hundred dollar bills and declared debt paid...