I was buying some garden stuff Sunday and was paying with my debit card. It is a force of habit left over from when I worked there a few years ago and was getting an employee discount. Within a year or two of Sears buying OSH some bean counting genius hatched a plan to add to the bottom line by only allowing an employee credit card purchase on a Sears MC/Visa.
You could pay by cash, debit or with your Sears Visa and get the discount, no Sears Visa, no discount. For any big purchase (I bought my Dad a Weber for Christmas) I had to buy it at Depot. The Depot price was probably a little more then OSH price with discount but some things you have to draw the line at, a Sears Visa (as if I'd shop at that dump) crosses the line.
Depot should send a thank you note to those geniuses at Hoffman for the big ticket sales.
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