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Many Sears Canada barter acquire questions about the bankruptcy, and I acquire answers from Sears Canada agent Vince Power.
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But afore I get to them, I acquire to acquaint you that calling Sears can leave you alike added confused.
David House did a kitchen advance aftermost abatement and bought new accessories from Sears. He paid $1,300 for continued warranties that offered money-back coupons if no claims were made.
On audition that Sears was closing all its food in January, he alleged the 800 cardinal in his assurance package. He was told not to worry.
“Our warranties would be honoured and we would acquire coupons, but they would acquire to be acclimated for online purchases. Only the food were closing and the online business was still in place,” a Sears rep brash him on Oct. 15.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. The goodbye bulletin at Sears Canada’s website says the “protection agreements” (or warranties) will not be honoured and online arcade is no best available.
If you accustomed a advertisement for not authoritative claims beneath your assurance and didn’t use it yet, you’re out of luck.
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“Coupons acquire not been accustomed back we entered the defalcation appearance as of Oct. 19,” says Sears Canada agent Vince Power.
Here are added questions from readers and Sears’ responses.
George Zador: What if you own a Kenmore exhaustion cleaner or humidifier, additional any apparatus that requires custom filters or evaporator pads? If these “disposable” items can’t be had, you will acquire to abandon altogether operating appliances.
Power: The architect of Kenmore exhaustion cleaners cannot address accoutrements to customers’ homes. You will acquire to buy all-encompassing exhaustion cleaner accoutrements and added accessories at food like Home Depot and Dollarama.
Andy Garbas: I acquire a Kenmore dishwasher that is beneath anamnesis for a assurance affair accompanying to fire. Is Sears still answerable to handle the recall?
Power: You can acquisition a account of recalls at Health Canada’s website. If you chase for dishwashers, you’ll see that the Kenmore articles are fabricated by BHS Home Accessories Corp. in Irvine, Calif. You acquire to acquaintance the architect directly.
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Sid Nightingale: My Kenmore dishwasher is beneath recall, but I couldn’t alarm to set up a adjustment appointment. The numbers provided didn’t work. It was actual frustrating.
Power: Sears contacted BSH Home Accessories on Nightingale’s behalf. He after accustomed an atoning email, adage BSH was training added buzz assembly and he’d apprehend from chump account shortly.
Serge Parenteau: I bought a calefaction pump from Sears in 2012. My arrangement says I’m covered for 10 years, genitalia and labour. I charge repairs, but I was angry away. This isn’t a $50 blender, but a $5,000 unit.
Power: There is no actual recourse, unfortunately. Parenteau will acquire to align for his own adjustment at his own cost. He can book a affirmation as an apart creditor already the action is established.
Diana Kalinowski: The $75 allowance agenda I bought aftermost Christmas has been cancelled. Aren’t allowance cards brash cash? The food are still operating, so it’s cryptic to me why Sears has jumped the gun on this.
Power: We acquire all allowance cards in food during the defalcation sales, as able-bodied as Sears Club points. We asked Kalinowski to accelerate a photo of her allowance agenda assuming the cardinal and abiding for her to use it at the abundance of her choice.
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Bonnie Ashcroft: What about the continued ambit buzz alarm plan with SearsConnect. We’ve had it for years. Will it break in business?
Power: Yes. Sears Connect continued distance, adaptable and Internet plans, powered by Yak, will accomplish as they did before. We plan to cavalcade a account of manufacturers for Sears-branded commodity and services, such as biking and insurance, at our website shortly.
In a contempo column, I brash those who acquire paid for, or are still advantageous for, Sears assurance aegis that will not be delivered in approaching to acquaintance their acclaim agenda issuers.
Here are official replies from the two above agenda brands.
Lauren Mostowyk, MasterCard Canada: Cardholders should acquaintance the coffer that issued their agenda about their concern. The issuer would analysis the affirmation and actuate if the acknowledging abstracts affirm the account – in this case, the assurance – wasn’t provided as purchased.
After that, they could acquire the reimbursement. The chargeback would awning the bulk of the assurance acquirement that was not accustomed by the cardholder. (It would not absorb any affiance of the retailer’s accolade points, rebates or in-store credits.)
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Visa Canada: Cardholders acquire aegis for casework not rendered. They should ability out aboriginal to the merchant. If unsuccessful, they should anon ability out to their Visa agenda issuer to altercate the matter.
Ellen Roseman’s cavalcade appears in Smart Money. You can ability her at eroseman@thestar.ca.
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