Well let me give you some obvious reasons why I bought my water heater at Lowes than Sears. Cheaper (the same capacity boiler at Lowes I got it for under $300 I saved $100+ dollars vs Sears so do you think I would pay extra to support a company that doesn't pay me well and is sells overpriced products)? I don't have a discount at Sears anymore and no I don't want points I want to save. Maybe because Sears doesn't even sell the damn product instore.
I needed the water heater I could of bought it online, but it was more expensive ($100+ dollars more expensive lol...) and since I don't have a discount it doesn't work out at all. As other has mentioned just because I work for Sears doesn't mean I have to spend my hard earned money their. They just basically make it for you to not support the company the vibe that builds within time, course you still have your blind people that think Sears is their to help and well what can you do they are blind, but a lot open their eyes to see that this company doesn't give a damn.
Another example the only reason I got the Sears credit card was actually to use my associate discount since I didn't know outside credits didn't work with your discount, now that the discount is gone and its point I use my outside credit card I have not touched the Sears credit card because once again we got slapped by them. I do buy very rare when I get surprise points and its dirt cheap, but my point is I use my outside credit card now because of what they did.