sears

Tue
19
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

$69 iPad 2 Deal has Sears Customers Fuming

A recent Sears advertising mix-up has left many customers fuming with the company. In an online ad, the retail firm marketed a 16GB WiFi-only iPad 2 for just $69 -- one heck of a deal at approximately 86% off the retail price. Unfortunately, it was ... all just one heck of a mistake. Typically, this version of Apple's popular iPad 2 sells for about $499 through the parent company, meaning that the $69 deal represented an approximate savings of $490. Unfortunately, the many customers who thought they'd stumbled across a major bargain were informed that Sears would not honor the deal, with the ... (view more)

Wed
09
Jan
Dennis Faas's picture

The Softer Side of Spyware from Sears, Kmart

If you visited Sears.com or Kmart.com and agreed to join their "online community," you may have installed spyware without your knowledge. Late last year, Sears.com and Kmart.com reportedly began asking users if they wanted to participate in a ... "community" online -- presumably a community made up of Sears and Kmart partners. In late December, security researcher Benjamin Googins of Computer Associates noticed that the "community" actually installed software from comScore, a market research firm, in order to track the web activities of the site's visitors. Googins noted on his company' ... (view more)

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