1947 Sears Christmas Book

Make Sears Y01:1r Gift Headquarters

Use both this Christmas Book and your

Sears Big General Catalog for a complete selection

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SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

HOW TO ORDER

We always urge our customers to Shop Early and Mail Early to avoid the last

minute rush at Christmas. Shop through this Christmas Book, your Sears Big

General Catalog, and Sears Midseason Fall Book now. List all the things you

want on the enclosed order blank. However, if you don't have a Sears order

blank handy any plain paper will do.

Simply print or write plainly your full name, complete address, including rural

route and box number if you live on a rural route. Give us the catalog number,

quantity, name of each item, color, size, price, shipping weight, and any special

information or measurements asked for in the description of the item you are

ordering. Then add the shipping weights of items you are ordering, and change

ounces to full pounds (16 ounces to the pound).

Refer to parcel post rates on page

259

for amount to include for postage as we

must pay postage on parcel post packages before we can ship your merchandise.

you send too much, every cent extra will be promptly returned to you. You

pay only the exact postage needed to ship your order.

The best ways to send money are by U. S. postal notes, post office or express

money order, or by bank draft or check. Your ma,il carrier will be glad to buy a

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money order for you if you live on a rural route. You can also obtain a

money order at your post office or from local express agent.

U. S. POSTAL NOTES

U . S. Postal Notes are a convenient and economical way to send money by mail.

They can be purchased at post offices in any denomination up to

$10

for only

cents per note. However, you can buy as many notes as you want at one time.

For instance, if you want to send Sears

$15.83

to cover the cost of goods and

postage, you would buy a

$10

note and a

$5.83

note, which would cost you

cents

for both. When using Postal Notes to send money to Sears, write "Sears, Roebuck

and Co." on the line indicated for name of payee on the face side, and your name

and address on the back-then enclose with your order.

POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER CHARGES

The post office makes the following charges for Money Orders, regardless of where

they are. purchased. For amounts above

$100,

purchase additional Money

Orders at the same charges shown below.

Amount

Charge

$60.01 to $80.00 . . . 20c

80.01 to 100 00 ... 22c

C. O.D. ORDERS

Unless there is real need for C.O.D. service, we urge you to enclose postal note,

money order or check when you mail your orders and avoid the extra handling

and expense of C.O.D. orders. On parcel post C.O.D. shipments, in addition

to the price of the merchandise and regular parcel post charges, we will bill you

for the C.O.D. collection fee which we are required to pay the post office. The

post office also collects a money order fee for forwarding the total amount to us.

We believe very few of our customers will want to order C.O.D. because of the

extra cost. However, when you need the fastest possible service regardless of cost

to you-for example on emergency orders for repair parts-we will ship C.O.D.

We do not accept C.O.D. orders: For less than

$2.00

(except orders for repair

parts); for merchandise that is cut or made to special measurements; for items that

are shipped direct from one of our factories; or for shipment to foreign countries.

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ABOUT SEARS CATALOGS

More than twelve million customers throughout the United States use Sears

Catalogs year in and year out as their buying guides. They make worthwhile

savings-that's why they continue to buy from Sears.

We send our Big Catalog and our special catalogs without request to cus–

tomers who buy regularly from any Sears catalog-by mail, by phone or through

one of our catalog order offices.

To be sure that all of your orders will be correctly credited to you so that, as a

regular customer, you will automatically receive Sears catalogs, we suggest that

all members of the same family order under one name, preferably that of the

head of the household-and that this name be written the same way each time

you order-for example "John T. Jones" (always using full mame). This also

helps us to give you faster and more efficient service.

About Colors-The color pages in this catalog reproduce the actual colors of the

merchandise as faithfully as is possible with modern high speed printing equip–

ment. Naturally in the process of reproduction some of the printed colors may

vary slightly in shade from the actual colors of. the merchandise. In such cases

as with everything we sell, we guarantee your complete satisfaction or your money

back.

If you have a question

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just write us

If,

after looking through this catalog, there is something additional you want to

know about .our merchandise, how to make out your order, or how to have it

shipped . . . we invite you to write to our Personal Service Department and re–

quest whatever information you need.

Ask us anything you want to know about Sears service. Your questions will re–

ceive prompt, individual attention. Address your letter to Personal Service De–

partment, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Minneapolis 1, Minn.

WRITE IN ANY LANGUAGE

We can always take care of your order and we assure you of complete satisfaction

at all times, or your money will be gladly refunded.

IMPORTANT ABOUT PRICES

Prices in this catalog apply only to orders placed by mail, telephone, telegraph or

at the catalog order desk in a Sears Retail Store, Order Office, or in one of Sears

Affiliated Stores.

Should the Federal, State or Local Governments increase or impose additional

taxes after this book goes to press, we shall be obliged to add such further taxes to

the prices shown. On the other hand, if any existing taxes are reduced or termi–

nated, while this catalog is in effect, we shall reduce our prices accordingly and

refund you the difference.

IMPORTANT TAX NOTICE

you live in any of the places listed below, please add to your order an amount,

at the rate shown to cover the following:

Iowa (Use Tax).....................23

Michigan (Use

Tax)~

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South Dakota.(Use Tax) ••••• , •• •• ••• 23

North Dakota (Use Tax).••••• ,.,,.,

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