Sears Revolving Charge Account and Security
Agreement
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Sears. Roebuck and Co.
I agree to the following regarding all purchases made on my
Sears Revolving Charge Account and Security Agreement.
1.1
have the following options each monthly billing period.
(A) Iwill pay the entire New Balance wiihin
30
days of the
Billing Date shown on the monthly billing statement; or
(B) I will pay the deferred payment price for each pur–
chase consisting of the cash price and a
FINANCE
CHARGE.
(1)The
FINANCE CHARGE
will be computed upon
the
AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE
of my account in each
monthly billing period.
(a) The
AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE
is determined by
dividing the sum of the balances outstanding for
each day
bf
the monthly billing period by the
number of days in the monthly billing period.
(b) The balance outstanding for each day of the
monthly billing period is determined by subtract–
ing payments and credits from the previous
day'sbalance excluding any purchases added to
the account during the monthly billing period
and excluding any unpaid
FINANCECHARGE.
(2) FINANCE CHARGE
will be determined by apply–
ing a periodic rate of
1.5%
per month
(ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE of
18%)
to the
AVERAGE
DAILY BALANCE.
(3)When the
AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE
for a monthly
billing period is
$33.00
or less, the
FINANCE
CHARGE
for the billing period, at Sears option,w ill
be
50c
instead of the amount computed _above.
(4)
No
FINANCE CHARGE
will be assessed:
(a) In a monthly billing period during which
the~e
was no previous balance;
(b) In a monthly billing period during which pay–
ments and/or credits equal or exceed the previ–
ous balance;
(c) On unpaid
FINANCE CHARGE;
or
(d) On purchases du'ring the monthly billing period
in which they are added to the account.
(5)
Iwill pay the deferred payment price for all purchas–
es in monthly payments within
30
days from each
monthly Billing Date according to the following
schedule of minimum payments and have the op–
tion of paying more than the minimum payment
each month:
lfthl New
11.i-is:
$ .01
to
$ 10.00
10.01 to 200.00
200.01 to 250.00
250.01 to 300.00
300.01 to 350.00
Balance
$10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
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$350.01 to $400.00 $30.00
400.01 to 450.00
35.00
450.01 to 500.00
40.00
Over$500.00
1/10of
New Balance
(6) If I fa il to pay any minimum payment when d\,Je,
Sears may declare my entire balance due and pay–
able.
(7)
Sears shall reta in title to merchandise purchased
under this agreement until paid in full. Each pay–
ment shall be applied to merchandise and services
as follows: first to unpaid
FINANCE CHARGE;
then. as to items purchased on different dates, the
first purchased shall be deemed first paid. as to
items purchased on the same date. the lowest
priced shall be deemed first pa id.
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(8)
I have the righttopaymyentire balance in full at any
time w ithout incurring a subsequent
FINANCE
CHARGE.
2. 1
agree that the
FINANCE CHARGE
and other credit
terms will be determined by the law of my State of Resi–
dence. If I change my State of Residence I wi ll inform
Sears, and Sears will provide me with a new agreement
containing the
FINANCE CHARGE
and other credit
terms applicable to my new State of Residence.
3. Sears is authorized to investigate my credit record and
report to proper persons and bureaus my performance of
this agreement.
4.
Sears waives the right to reta in or to acquire any lien
arising solely by operation of law in real property used or
expected to be used as my principal residence. This
provision is not applicable to judgement liens.
NOTICETO BUYER:
(1)
Do not sign this contract before
you read it or if it contains blanks. (2) You areentitled to
a copy of this contract. Keep it to protect your legal
rights. (See NOTICE below.) (3) You have the right to
pay in advance the full amount due.
(CUSTOMER'S SIGNATURE)
ACCEPTED. SEARS. ROEBUCK AND CO.
NOTICE:
To open a new Sears Revolving Charge Account. residents of
Illinois, Kentucky
and Michigan
should read and sign the above agreement and return it to us together with the
completed credit application on the preceding page. When your application is accepted, we
will send you a copy of the agreement for you to keep.
Residents of other states should complete and return the credit application on the preceding
page. When your application is accepted, we will send you a copy of the agreement to sign
and return to us, together with a copy for you to keep.
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