<![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Yeah, I thought it seemed pretty dumb to put up a picture of your house, etc...

I'm not going to forget what my house looks like!

I can see it now:

phone rings

Hello, this is sears, we noticed your siding could use an update. We called your contractor and he can offer you a great deal on installing our siding.

girly

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I attempted to "test" this but was unable to do so! In any case it's still a bad idea to let a RETAIL store have access to all of your home & home furnishings inventory, contractors you've used, photographs of you're stuff ect. Sears IT and greedy business teams need to go back to the "drawing room" . . .

PS their website is not secured...

parabola101

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Search the site for "sears purchase history" and you will see two questions from their "expert help" that reference the now-missing feature.

Here's the text of one of them

"How to bring up a list of my laundry appliances that I purchased at Sears?

Please list my laundry equipment purchases and explain how I can call up a list of my Sears purchases.
Expert Answer
Once you have registered and logged in. Place the cursor over MY HOME and click on Getting started. Click on VIEW MY PURCHASE HISTORY.

If you need assistance with bringing up you purchase history. Click on Contact Us at the top of the page, or email at history@contact.managemyhome.com."

When I searched my parent's home, it didn't come up with anything at first. I had to put their area code from 20 years ago to get results (same home--the area code has changed twice). Of course I don't think the feature is available anymore.

girly

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I attempted to replicate this and failed. I created an account, and there was no "find sears product" search link or button I could find on the site. I tried the general search (I made a recent large purchase, so I used my info) and the search yielded no results. I have to question the veracity of the consumerists claims. (I have had interactions with network architects at sears, so the claims in this article don't surprise me).

therealbithead

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> And by the way, I input several different addresses and was able to view them all.

girly

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @point: Yesterday I was able to use the site as people are saying (to look up purchases of any household given name, address, and phone number).

It does look like it was taken down sometime later that day, although their help section still had mention of it. I don't know about today.

I didn't input those purchases, they were there for the viewing based on warranty data, it seems. There were a dozen appliance/electronic purchases listed for one of my family members, two for me, and a handful for my parents. Some of the purchases dated back to the mid '90s.

It did happen, and it was a very bad idea. Good think they stopped it.

girly

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Not quite as scary but odd . . .

Sears also cross-indexes purchases. I bought a shopvac online for my dad's birthday, and I used my parents' address (sadly, despite the fact that I moved out two years ago, their address is still my address for my credit card and bank cards and such). Sears send me stupid online updates all the time.

The other week, I got an email reminding me to change the filter in my fridge. Wha? I open it, and it turns out they are reminding me to change the filter in my parents' fridge. I assume the email was b/c we live at the same address, but I still find it odd.

Leah

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> After looking at it, managemyhome.com appears to be a site where you go and enter in all your information including all the appliances you own so you can look up manuals, order parts and service etc.

The information comes from you. It's not mined from credit cards or receipts. If you didn't sign up for it then the information isn't there.

I love all the FUD.

Just like the spyware; Shopping sears.com doesn't install squat on your machine. I tried it. Nothing. The Spyware thingy is buried on some page for some option (join the community) that noone has any compelling reason to go to or install.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of other reasons to not shop Sears. No reason to spin obscure technical issues to justify it.

point

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> [community.ca.com]

It's been turned off.

kostia

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @pepe the king prawn: Sorry, but good luck getting shit done in the store if you lose your reciept.

bombaxstar

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I wonder... since Sears & Big K are the same company...does the home invader that looked up my home address know that at the top of the stairs awaits my brand new Mossberg 10Ga?

d_lay123

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Wow, here's more good stuff re: Sears...

[www.schneier.com]

Their application is full spyware.

PalmBayChuck

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> This is either no longer happening or the whole story is viral marketing by Sears to get people to sign up at this stupid website. I registered and I see no such thing. It also sounds simply too outrageous to be true. So now the only thing I've gotten is a new membership to this website that I will never use.

Suspicious, isn't it?

hurrdurr

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @pepe the king prawn: So can we all now look up Herman Munster's Sears purchases on this website? Can anyone check that out? I didn't register just to go look.

scoosdad

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> This would have actually been sort of useful. I might have found out what model of Sears programmable thermostat is in my rental home.

krom

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I always give them the name of my imaginary childhood friend, the address of the central police station and the phone number for the theft department.

unclescrooge

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Just tried creating an account so I can look at other folks and it stalled. I couldn't get one created.

Clarkins

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Thank god Sears doesn't have a pharmacy section.

Bay State Darren

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @ivealwaysgotmail10: ha, also it's just for appliances and such.

I did sweat a little when I read the article title that said "everything"

I go to sears essentials for sundries--nothing scandalous, but still I was worried about seeing a nice list of personal items and such

when I checked the site was kind of finicky and I had to put in an old area code to get it to work for my parent's home, but nobody in my family had any items listed older than 12 years

girly

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> WOW..... .... WOW... simply crazy... good think sears doesnt really sell many controversial items or more people would be thinking of filing lawsuits.

ivealwaysgotmail10

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @snoop-blog: You're never too young to know about the Munsters or the Addams Family. The value of eccentricity should be taught early.

clank-o-tron

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @pepe the king prawn:
so, calmly, i gave her:
herman munster
1313 mockingbird ln
mockingbird heights, in 66600

Did she go for it? Anyone under the age of 30 might not have ever seen the show...

MPHinPgh

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> How do I find the search page for Manage My Home online manuals?

I am trying to find a manual for a lawn tractor but cannot seem to find "find products" in the home section of Manage My Home. How do I get to the search page?
Expert Answer

I am sorry if you had trouble, some Internet issues were recently resolved that may have caused your problems. The direct link to the search page is:

[www.managemyhome.com]

It looks like they are just letting you search for your manuals now.

Tankueray

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> It ate my post.

Tankueray

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I saw this posted on arstechnica yesterday morning by the same person and nothing was done. Today, one little blurb from The Consumerist and its removed withing minutes. Impressive! Consumerist, FTW.

Imaginary_Friend

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I am trying it and I do not see that option. We probably got it shut down ALREADY!

Fist-o™

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> ok, never shopping at sears ever.

SAGA

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> service is now unavailable. viva la revolution!

ssaoi

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @caederus: looks like it - I was looking up my friends and relatives when the site logged me out - when I logged back in it was gone

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I can't find the feature. Did they pull it allready?

caederus

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Looking at the site now, it looks like they've taken that feature off the site - it's certainly not appearing to me as described in the writeup at CA.

jferg

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @savvy999: Bingo. These types only need the tiniest crack to get in the door.

@misteral: Damn right. What's even scarier is when stuff like this has been through the goddamn legal department and it *still* takes a programmer working on final implementation to see a problem.

beavis88

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Wow. I just got the word 'sex' for the word verification on the search. They're really going all out for this one, aren't they!

SpenceMan01

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> see... this is what happens when a good idea goes bad. I love... LOVE. that I can go into sears to return something, and if I've lost my receipt (often) I can five them my name, addy, and phone number, and BAM - they've got it all on file.

This right here is just stupid. It's asking for trouble, and I have a very hard time believing this actually slipped through the cracks and into the wild.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> This will be fun once it hits TV News.

starrion

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> So, who's found the purchases of the rich and famous? 1600 Pennsylvania Ave turns up zip.

rbb

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @Hossofcourse: Don't blame the programmers - quite frequently they are "just following the rules", you'd be surprised how many times management shrugs their shoulders at any problems a lowly programmer bring up, only to blame them when something like this gets out.

(don't mind me while i sit here patting my 4 years of email archives for that very reason...)

misteral

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @pepe the king prawn: let me guess, she was too young to know anything about the munsters.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> i recently bought a garage door opener at sears (it was on sale). i was asked for my name, address, and phone number for the "warranty purposes." i told the cashier that the receipt was good enough to prove i bought it there. she said "no it isn't."

so, calmly, i gave her:
herman munster
1313 mockingbird ln
mockingbird heights, in 66600

pepe the king prawn

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> This is horrible. Is it CEO eblast time?

Wrathos

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Anyone who wants to look up my info, break into my house, and take my Kenmore dishwasher can have it.

The original article brings up an excellent point, that knowing such details about a particular model or brand of appliance inside a home would automatically lower an owners' guard and the potential for a social engineering scam is great.

"surely if they know what oven I have, this *must* be Sears on the phone asking for my credit card!"

savvy999

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Apparently my parents have purchased many many things at Sears.

This is very bad.

starrion

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @Bay State Darren:

I'm a professional burglar as well, and I use the database to look up potential targets. But I try to avoid those households with a lot of Sears products. I prefer to go after higher-end type household goods.

Will I see you at the next National Convention of Theft Professionals?

ClayS

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @snoop-blog: I worked at sears for a while, and it was my understanding that Kmart had been switched over to Sear's POS system (for the most part) so it would be fair to say that there's a fair chance that this applies to Kmart as well.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> being able to process returns w/ a name and phone number - good idea

being able to look at strangers' shopping habbits w/ a name and phone number - bad idea.

What The Geek

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @jamesdenver:

I don't think you have to volunteer your address, if you pay by debit or credit card they've got your address.

SadSam

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> so since sears owns k-mart, i wonder if they'll be next, or if their information is already on there.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I signed up just to see what's in there, and the site is painfully slow. I wonder if it's being DoS'd or if it's an intentional part of the Sears Customer Service Experience.

MercuryPDX

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> yeah for expensive home theatre stuff that is a potential burglar.

But unless you're having it delivered - why would anyone (at least us) volunteer their home address?

jamesdenver

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @Hossofcourse: "you'd need a strange mind and lots of free time to start researching people's name, address, phone number, etc., all required fields"

And that's why this site unsettles people.

SVreader

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @Bay State Darren: I had the same thought. Why take chances selected a house that may not contain anything of value?

This is one of the worst ideas ever.

vliam

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> As a career burglar, this looks very useful to me. For instance: I onw know that Mr. Benjamin Popken of [ADDRESS REDACTED -editors] has purchased all of the latest in home appliances. I certainly intend to make effective use of this information. Thanks, Sears!

Bay State Darren

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @homerjay: beat me to it!

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> one MORE reason to never shop at sears.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> clearly the programmers didn't think this through. but really, you'd need a strange mind and lots of free time to start researching people's name, address, phone number, etc., all required fields -- to get to know what the neighbor paid for the new snow blower.

Hoss

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> @quarterly: There's an option to opt-out. Don't shop at Sears. Or at least falsify the info you give them.

homerjay- Smiling politely

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I am a bit confused. Can you view other people's purchases even if they haven't signed up? I wonder because, reading the privacy policy, you agree to share your personal information. Check it out.

tankitore

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> i would just not give them my address or name. then what? i've bought things from their before, and never ended up in their list. i think its because i paid cash and don't give any personal information to a cashier.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Wow. What a bad, bad idea. Beacon levels of badness, maybe more.

SVreader

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I don't think this is a thing of being evil. Sounds like an oversight to me. It was a well intentioned device that they simply did not think through. I'd be surprised to see it up in a month. (If it is up in a month I retract my not evil comment )

Charles256

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> I attempted to reproduce this, and am unable to. I followed the linked blog's instructions to no avail. Anyone else have any luck?

kilrathi

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Where do I sign up for the class action?

Murph1908

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Good thing they don't have a Craftsman line of adult items. How embarrassing.

Tho, if they did, would they carry lifetime replacement?

unklegwar

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Indeed they are evil. First that spyware, now this. What the hell are they doing?

Electroqueen

]]> <![CDATA[See Everything Your Friends And Neighbors Have Ever Bought At Sears]]> Wow. Very, very, very bad idea.
Is there a way to opt-out? Please tell me there's a way to opt-out.

emona

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