Sears ShipVantage Reviews


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1.6 of 5
(by 53 reviewers)
Rating Summary | 15% of reviewers recommend (8 out of 53)

Pros
  • none (28)
  • savings (5)
  • savings if purchasing a lot online (3)
  • can't think of one (2)
  • shipping speed (2)
Cons
  • poor service (27)
  • hate what sears does with shipvantage (24)
  • untrustworthy, scammy, deceptive (22)
  • scam (17)
  • worthless (16)
  • unethical (15)
  • want my refund (15)
  • slow (5)
  • slowslow (5)
  • inability to cancel conveniently (5)
Most Helpful Favorable Review

ShipVantage has garnered a lot of negative attention. Most of it seems to be from people who were interested in free shipping at the time an order was being placed with no intention of ever wanting to pay the membership fee after the trial period expired.

I've had this membership for less than a month....

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Posted on Apr 06, 2011
Most Helpful Critical Review
I decided to give it a try, and see if it was really worth it. After calculating how much I would save over a year, it just didn't work out, so I decided to cancel it well before the end of the trial. A month after canceling, I still have the charge on my account, and customer service saying that the... read full review »
Posted on Feb 18, 2011

Sears ShipVantage Reviews

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Sears ShipVantage

Today 02.23.2011 I have found that Sears charged my credit card on February,16. I never authorized either plan to purchase item Sears ShipVantage $83.74). As a matter of fact I actually don't know what is this. I open my sears account and tried to canceled this order. I pushed on baton "Start return or exchange", but instead it conformed the placing an order and I immediately I received E-mail from Sears - "Your Sears Order Confirmation".

I have tried to resolve this issue with their customer support but they referred me to the my credit card bank for a charge dispute.

I have found on internet...

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Posted on Feb 24, 2011
I had tried the trial period for the shipvantage program out and they shipped 3 items all from sears that were all available and in stock when ordered in 3 separate orders all arriving within a day of each other. So then as I had difficulty trying to exchange and return those items I decided I was not going to mess with Sears anymore. I canceled my Shipvantage program well within the time limits. Two weeks later they still charged my credit card for over $86 for it. I called right away and was promised a refund for it. Ten days later, no refund had shown. I called again and again they promised... read full review »
Posted on Dec 31, 2010
Posted on Mar 23, 2011

Great program to save shipping cost and why not try for a month. Easy to cancel with Sears chat. Fee is high if you don't cancel but just keep track of days, use Sears for other orders and calculate shipping savings.

Posted on Mar 21, 2011

I am incredibly disappointed and angry.  I canceled ShipVantage halfway through the trial period.  I called the indicated number and spoke with a representative who supposedly canceled the service.  Now I have been enrolled and charged $79.

This seems to be nothing more than a scam.  I have never even received a single item, with my sole order being canceled by Sears/Kmart.  If this charge is not reversed, I will never shop at either store again.

Sears used to stand for integrity and trustworthiness.  What happened?

Posted on Sep 01, 2010
I purchased a Christmas gift for my husband and unfortunately I decided to get the free trial membership for the ShipVantage. After having the membership, I realized that I would not get much use out of it (as I don't intend on making many online purchases from this company), so I had every intention to cancel the trial membership. Unfortunately, due to the holidays and many other "distractions" I forgot to cancel the membership and now I am stuck with this service that I don't plan on using. I was almost sick to my stomach when I received the e-mail stating that my credit card will be charged... read full review »
Posted on Feb 09, 2011
I RARELY ever shop with Sears or Kmart online, so I'm not happy they tacked this onto my bill and didn't give me much time to cancel it. I know I had 2 weeks, but I was busy and didn't get to it. I don't like automatic renewals AT ALL. I think a better way would have been to NOT automatically renew and pester me to renew like everyone else does.
Posted on Feb 22, 2011
While shipvantage did what it was supposed to do (I got free shipping on my order) I decided to cancel my trial. I looked all over the site and could find nothing else that I planned on ordering any time soon and didn't feel the need to continue my membership. So I called and was assured that it was cancelled. Well, my account was charged, upon placing another call to customer service it seems there was a "glitch" in the system. I am still trying to get my money back and felt that I have been robbed.
Posted on Jan 14, 2011

I was shopping for a few odds and ends for an upcoming project, and since I've had good experience with Craftsman tools, decided to try Shipvantage to get my order, despite living near a store. This was a huge error. In stark contrast to some other shipping promotion programs (e.g. ******, which ships the same day of order 90+% of the time and has free 2-day) Sears took 3 days to say that the item was 'shipped' despite all items being confirmed as in stock, the tracking number didn't register as having been shipped by UPS until 5 days after that, and delivery took an additional 4 business, 6 calendar...

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Posted on Nov 18, 2010

Don't do it!

I wish I had read these reviews before signing up for the 30 day Shipvantage trial.  I am now stuck in customer service hell and will likely be left with no recourse other than to work with my credit card company.

First off, Shipvantage never discounted my shipping cost, so I never even ending up using it once.  So I used the Live Chat to contact customer service THAT VERY DAY (7/16) to cancel my Shipvantage trial.  3 weeks later (8/6), I got an email indicating that my trial will expire in 15 days.  Big sigh.

Phone support was no more helpful.  They indicated that they could see my request...

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Posted on Aug 10, 2010
Don't fall for the trial membership. You can cancel all you want, but in the end THEY STILL CHARGED MY CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should have known...EVERY time I deal with Sears I have NOTHING but trouble.
Posted on Feb 06, 2011

Signed up on 5/11/10. Didn't get much use. Canceled on 6/5/10. Got a charge on my credit card anyway. Contacted customer service (no direct link to Shipvantage). They agreed I was timely said they would cancel with no charge. Credit Card charged on 6/11/10. Contacted customer service. They agreed it was an error. Notes on file. Credit to be applied in 5 business days. It is now July 16, 2010. No credit received. Contacted customer service. They agreed I should have received a credit. Notes in file. Credit to be received in 5 days.

Not waiting anymore. Contacting BBB and Credit Card Company to report...

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Posted on Jul 16, 2010

I went ahead and tried the ShipVantage free trial since I didn't feel like paying for shipping given the item I wanted is sold in my store, just not in my size. I read the reviews about how hard it is to cancel, credit cards being charged--unfortunately, this was after I had already signed up.  Unlike some, I received my items very quickly. My issue came, like so many, when it came time to cancel. I have emailed twice, online chatted twice and am currently on a long hold period with a live worker (and now I have had to call back because my "helper" never came back on the line and now they are...

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Posted on Dec 11, 2010

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