How to Get a Sears Refund After the 72-Hour Window.
Sears refunds are per-order, and their own policy gives you a 3-day window. Miss it and you still have tools, a clear email, a card-issuer chargeback. Here's the playbook.
Last verified 7 days ago against Sears’s own Terms · UK, US, and EU rights covered below
The short answer
For ONLINE ORDERS on sears.com.mx, you can cancel in full or in part only while the goods have not shipped, by email to sears.internet@sears.com.mx or by phone; after dispatch your route is to refuse the delivery so the courier returns it, and Sears then refunds the original payment method minus shipping. Shipping costs come back only when Sears cancelled because it had no stock. For DELIVERED GOODS, damaged or wrong items must be reported within 72 hours of delivery to get an exchange or refund, and returns at a store need the goods, the original packaging, the invoice or ticket and the card that was charged; defective or wrongly-shipped items get a full refund including shipping. For APPLIANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS (Contrato de Administración de Servicio de Mantenimiento) cancellation is by written notice within 7 business days with a pro-rata refund of the unused portion, a separate rule that does not apply to ordinary merchandise. The Sears store credit card is a financial product closed via the credit line, not via the internet-sales refund process.
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“Podrás efectuar la cancelación total o parcial de una compra hecha a través de la página sears.com.mx siempre y cuando no se te haya enviado la mercancía, para ello, deberás envíar un correo electrónico sears.internet@sears.com.mx”
, verbatim from Sears’s terms
How long does a Sears refund take?
Most merchants agree to a straightforward refund within 1 to 3 working days of a well-written email request. Once agreed, the money itself takes another 3 to 5 working days to land, that part is card-network processing and no merchant can skip it. If nothing has arrived 10 working days after a written “refund approved”, reply on the same thread asking for the ARN (acquirer reference number), which your bank can trace.
Note Sears’s own policy works on a 3-day window, ask inside it and the request is routine; outside it you’re relying on goodwill or statutory rights.
What you can claim
The law where you live is the strongest hook, lead with it when you contact the company.
Worldwide
- Card-issuer chargebackVisa/Mastercard chargeback works everywhere they do.
Open a chargeback for “subscription not cancelled” or “services not as described”, your bank initiates, Sears has ~45 days to defend. Works regardless of where Sears is headquartered.
- PayPal Buyer ProtectionIf you paid via PayPal, open a dispute.
PayPal’s Buyer Protection covers “item not as described”, applies to services that didn’t deliver. Resolution typically within 20 days.
Rights in other regions (United States, United Kingdom, European Union)
United States
- Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)Dispute any credit-card charge in writing within 60 days.
For US credit-card payments, the FCBA gives you 60 days from the statement date to dispute a Sears charge in writing. Your card issuer is required to investigate and may withhold the disputed amount during the process.
United Kingdom
- Section 75, Consumer Credit ActCredit card issuer is jointly liable. £100-£30,000.
For UK credit-card charges between £100 and £30,000, your card issuer is jointly liable with Sears for any breach. Call your bank, say “Section 75 claim”, send evidence. Usually resolved in 2-4 weeks.
- Citizens Advice + Trading StandardsFor repeated bad-faith refusals.
Free escalation lane: file with Citizens Advice (08082231133), they pass it to Trading Standards. Slow (8-12 weeks) but creates a paper trail Sears can’t ignore.
European Union
- ECC-Net cross-border escalationEU Consumer Centre network mediates against EU sellers.
If Sears is based in another EU country, your local European Consumer Centre will mediate the dispute for free. List of national contacts at commission.europa.eu.
The Sears refund email
Email the right address
Use
sears.internet@sears.com.mx, the route yoink has verified actually gets read for Sears.Use a clear subject line
Subject:
Refund Request, [your account email]Send this body
Hi Sears team, I'm requesting a refund for my Sears order (reference [order number], placed on [date], for [amount]). I'm within the 3-day window your policy allows for this. Please process the refund to my original payment method and confirm by reply. Best, [your name]
Wait 7-14 days, then escalate
If you haven’t heard back in 14 days, escalate via the regional route above, a card-issuer chargeback works in every market.
Refund FAQ for Sears
Sears México lets you cancel an online order **in full or in part only while it has not shipped**. Two routes: email **sears.internet@sears.com.mx** with your order number, or call **55 5345 1606** (interior: 800 836 8246). Put the order number in the subject line, e.g. *"Cancelación de pedido 12345, solicitud de reembolso"*, and ask for written confirmation plus a folio. If the item has already gone out, the policy asks you to **refuse the delivery** so the courier returns it; the refund is then issued to your original payment method, excluding shipping.
Cancelling rather than claiming money back? See the Sears cancellation guide. For every other support channel, the Sears contact guide.
Other refund guides.
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