Buzzard here, still circling. I posted about the Burbank store the other day. Another California store not on the closing list is not accepting gift cards. It gives the same error message as the stores who are on the closing list, saying that the payment type is not recognized. It says something to the effect of "must use Sears gift card." I have been using gift cards at this store for years until this week. Like the Burbank store, employees didn't know what was going on and thought there was something wrong with the gift card. This was not a pre-2018 gift card and I just used it online.
Something is coming.