EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being
a director or officer, or both, of SEARS ROEBUCK ACCEPTANCE CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint, JEFFREY N.
BOYER, JAMES G..KEANE, GEORGE F. SLOOK and KEITH E. TROST,  with full
power to each of them to act alone, as the true and lawful attorneys and
agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
to each of said attorneys, to execute, file and deliver any and all
instruments and to do any and all acts and things which said attorneys and
agents, or any of them, deem advisable to enable the Corporation to comply
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereto,
relating to annual reports on Form 10-K including specifically, but without
limitation of the general authority hereby granted, the power and authority
to sign his name in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, as indicated
below opposite his signature, to annual reports on Form 10-K or any amendment
thereto; and each of the undersigned does hereby fully ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, or the substitute of
any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents, as of
the 20th day of March, 2000.


	NAME						                    TITLE




/s/: KEITH E. TROST					       Director and President
Keith E. Trost					            (Principal Executive Officer)





/s/: GEORGE F. SLOOK 			       Director and Vice President, Finance
George F. Slook				            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)








	NAME							                                TITLE





/s/:JEFFREY N. BOYER       	             			Director
Jeffrey N. Boyer





/s/:JOSEPH E. LAUGHLIN                  				Director
Joseph E. Laughlin





/s/:LARRY R. RAYMOND                    				Director
Larry R. Raymond