Oy. Had another sort of run in at my favorite jewelry counter (in the same department store where a few weeks ago the guy wanted to call security on me).
They put out new stuff in the liquidation rack occasionally. Well there was this Tommy Hilfiger necklace I had been looking at. But it was $60 regular price. Well today it was on the reduced rack for 30% off $33. And it had matching earrings.
Anyhow I buy them. The woman takes off the discount. Then I ask for a box.
And she looks at me like I am crazy.
Then she proceeds to say, "we don't have any boxes and haven't seen Christmas".
Okay I"m already in a bad mood, but can she be serious? I shop there at least once a month, and I've always gotten a box. Plus there are hundreds of red boxes sitting out with reduced jewelry in them. So I ask if I can take one.
"No!"
Can she be serious?
I'm sensing deja vu.
Finally I say (and I might have been a bit snippy), "I shop here all the time and i've always gotten a box, are you sure you can't find me one?"
(i really hate when they throw expensive jewelry in plastic bag, like it's crap).
So finally she tells me she will go look in another department and I thank her.
She comes back with nothing.
Then finally gives me one of the red boxes.
Oh I forgot the best part. After I said, "are you sure you can't find me a box, i really don't like carrying silver jewelry rattling around in my bag" she said, "okay well you don't have to buy it, i can give you a refund" (as she proceeded to grab my stuff).
What is with these people? Why do they try to have you return merchandise to solve disputes???
