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99 Cent Only Store
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
3 reviews for 99 Cent Only Store
I was very upset to learn that my old gym was going out of business and being replaced by a 99 cent store which brings me to Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving morning my phone rang and it was my cousin asking if it was okay to bring a friend and her daughter to dinner. "Sure, the more the merrier" As I hung up I was thinking I need more place settings. At the moment I have enough room for 16. (each table holds 8). My cell rings and my friend from Virginia calls and surprises me by saying "SURPRISE! We got here two days earlier. What are you doing"? I answer "Having Thanksgiving at my house come on over". Mind you this is one of my best friends and did I mention she is married with 3 children. So now my head count is 23. Whenever I have large parties we usually use plastic dishes or Chinette. My fine China has 16 settings as well as my cobalt blue glasses. Wanting everything to be perfect I ask my friend "what do I do"? She says "You are going to think I am crazy but why don't you try that 99 cent store up the street" Apparently she went the week before and remembered seeing china and glasses "Sure" I reply "As if they would have what I need" She answered "What do you have to lose"?
Here's where I get excited telling my story:
I drove up and saw the 99 cent was open until 5: on Thanksgiving. As I entered the store I was happy to see the store was very clean not only on the outside but the inside as well. The salespeople even said "hi, how are you" as if I was entering the Nordstroms half yearly. Anyways, before I got to the glassware I went through the grocery aisle (Yes my fellow yelpers, they even have groceries) I found a 5 pound bag of potato's for 99 cents, bunches of carrots and very fresh salad greens for all the same price. I even examined everything very carefully to make sure nothing looked old. The manager on duty told me everything is very fresh and apparently it gets to their store the same day when Vons and Albertsons has an over abundance. So now to the glassware section. My daughter yelled out "Mom here are the same blue as our glasses" I look over and dare I say they were the same cobalt blue however made somewhat different at the bottom. Listing price shown: 2 for 99 cent. "You've got to be joking" I grabbed 12 as if someone else would take them before me. Next I found a stack of all white Mikasa dinner plates which will match well with my white and blue Lenox plates. I purchased 12 and have to say as the cashier gave me my total I started laughing when she said $28 and some change. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! My one Lenox plate cost more than that. When I returned home I inter-mingled my settings and glasses with the one's I purchased, I have to say Rachel Ray and Martha would be proud!!!!!
Thanksgiving turned out great! We played games after we ate and I told everyone my 99 cent story. I am not so proud that I wouldn't share this with my family, friends and fellow yelpers. Hey with the way our economy is going I figure people can use all the help they can get. Now if we can just get gas prices down to 99 cents we will really be in business
I was treated very disrespectful today, when I returned to the store to bring back a melon that I discovered was rotten once I got home.
The Mgr refused to come out of the office, though the cashier paged her three times. She could see me through the mirrored window, but sat in her office, and didn't not come out until another cashier paged her, to verify a $100 bill was not counterfeit.
I asked her if she was the mgr, and told her, I had been waiting for 10 minutes for her to approve my refund. She knew I was upset, and said to come over to register five (5), and I got the refund.
This is the most unprofessional, disrespectful way to treat a customer. For whatever reason (s), she didn't want to give me a refund, but to sit in her office, knowing I was waiting to speak to her, is inexcusable. I am going to write a formal complaint.
good selection. never crowded. good neighborhood
