Why i will never buy clothing from Kohls again

[Sliceanddice]

I might be willing to buy bedding cause well lots of pink! but to the story.
for christmas my mom had gift cards (not bought buy her given to her) to places my mom doesnt go to often. Ross (love Ross! my only dress was bought there), Mcdonalds, (yeah my brother got that) and Kohls. She also goT a borders one, which she gave to my sister and keep the Ross to get some stuff. She offered me the Ross card and the Kohls card, i got to pick. I have never ever been to Kohls so i picked it. sooooo WOOOHOOO exploration!!!!
Any way i deside to go after Christmas, face the after Christmas crowds and pick up my stuff then. Now i worked Christmas eve, Christmas, and the day after, so i couldnt get there until 12:30, 30 minutes before the sales ended.
I look for about 20 minutes find a top i love, try it on deside to get and get in line.
I now precede to wait in line for the next 30-35 minutes.
I almost give up but deside to just stay and get my shirt and use the rest of my card latter.
I get there. She rings up the shirt.
No when i got into line the shirt was 15.30.
It range up at 26.60
I called her on that.
She said it most of been a sale item and the sale ended.
I stared at her.
I said i waited in line for more than 30 minutes.
She said and?
I said keep it.

Ok i know yes it was a sale but heres the thing. You have a sale ending at a certain time. You have no clock in the store, i looked the only way i know how long i wanted was my sister called to mock me while she was looking at stuff. You never ever had any going in line to ring up what people had to give them tickets. Yeah your clothes arent that good (some of the none sale items try to come apart in my hand) and you arent that nice, or even honest. Then you tried to steal my soul with sells (i went back on the 29th, all the things i bought rung up at 1-2 dollars to 50% off the listed price, making me go back into line over and over again to finally use up my F-in gift card so i can finally right them out of my bloody f-in life)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The ending time for the sale was probably tied into the register somehow so when the clock hit the ending time for the sale the prices reset to normal.

I suppose management could have made exceptions and done overrides for people who were still in line when the sale ended, but then again that would cause its own set of problems.

If I do shopping during a doorbuster sale which ends at a certain time, I try to avoid doing it as the end time is drawing near, so that waiting in line doesn't cause me to miss out on the sale, although that was not an option for you.

I dunno. It's kind of a tough call.

[marasbaras]

I really don't like sales that end in the middle of the shopping day. I prefer ones that are just "July 1 through July 3" or something like that. Simple. Easy. No chance of someone totally mucking it up because they're a slow cashier or some moron in the line in front of me who takes 20 minutes to pay.

[wagegoth]

With sales like that, I shop online.

[GolfCart34]

I haven't been to Kohl's in months! I've found that their clothes aren't the greatest and their sale prices are basically the regular price for clothes and the astronomical markup that they print on the sign is just for show (to make it look like you're getting a huge discount). They used to be the only place where I could get ladies jeans in tall lengths, but I have since found another place that is reasonably priced and their jeans are long enough where I don't have to buy the tall lengths.

Anyway, I have a story that my co-worker told me about her experience at the local Kohl's. She took her son there to buy a winter jacket. He found one that he liked, but he also wanted to go to JC Penney to see if they had anything he might have liked better. JC Penney didn't have anything, so co-worker took her son back to Kohl's to buy the first jacket. They got in line to pay, cashier rings everything through, and co-worker swipes her card through the card machine (she was using her bankcard to pay). Anyway, the cashier indicates for the son to sign the machine. Co-worker pointed it out that it was her bankcard and not his and the cashier told her that it didn't matter who signed. It was too late, though, since the son had already signed the thing and the transaction was done. So they leave, but co-worker realizes she forgot to buy something and goes back in. So they go in, buy whatever they needed and go to a different cashier. This cashier did the same thing the first one did. This time her son only signed "MOO" and the cashier accepted it as their signature.

I told co-worker that she really should have told the manager about this as it was unacceptable to let some random person sign for her credit card (well, not as random since it was her son, but still). And that story, my friends, is also why I've been pretty well avoiding Kohl's as of late.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Anyway, the cashier indicates for the son to sign the machine. Co-worker pointed it out that it was her bankcard and not his and the cashier told her that it didn't matter who signed. It was too late, though, since the son had already signed the thing and the transaction was done. So they leave, but co-worker realizes she forgot to buy something and goes back in. So they go in, buy whatever they needed and go to a different cashier. This cashier did the same thing the first one did. This time her son only signed "MOO" and the cashier accepted it as their signature.

Why the hell would you tell someone other than the person paying to sign? I wonder how old the son was. And after the first time why didn't mom tell him not to do that again?

I once used my mom's Kohl's card (she was not with me but she gave me a coupon she wasn't planning on using, which had to be used with their credit card). They gave me a hard time about it but since my ID had the same last name they let me use it "this time" but said they weren't supposed to.

[Kiwi]

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[PossJB]

Those sales at Kohl's will stay in the computer for approximately one hour after the sale ends. There is the possibility that either the wrong sign was up or someone put merchandise on the wrong fixture (both of these are common events there). Kohl's registers are also set up to that any cashier can modify any price without a supervisor override. Basically, she should have had someone check the price.

[thehippie777]

I worry about the one bad experience & never coming back idea. I like to give things at least a couple chances before I determine it's a bad place.

[Becks]

I'm like thehippie. I try to give a place two chances.

[IvorTangrean]

The ending time for the sale was probably tied into the register somehow so when the clock hit the ending time for the sale the prices reset to normal.

I suppose management could have made exceptions and done overrides for people who were still in line when the sale ended, but then again that would cause its own set of problems.

That is why I like the timed sales at my work. The manager stands at the entrance with stack of cards and if you check out with a card on the sale day you get the sale price. So that means you can walk in at 10:59 and not have to worry about getting the until 11 sale.

[draftermatt]

I worry about the one bad experience & never coming back idea. I like to give things at least a couple chances before I determine it's a bad place.

I'm like you, I tend to give 2nd chances, but it depends on the situation.

For example most of my family has boycotted BestBuy. My dad bought a lap top that was supposed to have a $200 rebate. He went round and round with BestBuy trying to get the money, the right paper work to send in, the right instructions on where/how to send it in.

He went through this for months until he was told that the rebate expired and he couldn't get it anymore.

That was 4 years ago and he hasn't set foot in a BestBuy since.

[Sliceanddice]

Those sales at Kohl's will stay in the computer for approximately one hour after the sale ends. There is the possibility that either the wrong sign was up or someone put merchandise on the wrong fixture (both of these are common events there). Kohl's registers are also set up to that any cashier can modify any price without a supervisor override. Basically, she should have had someone check the price.

she did and it wasnt on the wrong hook
oh and again i did go twice

[smileyeagle1021]

Why the hell would you tell someone other than the person paying to sign? I wonder how old the son was. And after the first time why didn't mom tell him not to do that again?

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I kinda got the impression that she intentionally had him sign it just to see if the cashier caught that it was the wrong person signing...

I'm like thehippie. I try to give a place two chances.

I think I'll third what Becky says... once may be a once off, but if it happens 2 or 3 times in a row, the store is beyond redemption don't go there... Perfect example is the Carl's Jr. i used to go to, one time went in, they were short staffed, assumed oh someone called in sick, no big deal, 2nd time I went in they were short staffed again, kinda weird but knowing the turnover in those places doesn't really surprise me, 3rd time it was short staffed I asked an employee if someone had called in sick or quit or something and he said, nope, everyone scheduled is here... I asked if they knew if they were trying to get more people and he said no management thought that there were enough people already to handle it (there were a total of 4 people to handle the lunch rush)... I haven't gone back sense, now I go to a different Carl's Jr. which normally has like 8 people on staff during the lunch rush... and it's a slower store.

anyway, that was a really long way of saying, unless its a persistent problem you shouldn't pass permanent judgment on a place.

[Geek King]

anyway, that was a really long way of saying, unless its a persistent problem you shouldn't pass permanent judgment on a place.

I'll second (third?) this. I'll also give a place another chance after a few months to see if they've had their act cleaned up. Some of the fast food places here go through phases of good employees/bad employees, so I tend to gravitate from one being the "usual" to another until that one starts going downhill, and I move again. Some places are sucky forever, and some get it together after awhile.