I knew eventually my kid would decide that funky thrift store finds were simply not going to cut it at school. I held out hope and then...the unrelenting logo pressure got too strong. Not only are teens label conscious, they're season conscious. They pay top dollar to wear clothes that are slathered shamelessly with store logos AND they must have this season's picks or the other kids will know.
Oh no. We wouldn't want...the other kids to know.
I don't want Avalon to feel like Second Hand Rose, so I do supplement the stuff from the discount stores like TJ's and the Mom Closet finds with a few key logo savvy pieces.
So off to the mall we went. Hoorah. We hit several stores and then had one last store to check for a skirt she had to have. After no fewer than three incredibly perky sales people tried to sell us something we really did not want, we managed to get to the register mostly unscathed. Then the perky cashier asked if we wanted a Frequent Shopper Card. I said okay and then after handing me the card she asks me to hand her my driver's license so she can 'save me some time' and fill out the form for me.
Insert screeching tires sounds...here.
Uh, not so fast, Muffy.
I can fill it out myself, thanks.
I get home and read this form and realize that she was trying to flim flam me into signing up for a CREDIT CARD. To add insult to injury, it requested my Social Security Number and my Mother's Maiden Name in two small boxes at the bottom.
Seriously?
To say that I'm a little miffed is a vast understatement.
It's bad enough that customer service has disappeared, but now they're trying to trick me into signing up for a credit card and sharing personal information that could be easily stolen by said aforementioned perky cashier a.k.a. Muffy Liarpants?
WTF?!
I would name the store, but that might set me up for a libel suit. Instead I shall say that it's the teencentric clothing store that rhymes with 'fairy' and is a branch of the store that sounds like Glamerican Beagle.
I wasn't born yesterday.
Love
Madge
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this woman at the make up counter in a department store tried to guilt me into getting the store credit card by saying, "don't you want to save money?" I just smiled and said, "if I wanted to save money I wouldn't be spending it on all this make-up".
I really tire of the tricks these stores pull, especially at Christmas.
I used to work at a big name department store that is well known for ahem, a certain big parade held on, ahem, a holiday that involves a turkey : ) They would guilt us and threaten us if we didn't get customers to open store cards. I heard about it at least 3 times a day. I refused to put ANYBODY into debt like that. We would get reprimanded and written up if we didn't force customers into getting the store credit card. To add insult to injury, in order to get our employee discount, we had to get the store card. Our discount was eaten up by the enormous interest charge. I will never again work anywhere where they force their employees to practically break the law to get credit card apps. A job is a job, but I do not need a job like THAT.
Oh my goodness, I love your stories, you are *always* entertaining, but so sorry this happened to you. Fool me once ....
Thanks for sharing.
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