Retail Watchers

GE never showed up at all and rescheduled after I waited 12 hours and multiple phone calls. What a contrast to a kitchen range I purchased a few years ago at a local appliance store. They are one of the largest independent appliance and furniture retailers in this part of NYS and I've purchased fro...

I have had 2 Sears refrigerators and both were terrible. They slowly leaked due to defects and warped my kitchen flooring. How times have changed (and not for the better)-my parents bought a Sears Coldspot refrigerator at some point in the early to mid '60's and they brought it along when we moved ...

Dollar General seems to aggressively be rolling self checkout out as they do store remodels That's just what happened in this store. They moved the checkout from just in front of the entrance off in a corner on the left side as you exit. The self checkout is located between the other two "real...

Only Quizons I ever saw in my immediate area was just outside of Amsterdam and they apparently took over the concession area of a bowling alley of all things. That was several years ago and they were here and gone in a big hurry and the bowling alley is still around. And before I read about the chai...

Call me a glutton for punishment but I tried another DG yesterday and talk about complete opposite experiences. This time around they did indeed have the item in question (a certain type of cookie I can't seem to find anywhere) and the lone employee was super helpful in showing me where it was locat...

We are at a real problem in the US. In too many cases, you have too many people working 60, 70, 80 hour weeks. Many of them are salaried but then there is a segment of hourly employees who are being expected to work these heavy schedules and being compensated for it by way of overtime pay. People D...

Before they go any further with anything, they really need to get their act together in their bread and butter stores. Hadn't been in a DG in months but went in there for one specific item yesterday and came away empty handed. A particular product has been out of stock at Hannaford my last few trips...

but in areas up here around Albany there may be one Rite Aid left out of what was 5 or 6 before (thus a far greater than 50% reduction). Very true and as a for instance, using my immediate area of Fulton and Montgomery County, Rite Aid at one time had 7 stores between the two and combined the two c...

Eventually the customer gave up and just used the self checkout. I would've have given up too-by leaving the entire cart right there and walking out of the store. I've said it before, even at maybe $20.00/hr., that $40.00 they would spend on even one "real" cashier for those two hours unt...

They don't do as well in bigger towns when you have Lowe's, Home Depot, and others in the mix. Sure, they do carry some items the bigger stores don't, but their prices are considerably higher in almost all cases. I must've have found the needle in the haystack because there's an Ace in a downtown l...