I bought a godawful trenchcoat yesterday, having convinced myself that I need a trenchcoat to travel. I'm travelling tomorrow, by the way. The trenchcoat is....think Don Cherry. I bought it yesterday because 1) it was cheap, 2) the saleswoman gave me 20% off because of a missing button (an extra button was in the pocket) 3) I convinced myself that it was a 'happy', 'cheerful' trenchcoat (which should set off alarm bells...). I got it home, put it on, and decided it had to go back to the store. I located the receipt. The receipt said, "Final sale. Exchange only within 15 days of purchase". I went back to the store. The saleswoman said, "It's a final sale because I knocked off 20%. No exchange." I showed her the receipt, blah, blah, blah. She finally, grudgingly said, "OK". So, I looked around the store and found nothing I wanted or needed. In fact, I concluded that I disliked the whole store. Then, I tried on the godawful trenchcoat again, and realized it was the best thing in the store. So, I went back to the woman. Blah blah blah. Then, she said, "I'm going to have to take your receipt away because you can't have an exchange next time." I was too defeated and f-ed up about the cheap, shitty-looking trenchcoat I was walking away with to argue with her.
But, hello! Bad business practice, no? When people exchange things, they usually end up spending more. They also feel better about the store. I'm never going back there.
Meanwhile, I'm walking around looking like Don Cherry.
6 comments:
What about the nice green one that you bought with Sassy and I? It was a very cool trench coat - the green looked kick-ass on you!
oh, I do commiserate. Here's my story (briefly) - hallowe'en day, overpriced wig, panicked purchase because of party scheduled for that night, realized *as I turned away from the cash register* that I'd made a horrible, horrible mistake, got back in line and begged heartless beeatch behind the cash to refund/exchange, no go. no go.
I need to know the store! well.. I don't NEED to but I really want to.
Manny Blue, the lovely green Value Village trenchcoat is too big...
The store. The store. It's in Montreal and markets itself as "European trendy for all budgets"... I'm hoping the Don Cherry trenchcoat is something all the European ladies are wearing. Will report back on this in a couple of weeks.
Oh, too bad! Can you keep it anyways, we are going to need it for a routine that you just have inspired.
There is a French expression I like, "un rien te va". That's you. You look great in anything because you wear everything with attitude! Ciao for now bella!
Don Cherry, eh? Well, if you can find a way to make ten minutes of CBC airtime interesting, then I guess it's not such a bad thing.
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