Not such a deal if.....

You get your sales slip out after you wrap the presents only to find out they charged you twice on one of the gifts. Do you, unwrap the gift and try to take it back to the store and explain that you got charged twice or do you say "bummer" and just forget about it! None of the above....you go to your blog and warn others to check over those slips because "tis the season" for salespeople slipups, don't ya know. Yes, I do know and whenever it happens to me, I feel really dumb because I should be checking! Now lets get into the part that irks me...all the time I waste wondering if they do this on purpose. Is it like their way to give themselves a tip....These Mervyn salespeople really have nothing to loose if they do decide to make a few extra bucks because they are out of a job on the 28th. Yes, in case you don't have a Mervyns in your town, they are one of the stores who is biting the dust this year. More stores to come in 2009. I have to be honest, I haven't really been a Mervyns shopper in a few years. I think 1994 was the last year, I seriously shopped there. By serious, of course, it still had to be on sale before I'd buy it. My Meryvns in 94-95 was within walking distance and I used to love to walk down there and shop for clothes. I have a funny memory too as at that time I was in the middle of some wicked hot flash action. I mean I was waking up at night soaked to the skin and having to change sheets and everything in the middle of the night. So there I was at Mervyns just fine one second, going thru the racks and the next minute I was soaked. This had never happened in the daytime before so I was thoroughly surprised. Needless to say, I left the store immediately, hoping no one noticed, and walked straight home.
This going out of business sale thing, has me wondering, does it hurt the other stores in the area that are trying to hold on? Is Target selling less now because people are at Mervyns loading up on stuff or is it hurting sales at Kohls even? By the time I shopped at Mervyns, they were pretty picked over but what if , people bought so many towels that they won't need to go to Kohls for a whole year now. So maybe, we shouldn't shop at stores that are going out...Afterall their future is sealed. We need to shop at the stores that are going to be around and help support them. Comments are welcome....