I ordered a 4-pack of napkins and a 4-pack of placemats from the website for in-store pickup. Not 4 separate napkins and 4 separate placemats, but a 'set' of 4 napkins and a 'set' of 4 placemats. This will be important info later.
I got one email saying my order *is* ready for pickup, then a few hours later another email saying that my order is *processing* for pickup. Weird, but since I work odd hours I couldn't make it to the store until the next day anyhow, I waited (and received) a third email saying that my order is *ready and waiting* for pickup. Great.
I go to the store the following morning and to the online pickup area. The cashier there was friendly but nervous to interact with me. The reason ended up being that English was not her first language, so I had to use the very little Spanish that I retained from high school over 20 years ago to communicate (very badly) why I was there at the store. Finally, she gave up and held a walkie-talkie to my face so I could talk to someone else, someone presumably elsewhere in the store who also spoke English. Without any instruction of what to say, I stated into the walkie-talkie that I was picking up an online order and gave my first and last name. That person later brought up my order. I got outside and checked it: a 4-set of napkins and a 2-set of placemats. I was missing 2 placemats. I went back to the original cashier and (badly, in Spanish) explained the issue and she took the 2 placemats and found me the proper 4-pack.
A week later I got an email that since I never picked up my online order, it was returned to the shelves and I was not charged. I am an honest person and debated calling the store, but then imagined how difficult it would be to explain this mishap and decided against it. So, yay: free table linens.
So if you're going to shop there: do it in person, not online. The setup inside is pretty cool because everything is arranged by color. Want a purple pillow? There's a whole aisle of them. Blue ones are the next aisle over. I could spend hours in there. read more