Nice enough store, decent selection, decent size.
The problem I have was the price of a particular item I was looking for. Just moved to the neighborhood and looked on the brewer's website for the closest store to me that sold my favorite Lord Hobo beer. I was psyched that JC Spirits, which is the closest store to the house I bought, carried my favorite beer! I went there, it was close to closing and I wanted some Boom Sauce. I went in and was absolutely shocked, when I'm used to paying on the order of $13-14 for this excellent craft brew, to have the person at the register, when I asked, say "I think it's $15". He could probably see the surprise on my face. Nonetheless, he rang it up and told me it was $15.99!!! I could not believe it. I really wanted the Boom Sauce, so ended up buying it, but the next day I stopped into a competitor about a mile away just to compare prices and their price was $13.79 regularly, but they mentioned that they regularly have sales for $12.79 and still honor their case discount even when on sale. I didn't expect a store in Andover to be so much cheaper than one in Tewksbury. JC's cashier felt sleazy, like I was getting hosed on a used car, where the competitor was extremely helpful and personable. I've decided that I will never again shop at JC Spirits, even though it's closer to my house. I got hosed! What a ripoff! read more