I'm not much for department store shopping, unless it's Walmart, but since I was here on a recent rainy Saturday, I might as well check things out. I had a gift card that I had gotten for Christmas 2013, so I was like okay, what do I buy in Macy's that is worth $50? Light bulb moment for sure.
This Macy's store boasts 4 stories of household goods, accessories, clothing, and anything and everything a person may need in their lifetimes, including make up. Macy's is the store for and catered to women, I would think, but I do see the guys walking around and checking things out, myself included. The store here has a vast array of stuff to purchase, believe me. I was also looking to buying new luggage and possibly looking at buying a new bed too. After looking around a bit on the 4th floor, I decided to shop around elsewhere to find what I was looking for. But since I had good experience with Westin and had amazing sleep while with that property a few times, I was interested in Macy's Hotel bed collection. It looked pretty upscale and regal, so I was like, that's pretty amazing, but still, there's probably drawbacks to it too, so I decided on holding off. I did ask the sales associate about this particular bed, and made my decisions based around that. The sales person was nice and professional, warm and friendly. That's just great to find in good customer service these days.
With that said, this Macy's is located in the flagship shopping mall on Oahu's south shore, Ala Moana Shopping center. It's one of the major anchors of the shopping center and also sells Godiva chocolates too, to which I ended up buying with my $50 gift card. The lady at the register look surprised when I was carrying like 5 boxes worth of Godiva chocolate bars and the price out of pocket for me was just $7! That was awesome! Talk about a nice belated Christmas gift! I usually don't come to Ala Moana, so it behooved me to come down here and spend the giftcard and not let it go to waste, due to not having time to redeem it. Macy's is your quintessential department store, where you can find and discover what you want at the price you can afford. Yes, Macy's can be a little bit pricey, when you compare prices to Wal-Mart and Ross, but you do get quality and name brand recognition here, so that's what's makes this place so darn sexy.
These large department stores has many shoppers just doing their own thing, shopping for good deals, etc, with some staff just wandering around kind of aimlessly, looking for people who need help. The sales floor is rather large with plenty of sales that can add up to a nice day's worth of profit on any given day. This Macy's location has FREE wifi as well, so that was a plus, when you want to multi task on the go. While this experience at Macy's was a good, productive one, I did not enjoy the fact that the cashier tried to push the Macy's credit card on me, especially when I have 4 already. Ugh. I rarely come to shop here at Macy's and I need another credit card? What is that about? Oh well. I guess that's how they make money. Still, the overall experience was pretty gratifying. It was something new and different to see, rather than the same old song and dance
The parking here can be very viceral. Of course, Ala Moana Shopping Center can be crazy during peak times, so best believe shopping during non peak times is benefitial. Macy's also has a jewelry repair section, as well as restrooms as well, located on the 3rd floor, if I am not mistaken. ThePineapple Room by Allan Wong is also on the 3rd Floor as well.
Plenty of stuff to buy for your home and/or office.
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