During our visit in Cancun, we decided to devote a day into exploring shopping centers and strip…read moremalls. We happened upon the Plaza Flamingo Mall that was located right behind Cancun Dental. As we casually walked past the many nice stores within, Joe K went over to a phone repair store while I checked out La Perla Tapatia. I was immediately swarmed by one of the sales people at the store. Even though I was only showing minor interest in some of the wall hanging displays, he wouldn't leave me alone long enough to make a decision as to whether I really wanted to make a purchase or not. When I asked how much the displays were, I felt they were too pricey and tried to move on. But then he decreased the price from $60.00 to $50.00. I really didn't think it was a bargain, but he proceeded to remove the decoration from high up on the wall so I could get a closer look.
I kind of liked it's color scheme and appearance and after additional pressure from the sales guy, I gave in to the price of $50.00. Since I didn't have enough cash, I ended up having to use my charge card. As I walked out of the store to join my boyfriend, we proceeded to explore more stores only to have the same salesman running frantically towards us stating that he made a mistake and under charged me! It appeared he was being directed by this stern looking woman who was probably the manager of the store. We looked at my receipt and found no errors. It clearly said 1000 pesos which equaled to the $50.00 we agreed upon. But he kept trying to say that it said 100 pesos not 1000! He tried to take my receipt away, but Joe protected me and said that maybe he should call the police! That's when we decided that this mall was history and we took the nearest exit, only to have the guy follow us outside, wanting to look at the receipt once again. We actually had to count the number of zeros out to him. It hadn't changed. It still showed 1000 pesos, NOT 100 pesos! I don't know if he had poor eyesight or what, but we started to feel unsafe and quickly headed to the nearest bus stop to go far away from that mall!
As soon as I got back to my hotel, I called my bank to complain and explain what had happened, just in case they tried to make changes to my charge. The bank representative was very helpful and made me feel at ease as they would closely monitor my charge card.
I only wish that we didn't have to run out of there so fast, or I would have taken a photo of the front of that store! I really had a case of buyers remorse on that day!!!