The good review this store got was written by the owner! If you want to see what people really think of them, look up the connected From the Hearth business they rent to next door. This store owner is known as the "parking nazi" that everyone hates.
HE'S ALSO A LAW BREAKER AND A BULLY!
In my case, he broke the law, then severely mistreated me. I went there with a gift card yesterday because I was out of gas and had no money. I had my young child with me. They wanted to charge the credit price for a cash gift card, so I went inside to cash in my low balance gift card, as they are required to do by law.
The two people working did not know abut the law, and because of it they laughed at me and insulted me. One of these people was the owner, and he is required to know this stuff. Even still, they say ignorance of the law is no excuse. He kept telling me to go home and he would look into it and call me back. I explained that I needed the gas to get home, so I couldn't leave!
I knew I had $10.23 on my gift card, and BY LAW they have to cash it in if the balance is $9.99 or below, civil code 1749.45. The owner finally went in the back to make a call, and while he was gone, I shopped for a small candy bar or gum to purchase to bring my balance down, so I could cash out the card and spend the rest on gas.
There are no prices marked in the store, so when he came back I asked him to price check the items so I could buy the cheapest one. That is when he threw me out of the store--after breaking the law--and denying me and my child the gas we needed to get home!
Evidently he does not like to be proven wrong. But that does not give him the right to do what he did to an innocent customer, WHILE BREAKING THE LAW!
No one should patronize that store. Their prices are too high, they don't allow any parking places for the busy coffee/bread shop next door, and if you deign to park in one of the ALWAYS EMPTY spaces reserved for the store, THEY WILL TOW YOUR CAR AWAY! Seriously, they hire people just to watch the parking lot!
This isn't over. No one should be mistreated as I was yesterday, and no child should be sent away in a car with no gas, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CLERK WAS THE ONE WHO WAS WRONG, and ILLEGALLY SO! I've spoken with my lawyer friend, but I thought if the public knew, as I have also posted on facebook, maybe he would also be penalized by EVEN FEWER customers than he has already. Of course he felt he could do anything he wanted since he's the owner and not just an employee. But we can still stand against parking nazis, gas bullies, and law breakers.
Thank you Redding community, for taking a stand against the abuse of customers. It means a lot to us. read more