Inconsistent pricing. Sometimes it's priced to be a 'Thrift Store Find', other times they've let my know-it-all aunt put mentally challenged prices on crap. Seriously. That's the comment heard most when a customer sees the price tag on something: '$20??!! That's r.......!!' A single, scratched up Fire King Peach Lustre teacup ain't worth $6, maid. Also, cast iron frying pans... Why does every thrift store in St. John's think these are made of gold? The dirtier and more beat up it is, the higher the price. $30?? Is it because the people pricing know nothing about cast iron? Yeah..., that's why.
But here's the biggest issue with this VV; I've never seen front end managers do a better job of looking busy, anywhere. Tip: when there are more than three customers with carts in a single lineup, that's your signal to OPEN ANOTHER REGISTER. I don't see this bs anywhere else. Not at grocery stores. Not at Walmart. I've been in VV lineups ten customers deep and the managers are up there giving high calibre performances of 'extremely busy person'. I've seen people abandon carts of stuff and leave. VV should know that a good portion of their customers don't actually need the stuff they buy. I don't.
'People typically spend 45 minutes here.' Yeah. 15 minutes looking at used things with Sear's-level, brand new pricing, and 30 minutes lined up to pay, watching the managers writing on bits of paper, not making eye contact, and walking away quickly to somewhere much more important. So busy! Pull your heads out, quasi-charity! read more