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| - I was really disappointed with my visit today. I dropped in to pick up a small something for my mom and dad for valentines day. I was hoping to get a small arrangement with honey dew, cantaloupe, strawberries, pineapple, grapes you know the stuff you see on TV. All they had were chocolate dipped (not covered) strawberries and pineapples. So I chose a box of a dozen choc dipped strawberries which was $29. It was more than I wanted to spend since I had already gotten them something else. When she took the box out of the case I saw some of these heart shaped choc covered thingies. She said there was pineapple inside and each was $3.99. Ok good. So I changed my mind and got 2 of those. Gave her my debit card expecting to punch in my pin. Then she asks for my address. I declined (thinking it was for a mailing list) and she said no I have to have it to make sure the credit card matches the address. I said no. She said she had to have it. I said I'm not going to give you my address for an $8 purchase. I'll be happy to show you my license to prove I haven't stolen the card. That was not acceptable to her. So I said that I would pay cash. Apparently they are not set up to do a debit. And there is no way to back out of a transaction. I was surprised that a national chain would not be set up to do this and that you had to give an address for a charge transaction. If I were on the phone OR having it delivered I could see this being necessary. But not standing in the store. I was actually ready to leave without making the purchase. So she had to totally shut down the computer to get out of that transaction. There was someone else on the other computer who was taking phone orders so I had to wait for her to finish to be rung out of that computer and would I wait. I didn't mind the wait. But I felt bad for the other people behind me waiting. I paid and left. While I was waiting to pay another gal asked the 2 people waiting if they wanted a choc dipped strawberry. I thought to myself how nice that was and it would have gone a long way toward making my visit more positive. I however, who had been waiting the longest, was not offered a strawberry. Got it. Next time I need something I'll go to Safeway, or the florist, or Frys, or Albertsons, or Target, or Bevmo...you get the picture.
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