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| - This place infuriated me. I got there right at 10 am when they opened for their big "blowout sale." First off, there was NO parking. People parked illegally, along the road, in warehouse bays, etc. I had to walk nearly 8 minutes from the car to the entrance to this place. There were throngs of people walking all over the highway to get inside.
Second, the line to get into the sale was RIDICULOUS! I waited one hour and 20 minutes just to get inside the sale! I waited and waited and waited some more. They even have those twisty queue areas like at Disneyland and all shoppers needed a wristband to get in the sale. Once you get into the sale area, you have to wait in ANOTHER long line just to check out, then ANOTHER just to GET OUT of the place while employees check your receipt, Sam's Club style.
Every annoying soccer mom in Vegas was here with their crappy kids and their giant strollers and their Coach bags and their "holier than thou" snobby attitudes. I almost lost my cool just having to be surrounded by the jerks (the typical customer for TOMS shoes, apparently). They have the special sale area corralled off so you can't see inside and now I know why -- if you saw the junk they were offering and the prices they were charging, nobody would be in line.
Once I finally got in, I was so disappointed. There were huge bins of shoes (new but no boxes) just piled in so you have to dig and dig. Also, the prices were still way too high -- about 40% off retail price. Shoes that retail brand new at Nordstrom for $45 were priced at $30. Um, no thanks. I just turned around and left. I'm still super pissed that I wasted almost 2 hours of my day for this ridiculous "sale." Don't waste your time!
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