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| - Here is my saga of the Christmas tree. I had an eye out for Christmas trees since ours finally fell apart last year after years of faithful service. I went to Paddock's after spotting a great sale in October. After what seemed like hours of debating with myself, I bought a 6 1/2 foot tree. Unfortunately, I didn't open it until Thanksgiving when I found that it looked as though it might have been a return. There were no directions, or packaging and the pieces of the tree were not fastened with the ties in the box. Undaunted, we put up the tree and found the entire thing to be poorly made. Could this be the same one I picked out at the store? The branches didn't sit correctly and there were big holes where it was easy to see the middle rod. The tips kept falling off. Frankly, it looked like a Charlie Brown tree - a really expensive Charlie Brown tree. I bundled it back up and dragged it back to Paddocks. I wanted to get a larger, fuller tree and was willing to spend more money. I was directed to the manager who investigated my purchase. He said that I had bought an "as is" tree and it could not be returned. This thing cost a lot money, even on sale! I swear no one told me it was an "as is" tree! I wouldn't have bought an "as is" tree; I wouldn't have bought a tree that looked so different from the one on display; and I wouldn't have spent a lot of money on an "as is" tree. I dragged the tree back home and looked at it again figuring that I could try to live with it. I couldn't. I went shopping again and found lots of places with expensive, crummy trees. Know where I found a beautiful, reasonably priced tree among a big selection of gorgeous trees?? Sears!! I didn't even know that Sears was still in business!! However, the service was good, the tree was packaged perfectly, and there were directions and extra bulbs. And best of all, it's gorgeous! DO NOT BUY A TREE at PADDOCK'S!
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