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| - Some of us, oh, maybe 50%, wear bras. Sometimes they need to be replaced. Easy if you want to buy what you've always bought. Not so easy if you want a change. I wanted a change, and I'd read about a brand that was supposed to be superb. Problem was that few stores, high end or low, carried that brand. J.C. Penney was one of those stores. It said so on their website, which displayed so many different styles of that brand.
Old J.C. was never one of my favorite places to shop. But I had to bite the bullet and go, first on July 4th, when some website that listed open stores on the holiday said they were open. Ha! Long drive for nothing. So I went back yesterday.
Department stores in general are in trouble. And Penney's in particular. Lotsa trouble. After my experience, I can see why.
I drove back to the store, went to the right department, and searched high and low for that brand. I came up empty, so I went looking for a sales clerk. I walked the whole store, finding not a single salesperson in any department. Disgraceful. Finally, I spied one in the very corner of the store, folding shirts. And that's when I learned that these bras are not in the store, only online.
I don't know about you, but I find it very difficult to try on bras in the tiny fitting room on my PC screen. So I can order them online, right? I have no idea how these bras fit. I would have to pay shipping, but I can save money on that by driving to the store AGAIN to pick them up. And then if they're not good, I can drive back again to return them, probably eating the cost of the shipping, or return them by mail, with me paying the return postage as well.
Retail is going to hell, and if my experience at J.C. Penney, is any indication, I'll be throwing the first shovelful of dirt.
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