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I was just CHARGED for trying on a pair of shoes. UPDATE ON POST #431

3,281 756 June 22, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Chat
Okay so today I went into a running store to try on some shoes. I'm in the very BEGINNING of my search for new shoes and I just wanted to try on a few brands that were new to me and see if anything was going on with my foot. So I go into this store, the kid asks me if I'd ever been there before.. I said NO.. I said I was looking for shoes.. he says okay great and asks me to take walk in front of him for him to look at my stride/ gate. I do, it takes 2 minutes for him to determine that I'm mostly neutral/ slight overpronator. I try on TWO pairs of shoes. I tell him okay great, I'm going to look around, I might come back. I don't know. I don't know and I don't BS, its as simple as that. I might come back I might not for the shoes. I'm an informed shopper and I next to NEVER buy things on impulse. Then his attitude changed. He starts giving me this schpeel about how they're a high end running store and they take pride in fitting their customers with shoes and if I don't buy the shoes right then and there he was going to have to charge me $20 for the less than 10 minutes of time and two pairs of shoes I tried on. I asked him if he was freakin kidding me. The lady manager had to come over.. APPARENTLY, on the OTHER SIDE of the boxes of shoes he was stacking next to me was a sheet of laminated PAPER that said about this policy, in a not so very large font size. Okay so why did he NOT tell me about this when he asked me if I had ever been in the store? I clearly said no. Why did he let me walk in front of him and and spend the two minutes looking at my feet and not tell me this? I paid the $20 and left. And I know they talked about me when I left.. you could feel it in the air as I was paying. And I just know they were all like "Oh I hate when people do that.. " when in reality they should LOVE it.. $20 PURE PROFIT for under 10 minutes of time! They didn't tell me about this upfront and they stacked the shoes next to the piece of paper that said this. I couldn't even see it!
So I was thinking should I file a report with like BBB? I think $20 is a lot of money for merely trying on a pair of shoes and less than 10 minutes of time especially since I wasn't told about it upfront. I'm a girl and I've tried on my fair share of shoes in my lifetime and NEVER been charged for trying them on.

What do you guys think I should do? Nothing, something? I might just let it go.. but for right now I'm Mad

Sorry I meant to click the RANT icon not chat.. I don't know how that happened.
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cnct_agl
06-22-2007 at 06:32 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:32 PM.
so.. on this $20 charge for "merchandize" did they remember to charge you sales tax ?

(in most states, even fast food restaurants have to charge sales tax because of the "service" they're providing)..

if they didn't charge sales tax, it might be nice to share that with your state taxing authority... wouldn't it be nice if they decide to do a little auditing Evil (even if you get your money back with the chargeback)
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06-22-2007 at 06:34 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:34 PM.
Quote from cnct_agl :
so.. on this $20 charge for "merchandize" did they remember to charge you sales tax ?

(in most states, even fast food restaurants have to charge sales tax because of the "service" they're providing)..

if they didn't charge sales tax, it might be nice to share that with your state taxing authority... wouldn't it be nice if they decide to do a little auditing Evil (even if you get your money back with the chargeback)
Worthy worship Clap great call!!!
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06-22-2007 at 06:35 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:35 PM.
Quote from cnct_agl :
so.. on this $20 charge for "merchandize" did they remember to charge you sales tax ?

(in most states, even fast food restaurants have to charge sales tax because of the "service" they're providing)..

if they didn't charge sales tax, it might be nice to share that with your state taxing authority... wouldn't it be nice if they decide to do a little auditing Evil (even if you get your money back with the chargeback)
do you work for IRS?

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cnct_agl
06-22-2007 at 06:37 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:37 PM.
Quote from schbusdrvr :
Worthy worship Clap great call!!!
that just made me laugh out loud laugh out loud I've never had a better reply to one of my posts

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do you work for IRS?

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nope.. just bored, unemployed, cranky, business educated, and know where to look for answers laugh out loud
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06-22-2007 at 06:46 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:46 PM.
For all you Hoosiers out there, they have a location in Valpo too.

The Human Race
Orland Park, IL 708.349.4724 • Valparaiso, IN 219.465.5335
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06-22-2007 at 06:46 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:46 PM.
Nope, receipt just says
1 MER 20.00
MERCHANDISE

Subtotal: 20.00
Tax: 0.00
Total: 20.00

Mad
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06-22-2007 at 06:48 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:48 PM.
Quote from PhoebesMeow :
Nope, receipt just says
1 MER 20.00
MERCHANDISE

Subtotal: 20.00
Tax: 0.00
Total: 20.00

Mad
I hear AUDIT ! LMAO laugh out loud LMAO

Most states don't like it when you fail to follow the rules Nono

may I ask which state this was in ? nevermind..I see that they're only in IL and IN..
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06-22-2007 at 06:52 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:52 PM.
Quote from caveat depascor :
For all you Hoosiers out there, they have a location in Valpo too.

The Human Race
Orland Park, IL 708.349.4724 Valparaiso, IN 219.465.5335
Did you call either one?
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06-22-2007 at 06:57 PM.
06-22-2007 at 06:57 PM.
I called the IL store and was told that the manager was out.
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06-22-2007 at 07:01 PM.
06-22-2007 at 07:01 PM.
Quote from caveat depascor :
I called the IL store and was told that the manager was out.
laugh out loud hug woot WTG...going to call back tomorrow?
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mrsblack
06-22-2007 at 07:02 PM.
06-22-2007 at 07:02 PM.
WHAT?!?! I would have walked out and farted on my way.

call the BBB that is ridiculous.

I'm sorry, I feel like you got scammed. Frown
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06-22-2007 at 07:02 PM.
06-22-2007 at 07:02 PM.
This is hilarious.... I definitely would not have paid, but there are so many things you can do now to get even.
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superking
06-22-2007 at 07:05 PM.
06-22-2007 at 07:05 PM.
if it was me... I'll do all the things I can
BBB- does nothing
So
#1 contact IRS , about the audit
#2 pay a bum $1 to try on shoes in the store.. make sure he looks and smells clean or not too dirty
#3 dispute
#4 local news station

not sure what else but keep the list coming
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Tazznum1
06-22-2007 at 07:10 PM.
06-22-2007 at 07:10 PM.
Do therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers charge clients tax? No. So stop it.
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