Saturday, July 20th 2002
So I had gotten that free PS2 game, right - the soccer one? - and I don't even have a PS2. I think since it's still factory sealed that I'll just take it to a store and get store credit for it. (I wanted to use the store credit to get something for Joolo's birthday because I don't have any money to buy him something and he doesn't like soccer) I mean, afterall, it's factory sealed and they can certainly sell it as new. I'm not asking for money back mind you, just a store credit to get something else. Apparently, this is an outlandish request.
Electronics Boutique - a store I used to work for many years ago - would only give me the used game price of credit despite being new and unplayed. This is total bullshit and not how they do things. They wanted to give me $15 for a $30 game and then sell it themselves for $30. Somehow, I think not.
While I was at the mall, I also put in an application to the Disney store. Seems there’s looking for some part time help and though it’s all of $5 an hour or whatever, even something is better then nothing and heck, I know tons about Disney and think I could pull it off. I’m waiting to hear back from them.
Best Buy wasn't even that helpful. The lady flat out told me that she could do NOTHING for me without the original receipt. I told her it was a gift, that I don't even own a PS2 (which I don't) and that I simply wanted to get a different game, and she said to me, "There's nothing I can do for you without the receipt. Nothing." Well now, isn't that one hell of a customer service policy? A brand new item, factory sealed, in perfect working condition, wanting only to get another item from their store in it's place and that's an unreasonable request? That pissed me off royally. What the hell kinda policy is that? That has seriously made me reconsider spending money there knowing that unless I have my receipt they will forcefully - and rudely - tell me they refuse to help with any exchanges or returns. I mean, that's terrible business right there.
Which brings me to a place I didn't expect to give such a glowing praise to, Wall-Mart. Now I don't normally go to Wal-Mart (preferring Target instead), but there is a new Super Wal-Mart that opened up not too far away and it's actually not the run-down and nasty dirty place the rest of the Wal-Marts are around here. Desperate at this point, I suggest we head over there.
Well, I walk in, go to customer service and just explain that I picked up the wrong game and I was looking to exchange it for another one. She looks at it, sees it's sealed and says, "ok, just go get whatever you want and bring it back here." That's it. Just like that, easy-as-pie. We shop around, find the game we decided to get Joolo (Freedom Force for the PC), pick up a few other items (well....they have a lot of stuff there!) and head back to the desk. She asks if I have my receipt, I tell her no, and she says, ok, and just needs my driver's license. No problem there. Rings up the extra items and we pay the difference and that's it. 1, 2, 3...and we were done. So, I have to tell you what...the people at the new Super Wal-Mart were DAMN nice and helpful and friendly. And THAT was well worth my money and will make me shop there again. (not to mention some really good prices on our dishwashing liquid. lol) They get my thumbs up. =D
Sunday, July 21st 2002
Joolo takes Sunday off from work (he normally works weekends from 10pm-10am Friday/Saturday/Sunday) and comes over after he gets off from Saturday’s shift. We hang out during the day and have a birthday party for him then since Rand and my Love work on his actual birthday, Monday. We have cake – an amazingly cool ice cream cake with Neapolitan ice cream in the middle, and a layer of yellow and a layer of chocolate cake with Dove chocolate poured and hardened into a chocolate shell on the sides. It was oh so yummy.
We gave him his present and he installed it over on my Love’s pc to try it out. We played cards, and games until another friend, Kali, came over and she gave him an anime cd and some other stuff. We decided to use our Ruby Tuesday’s coupons – from the last time they screwed up our food order and gave us not only that night’s meal for free, but another $10 each for next time – and ordered it for Takeout and then closed the evening watching the funny movie, Office Space. It was a good day. Joolo was so happy that we had the party for him and wasn’t expecting much since he knows we’re too broke to buy him anything and stuff, so a pleasant surprise all around and a good day.
If you haven’t already, you can see the pics from his birthday party here!
That, in short, was my weekend.
~ flowers bloom near Memory and Dream
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