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    ‘Mine have been doing that too’: Tulsa Woman buys new Bath & Body Works candle, only to have it ‘blow up’ in her house. Was it user error?

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    ‘That’s $30,000 right there’: Texas man gets prosthetic leg stuck while trying on Ariat cowboy boot at Boot Barn. Then the worker comes over

    By Nov 16th
     
  • Close up of Sephora Products(l) close up of elderly woman's face(c) Sephora Store Front(r)

    ‘You lost me as a customer’: Older Florida woman goes to Sephora for store-brand lip liner. Then she calls out the manager

    By Nov 16th
     
  • woman shares costco hack (l) costco store entrance (r)

    ‘It’s so disrespectful’: Woman shares Costco ‘life hack.’ It backfires spectacularly when people realize it makes workers’ lives worse

    By Nov 16th
     
  • ysl make-up (l) woman shares purchase (c) tj maxx entrance (r)

    ‘The nerve of people’: T.J. Maxx worker puts $20 viral YSL palette on hold for Virginia customer. Then another woman tries to take it

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  • woman shares seafood shopping experience (l) cooked clams (r)

    ‘Never in a million years would I know that’: San Diego woman buys clams from grocery store for seafood pasta. Then the worker tells her to poke holes in the bag

    By Nov 15th
     
  • woman shares her food purchase (l) whole foods entrance (r)

    ‘Home run’: Tennessee Woman orders Too Good to Go seafood bags from Whole Foods. Then she sees what she gets for $9.99

    By Nov 15th
     
  • woman shares ordering online experience (l) walmart entrance (r)

    ‘I think he stole your groceries’: Mom orders from Walmart+. She sees that shopper is a man and expects mistakes—she hates that she was right

    By Nov 15th
     
  • police car lights (l) man shares work experience (c) instacart app (r)

    ‘All this over some Coors light’: New York Instacart shopper has to call the cops on a customer. Was he valid?

    By Nov 14th
     
  • instacart app (l) woman shares work experience (c) costco store entrance (r)

    ‘That’s why they sent YOU’: Pennsylvania Instacart shopper picks up Costco order. Then she starts getting dirty looks. Was she set up?

    By Nov 13th
     
  • woman shares shopping experience (l) cartier store entrance (r)

    ‘It’s a sales strategy’: Woman tries to buy birthday gift at Cartier. Then the worker takes one look at her

    By Nov 12th
     
  • woman shares sephora scam (l) sephora entrance (r)

    ‘Why did Discover allow that????’: Woman pays for $592 Sephora order. Then she gets charged over 100 times, racking up $115,000 in debt

    By Nov 11th
     
  • game console (l) man shares scam issue (c) best buy entrance (r)

    ‘This gotta be a prank’: Houston Best Buy customer buys $1,000 console. Then he realizes he was bamboozled

    By Nov 10th
     
  • woman shares pants issue (l) Aritzia store entrance (r)

    ‘I always see a ton of these pants at thrift stores’: New York woman splurges on $160 Aritzia pants. Then she folds them

    By Nov 9th
     
  • girls clothing section (l) walmart entrance (r)

    ‘This was right next to the Justice stuff’: Walmart shopper heads to the girls’ aisle. The clothes on the rack have her demanding answers

    By Nov 7th
     
  • woman shares purchase (l) miu miu store entrance (c) woman holding up jacket (r)

    ‘Is Hawaii not in US??’: Woman splurges on $2K jacket from Miu Miu in Hawaii. Then she tries to take it to New York store for repairs—and is blocked

    By Nov 6th
     
  • woman shares bag issue (l) coach store entrance (r)

    ‘Mine does the same thing at Ross, Burlington’: Louisiana woman buys Coach bag. Now she’s setting off alarms at stores like Walmart as if she’s stealing

    By Nov 5th
     
  • woman shares shopping encounter (l) dollar tree entrance (r)

    ‘Recession indicator’: California woman tries to get makeup at Dollar Tree. There’s only one thing holding her back—and it has shoppers losing it

    By Nov 5th
     
  • woman shares costco experience (l) costco entrance (r)

    ‘That girl takes her job too seriously’: New York woman goes to Costco. Then the cashier takes one look at her card—and ‘does her dirty’

    By Nov 5th
     
  • woman shares shopping issue (l) macys store entrance (r)

    ‘A lot of stores are like this’: Macy’s worker convinces woman she’ll get $250 off $800 purchase if she signs up for store card. Then she realizes she got scammed

    By Nov 4th
     
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