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    ‘Micro trend paradise’: Is T.J. Maxx ‘landfill-core’ now? Missouri woman walks in—only to be disappointed by the junk she finds

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  • woman shares bracelet issue (l) cartier store entrance (r)

    ‘David Yurman would NEVA!!!’: Houston Cartier store worker damages $5K bracelet while taking it off for customer. Then they tell her it’ll cost $1,800 to fix

    By Nov 21st
     
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    ‘They have no idea what they’re doing’: Woman proves Goodwill prices don’t add up after finding ‘fake’ Coach bag for $40–then stumbling onto a real one

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    ‘Poisoned everyone’: Virginia woman buys margarita mix from T.J. Maxx. Then all of her guests start getting sick

    By Nov 20th
     
  • man shares chocolate bar opinion (l) mixture of chocolate bars (r)

    ‘A lot of foods seem very off lately’: Retail worker unpacks Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Twix, Kit Kat at his job for customers. Then he catches a whiff of it

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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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  • BootBarn worker cutting boot(l) Boot Barn Store Front(c) Boot Barn employee using knife to cut open boots(r)

    ‘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

    By Nov 16th
     
  • 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
     
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    ‘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
     
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    ‘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
     
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    ‘It’s a sales strategy’: Woman tries to buy birthday gift at Cartier. Then the worker takes one look at her

    By Nov 12th
     
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    ‘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
     
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    ‘This gotta be a prank’: Houston Best Buy customer buys $1,000 console. Then he realizes he was bamboozled

    By Nov 10th
     
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    ‘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
     
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    ‘This was right next to the Justice stuff’: Walmart shopper heads to the girls’ aisle. The clothes on the rack have her demanding answers

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