Comments on: MI: Allen Park http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/ When checkout isn't simple Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Anonymous Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=62#comment-123 The law provides that in the event that you are not given the "bounty" within 24 hours, the retailer can be taken to court for $250 The law provides that in the event that you are not given the “bounty” within 24 hours, the retailer can be taken to court for $250

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Anonymous Sat, 31 May 2008 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=62#comment-117 I was a cashier at the Woodhaven location from 97 - 99. They pulled that crap constantly w/ the bait & switch on prices. As a cashier I hated it because I knew it was being done intentionally, them thinking people would just think "oh well" and pay full price when it was clearly advertised as being on sale. It was always a pain because I would then have to call a manager to my register and they would have to put in their special override code to change the price. At that time we were the busiest Meijer in Wayne county...no lie...so it never helped when I would have at least 10 people in line at any given time. I was a cashier at the Woodhaven location from 97 – 99. They pulled that crap constantly w/ the bait & switch on prices. As a cashier I hated it because I knew it was being done intentionally, them thinking people would just think “oh well” and pay full price when it was clearly advertised as being on sale. It was always a pain because I would then have to call a manager to my register and they would have to put in their special override code to change the price. At that time we were the busiest Meijer in Wayne county…no lie…so it never helped when I would have at least 10 people in line at any given time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Anonymous Sat, 10 May 2008 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=62#comment-106 We have been going to the new Meijer in Allen Park since it opened. I hate it. The biggest pain in my side is the LONG wait at the cash registers, coupled with the obnoxious advertising screens that are always turned up WAY TOO LOUD. When we first moved to Dearborn the local stores were Kroger and Farmer Jack. We started going to the Allen Park Meier as soon as it opened, since we had long ago determined we could spend less money without having to carry a store 'discount' card. However, we've been keeping track over the last 10 or so visits and it takes us on average 10 minutes to do our shopping and <b> 20 minutes to stand in line</b>. Typically, the cashiers are just painfully sloooow and often there aren't enough of them. It's not worth the time or constant annoyance of having to be subjected to advertising as I'm in line waiting to spend between $75-100 (every week) on their products. It's obvious Meijer is concentrating more on hedging greater profits at the expense of customer satisfaction and it's turned us off of the store that we've favored for many years. We have been going to the new Meijer in Allen Park since it opened. I hate it. The biggest pain in my side is the LONG wait at the cash registers, coupled with the obnoxious advertising screens that are always turned up WAY TOO LOUD. When we first moved to Dearborn the local stores were Kroger and Farmer Jack. We started going to the Allen Park Meier as soon as it opened, since we had long ago determined we could spend less money without having to carry a store ‘discount’ card. However, we’ve been keeping track over the last 10 or so visits and it takes us on average 10 minutes to do our shopping and 20 minutes to stand in line. Typically, the cashiers are just painfully sloooow and often there aren’t enough of them. It’s not worth the time or constant annoyance of having to be subjected to advertising as I’m in line waiting to spend between $75-100 (every week) on their products. It’s obvious Meijer is concentrating more on hedging greater profits at the expense of customer satisfaction and it’s turned us off of the store that we’ve favored for many years.

]]> By: Anonymous http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Anonymous Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=62#comment-76 My observation about Meijer is based on a long term observation over the past couple of years.<br/><br/>Meijer continues to reduce store help under the premise that it's better for me as the customer. Due to their excessive cutbacks, I seldom can find a short line at the cash registers. Worse, on the 28th at the Kalamazoo store in Grand Rapids, MI, the lines encounter a horrible surge when they closed the cash registers on the West side of the building.<br/><br/>Be assured, my complaint applies to the majority of the Meijer stores in the Grand Rapids area.<br/><br/>Pat My observation about Meijer is based on a long term observation over the past couple of years.

Meijer continues to reduce store help under the premise that it’s better for me as the customer. Due to their excessive cutbacks, I seldom can find a short line at the cash registers. Worse, on the 28th at the Kalamazoo store in Grand Rapids, MI, the lines encounter a horrible surge when they closed the cash registers on the West side of the building.

Be assured, my complaint applies to the majority of the Meijer stores in the Grand Rapids area.

Pat

]]> By: Sarah http://retailbandit.com/2007/09/mi-allen-park/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Sarah Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.retailbandit.com/?p=62#comment-73 People - <br/><br/>Meijer profits are millions of dollars a year, why do you feel that they are intentionally trying to swindle you? The law was written to protect the consumer, the rest is human error, that's all, just somebody's son or daughter or wife not putting the right price into the main computer system, no more.<br/><br/>~Sarah People –

Meijer profits are millions of dollars a year, why do you feel that they are intentionally trying to swindle you? The law was written to protect the consumer, the rest is human error, that’s all, just somebody’s son or daughter or wife not putting the right price into the main computer system, no more.

~Sarah

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