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Complaint Review: Nelsons Christmas Shoppe - SUNNYSIDE New York

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  • Nelsons Christmas Shoppe 42-24 GREENPOINT AVE SUNNYSIDE, New York U.S.A.

Nelsons Christmas Shoppe Owner The owner is a very rude and racist individual, there is some very rude signs in the store. He threatens people and makes them fell like you are there to robe the place SUNNYSIDE New York

*General Comment: Christmas Shoppe may be gone...

*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Abusive Owner

*Consumer Suggestion: Why oh Why is everything about race?

*Consumer Comment: OWNER HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE WANTS IN HIS OWN STORE

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The owner is a very rude and racist individual, the moment we walked in to buy some ornaments we where followed in the store. I pick up ornaments and put them in my basket and the owner was standing behind me. We were not asked if we needed help, we were just watched. As I was in line getting ready to pay we noticed that around the store there is some very rude signs; example: If you touch and brake anything you will be forced to pay for it if not at least half of the original price?

As I was reading the sign the owner takes a basket from a customer, the basket containing some items that the customer decided not to purchase for her daughter. As the customer walks around to pick up other things to buy, the owner looks inside the basket with a very strange look as if he was mad and follows the lady to inform her that she MUST buy the item because the TAG is no longer in the item. The TAG?

Not only did he scream at the lady holding her daughter but he will not let her get out of the store; repeating you will pay, you are not going anywhere. The lady looked as lost as everyone witnessing the show, she didnt know why, how or what, the only thing she knew is that he was not letting her leave or take her daughters stroller out of the store. I have never witness such an embarrassing moment. He makes people fell like you are there to robe the place. I had to walk out and take my business somewhere else.

Something must be done, this place should be a place were you have a nice and pleasant experience as you shop for your Christmas decorations. Not a threatening place where if a tag that can easily be put back is missing, you a threaten in front of all the customers and prohibited from living because the customer stands in front of the door as if you are a criminal.

Elisa
woodside, New York
U.S.A.

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#4 General Comment

Christmas Shoppe may be gone...

AUTHOR: licnyc - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, December 05, 2011

But the people who ran the shop still own the building.

They must be the nastiest bunch I've ever encountered in this neighborhood. After a snowstorm last year, they immediately came out in force to clear the sidewalks around the building. I was at the park across the street with my two small children having a fun time playing in the snow. On our way back home, we walked down the sidewalk past their building. We were continuing our fun with the snow... one s****.>

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#3 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Abusive Owner

AUTHOR: Synesthesia - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I used to work for this store and it was horribly abusive. All the time the owners would find a reason to yell at you and get in your face. Even for the smallest things. They were very uncaring and almost cruel. Not to mention they HATE Christmas. They were also very demeaning and would say insulting things to their workers. One of the owners said, "You can't do that," about an extremely simple task I was performing. They have since closed their store and I say good riddance.

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#2 Consumer Suggestion

Why oh Why is everything about race?

AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

There was nothing in this report that indicates he is a racist individual. For example did these "rude" signs say something like. "If you break it you must buy it...But I am racist so this only applies to (fill in race here)". My guess would be NO.

Now as for the You break it you buy it policy. This is very common in the Mom & Pop type stores. Actually it sounds as if his was a bit better than others. Most stores will make you pay full price, from what you wrote it sounds as if he would only want 1/2 of the items price.

As for these "tags". You did not say what these tags were, if you are even 100% sure? There are a lot of collectibles that have tags on them that identify them as a collectible. If these tags are removed or missing for any reason the item can loose 50%-75% of the value just because of that.

I am not saying he was right in screaming at this other woman. But since we were not there and don't know the entire story it is hard to say if he was totally in the wrong or not.

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#1 Consumer Comment

OWNER HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE WANTS IN HIS OWN STORE

AUTHOR: Margaret - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The owner is probably like other shop keepers in this day and time. They don't want trashy Wal Mart clientele coming in the store with their undiciplined children that have to touch everything and knock things down because they have not had their butt's whipped good.
I worked in retail running a unique resale shop for a while and I cannot tell you the horrible ill mannered people that came into the store. They threw clothes all over the fitting room, allowed their kids to throw toys all over the floor and then decided against buying something after they got to the counter with their stuff!!
If you don't want to purchase it people, DON'T BRING IT UP TO THE COUNTER!!!!

This owner has a right to run his shop the way he wants and if the rest of the retail world would do the same and force the general public to behave or GET OUT, then maybe everyone would stop acting like Wal Mart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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