Office Depot
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Had a horrible experience at downtown Bellevue Office Depot today and have decided I will never shop there again -- they lost my several hundreds of dollars of business per year over $1.50: the manager told me that a 70-page blank spiral notebook was normally priced at $6.00 (what?! -- they are $1 or less everywhere else). I had spent 40 minutes shopping for various additional school supplies (third time I've been there for my kids this school season) and had picked up the last 70-page blank spiral notebook with Ford auto cover in the 50% clearance section. The regular price appeared to be $2.99 (this item's bin didn't have the yellow sticker on it but had the original $2.99 white price tag/bar code). When the cashier tried to charge me $2.99 I mentioned the 50% off, the manager got involved and insisted it was originally $6.00 and the $2.99 was the sale price. I told him that was absurd and the company would lose that entire sale (I had picked out over $50 in items) as well as future business if he didn't reconsider. He said no, he was right, I was wrong, the notebook was $6 normally, $2.99 now and take it or leave it. I left, and will tell everyone I know to avoid this store -- it is horrible and I hope it goes out of business! Got the same notebook at Factoria Target for 79 cents about 15 minutes later. Should have gone to Target or FedEx/Kinkos -- shame on me for wasting my time at this dump.