Sticks 'n Stuff Advertising

One of my children saw an ad on tv .. ( Comcast Cable Channel 3 (5/26/06) ) which stated that Sticks 'n Stuff was going out of business and was selling ALL five piece bed sets at $510 and ALL colors and styles of sofas at $310 ... no mention anywhere in the ad of specific items or a limited number of items.. So we jumped into the car and drove to a Sticks 'n Stuff here in Jacksonville, Florida on Walgreens Road or Drive... ( Northside of town ). When we entered , a woman greeted us and when we saw NO signs of going out of business signs or anything even remotely related to the advertisement on tv... we mentioned to her about the ad. She claimed she knew nothing about the company going out of business... and knew nothing about any ads for $310 sofas or $510 dollar five piece bedrooms sets ... in all.. she knew nothing but would we like to see all the other items in the store. We left purchasing nothing since I can't stand being baited and switched.

Later the same day, on the same channel, the advertisment was aired twice more that we actually saw... those times..NO mention in the same ad of going out of business.. but the same ad continued with ALL sofas @ $310 any style , any color .... and ALL five piece bedrooms sets @ $510 .. NOT ONE TIME during these ads was there any small print describing that only certain items were on sale ... or that only the models shown were on sale.. just that ALL of the sofas and ALL of the five piece bedroom sets were on sale for the aforementioned prices.

So.. having been successfully baited and switched ( I HATE THAT! ) one time and having wasted alot of gasoline going to Golfair from our house... I called all of the local stores for Sticks 'n Stuff here in Jacksonville, Florida. Guess what. You guessed it. I was either put on hold while someone who denied there was any such ad that they knew of ( yeah sure ) ostensibly went to fetch their parent company's address for me ( They never came back on the phone..just left me on hold for awhile ), or was told the ad was ONLY for the pictured items even if the words did say ALL and not some. So.. I mentioned then that since this was false advertising and I take a dim view of that and so does the Florida Attorney Generals Office .. I hung up on the last guy I spoke to since he was the one who told me he refused to give me the parent companys address etc. ( Orange Park store ) and that the ad was only for the items in the picture AND that they didn't have any of those items in stock anyway! HAHAHA!

I looked this "company" up. They seem to have a record of some sort of being sued for this same sort of thing in other states as well.

God bless you all up there in Complaints Land.