Office Depot at Merritt Island - Bad store experience on Thanksgiving sale

Office Depot at Merritt Island - Bad store experience on Thanksgiving sale

November 28, 2006

Office Depot, Store# 284, MERRITT ISLAND, FL 32953

This bad store experience was happened at the Office Depot at Merritt Island

- Thanksgiving Friday sale.

Office Depot advertised a digital camera - Canon PowerShot A630 for sale

($75 less) with a free printer. My boyfriend and I got up very early and

arrived the store before it was opened. There were possibly no more than 30

people in front of us in the line. When the door was open, we got the last

two tickets under that digital camera - my boyfriend gave one to another

woman. There were two lines and we didn't know which one to get the camera,

so we went to the store manager for help. He took the ticket and said he

would help us find it. However, after he spent twenty minutes doing

something else, he came back and told us the cameras were sold out. Then, he

offered to sale us one at $25 off, which is less than 10% off this $300

camera! Of course we didn't take it. We thought he could sale us one with a

similar price, because, after all, we did come in to the store early enough

to get the ticket!

It was a very unpleasant experience. My co-worker told me the Office Depot

could have a false advertising. If she's right, I wish all consumers know

what may happen to them and avoid the same pitfalls.

Clare