Lys
Senior Community Member
Whew! What a day! It was SOOOOOOOooooooo Cold!!!! 20 degrees in CHarlotte. That's REALLY cold for this Southern girl!
I had to stop at the gas station before leaving to put air in my tires because my "low tire pressure" light was on. I'm sure it was because of the cold.
So, I drive up there- takes about an hour, pull into the parking lot of Britax and there is already a HUGE line! I found out later some people had been waiting since 5am!
I go get in line and call Amy (ajweeks-another board member) who is meeting me there.
Britax had all the seats and strollers for sale lined up along a wall, where you could go by and look at each one. They also gave out "order forms" for you to fill out while waiting in line to purchase your items. The majority of stuff was collegiate items.
We must have waited for an hour to just purchase our items, THEN you had to drive around to the back of the warehouse to pick up your items.
This is where the fun stuff starting happening. Just like Black Friday, there was a scuffel inside the warehouse when I went in to get my seat ( a Carolina Gamecocks PW) I got for Ian.
There was a lady who was literally yelling at this man ( I later found out her was the VP of Britax)because they had over sold the DC she wanted and it wasn't available when she got to the warehouse to pick it up. She was yelling things like- "You lied to us ( her 2 other friends) about the availability of the seats and you should just go back in the warehouse and give me another DC in a current print!" And " I have 2 kids I had to get someone to take care of for me to be here and I have a Christmas party to be at @10am" "Look me in the eye and tell me as a father that you can live with your self for lieing" and "I'm going to start a website that is called " Britax Lied" and I will pay for the server for anyone who wants to join"
I couldn't take it anymore. So, I asked her politely if she was from Charlotte and she said yes. So I said " Well, I drove all the way from Fayetteville to be here and maybe if you weren't so nasty to the man helping you he would have substituted anothe seat for you!" Then she says" You could have saved the gas it costs to get here and bought your seat retail!" Then I told her I was there not only for myself but for others who could not make it to the sale. And to just quit being nasty because it was just a seat!"
While I was waiting for the warehouse workers to get my PW, I had 2 people come up to me and say Thanks for saying something to her! They wanted to but didn't know what to say!
So, I got my PW and Amy and I went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and to warm up.
This was a 1st for Britax so there were a few kinks to work out. I think if Britax does this again next year it will be more organized.
I had to stop at the gas station before leaving to put air in my tires because my "low tire pressure" light was on. I'm sure it was because of the cold.
So, I drive up there- takes about an hour, pull into the parking lot of Britax and there is already a HUGE line! I found out later some people had been waiting since 5am!
I go get in line and call Amy (ajweeks-another board member) who is meeting me there.
Britax had all the seats and strollers for sale lined up along a wall, where you could go by and look at each one. They also gave out "order forms" for you to fill out while waiting in line to purchase your items. The majority of stuff was collegiate items.
We must have waited for an hour to just purchase our items, THEN you had to drive around to the back of the warehouse to pick up your items.
This is where the fun stuff starting happening. Just like Black Friday, there was a scuffel inside the warehouse when I went in to get my seat ( a Carolina Gamecocks PW) I got for Ian.
There was a lady who was literally yelling at this man ( I later found out her was the VP of Britax)because they had over sold the DC she wanted and it wasn't available when she got to the warehouse to pick it up. She was yelling things like- "You lied to us ( her 2 other friends) about the availability of the seats and you should just go back in the warehouse and give me another DC in a current print!" And " I have 2 kids I had to get someone to take care of for me to be here and I have a Christmas party to be at @10am" "Look me in the eye and tell me as a father that you can live with your self for lieing" and "I'm going to start a website that is called " Britax Lied" and I will pay for the server for anyone who wants to join"
I couldn't take it anymore. So, I asked her politely if she was from Charlotte and she said yes. So I said " Well, I drove all the way from Fayetteville to be here and maybe if you weren't so nasty to the man helping you he would have substituted anothe seat for you!" Then she says" You could have saved the gas it costs to get here and bought your seat retail!" Then I told her I was there not only for myself but for others who could not make it to the sale. And to just quit being nasty because it was just a seat!"
While I was waiting for the warehouse workers to get my PW, I had 2 people come up to me and say Thanks for saying something to her! They wanted to but didn't know what to say!
So, I got my PW and Amy and I went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and to warm up.
This was a 1st for Britax so there were a few kinks to work out. I think if Britax does this again next year it will be more organized.