Tuesday Morning? - DON'T BOTHER!

I'm a sucker for a good deal probably more so than most folks. Yes, I'll stand in line at 6 AM in front of Wal-Mart if the day-after-Thanksgiving sale is right. I'll go after promo codes and search out discount coupons online as though I were searching for the Holy Grail. So earlier this week, after seeing one too many commercials for Tuesday Morning ("..Should've been here last week; better get here this week.." claims Lauren Bacall's voiceover), my husband did a little online research and discovered that there's a Tuesday Morning store two cities over from us and we made a date to visit.

Now I'm a hardy veteran of discount stores and I understand that during the busy holiday season, some stores (yes, even more upscale stores) can look a bit shabby around the edges if the store associates are busy or short-handed. But what I saw at Tuesday Morning was beyond belief! The store was so ratty, disorganized and picked over that it looked like a public market in a third-world country. Go to your local KMart, Dollar Tree, 99 cent Only store, Goodwill or even a garage sale and you'll find more pleasant surroundings. And overall, the merchandise is shoddy. You'll find better quality items, again, at your local dollar store. Were there good buys? I guess...who could tell? There appeared to be a couple of name brand appliances here and there if you don't mind dinged up boxes (which is perfectly fine), but is it worth a special trip for the off-chance you 'might' find the great buy? I don't think so. Better off sticking with Big Lots, where you'll find a LOT of great deals on name brand items as well as a store filled with great everyday buys and some semblance of order. I kid you not; It takes a LOT for me to back down from a store which may carry the Buy-Of-The-Year but my first instinct upon walking into the store was to turn around and walk back out. Yes, no exaggeration, it was THAT BAD!