At some point this weekend we have to go to JCPenney and get the control tag / anti-theft device (whatever it is called) removed from the pants we purchased for Casey a couple weeks ago. It is the kind that has ink in it so we can’t even attempt to get it off ourselves. Ya know, if stores are going to put those things on the clothing they sell, they better take them off when you buy them. Every item we purchased had a tag on them so how did they miss this one? I realize the sales people are humans and make mistakes but the control tag was right next to the price tag she scanned to ring up the pants. And….. This is the second time we’ve had this happen!

The first time was on a fancy dress I bought for a trip we took to San Francisco and I discovered it the morning of our flight. I bought the dress at a store in Portland. There just so happened to be another of the same store closer to home so we went there first. Well, they used different types of control tags and didn’t have the tools to remove it. So we had to race to Portland in the opposite direction of the airport to get it removed than race to catch our flight. They at least knocked 10% off the price of the dress for our trouble, but I still wasn’t impressed.

Now we have to deal with it again. I would rather have a liver cleanse done than drive back to the mall and make them correct their mistake. And I don’t think 10% is going to appease me this time. Not with the price of gas lately. It really is a complete waste of gas for me to drive back there just to have them correct this.