Michaels Stores
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AVOID: MICHAELS' IS NOT THE SAME as it was
full disclosure: I am NOT good at 'crafty' stuff-->my USUAL M.O. when needing to make something was to walk into Michael's looking like a deer in the headlights, make a beeline to the register and show the (usually) older lady what I was trying to make, and she would get someone (again, usually an older lady) to 'help' me (aka-->explain to me step by step what I needed to buy and how to use it LOL). THAT is NO LONGER ANY kind of option-->the workers not ONLY know NOTHING about crafting, but BARELY know where stuff IS in the store :( ADDING to this, when I bought the Cricut machine (vinyl cutter) the other morning (in Carlsbad as the local store didn't have one), I did NOT look at the box at all.....they had to get it from a back room, so I ASSUMED it was F.I.N.E. and we ALL know what "ASSUME" stands for: make an A** out of U and ME.... I did NOT have time to unbox it until I was done with work on Friday afternoon.....so at 5 pm I am finding out that the machine (apparently) had been a return-->it was missing ALL the important things.....so BACK IN FRIDAY TRAFFIC I had to go to swap it for a factory-sealed version. Emily (manager) DID exchange it, but NOTHING was offered to offset my inconvenience/fuel/time involved due to HER staff's ineptness in managing the item (returned and re-shelved). THEREFORE instead of being completely done by say 7:30 with this project, it was after 9 pm.