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    so... i was shopping today, and i went into a hip hop style shop. i won't say the name of it, but it was a chain of stores.

    i saw a sale rack, and it said the following:

    tops 4.99 regularly 39.99 and up, $9.99 regularly $64.99 and up
    final clearance (or something like that)

    so i fell in love with this top. i was like NO WAY... $10 for this CUTE top?? so i try it on and bring it to the register. the sales worker, by the way, has ignored me so far. i go up to the register and asked, "how much would this top end up being?" she looked at me like i was stupid, and then looked at the tag and said, "$44.99".

    i said, "but it's redlined and the sign says $9.99..."

    she said, "that's just telling you what the prices are going to be looking like."

    i am a bargain hound, i know to always read the fine print. i did, and that shirt was supposed to be $9.99!!!! unless that shop is a scam to begin with. i don't know.

    i felt that she didn't want to sell it to me because i was white, and made it out to be much more expensive than what it was. if she had been nice, i would have bought it anyway. but i didn't give her that satisfaction. i politely said i didn't want it and left the store. my boyfriend tried to console me on the way out, and i told him i felt she didn't give me the discount because of my color. he said he usually wouldn't agree with that comment, but he feels this way also.

    i'm so hurt you guys... i am not racist and i am so... just HURT. not angry. hurt.

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    Legally in America, shops have to sell things to you at the listed price unless tampering was involved.


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    Are you talking about Demo stores? They're going out of business all over the country and liquidating all their inventory. I went to one here in Florida and got a Coogi and Baby Phat sweater for like 25 bucks each when it was originally 80 something. Even the shelves, tables, and wall decorations were for sale.

    That makes no sense what she said, "That's just telling you what the prices are going to be looking like." You should've asked to speak with the manager and ask why you have to be charged more than the advertised sale price.

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    Default Re: upset over what could be rascim.

    Maybe she was just stupid

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    ^ i think the girl was the manager. she was looking at a binder and writing on the papers in it.

    as far as it being demo, i'm not saying any names ;]

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    Okay. Simply because it was a "hip hop" store, and you happen to be white, she was being racist? I assume she just has shitty customer service skills.

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    you should send one of your gfs in there to see if the same thing happens to her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MixedBabe88 View Post
    Okay. Simply because it was a "hip hop" store, and you happen to be white, she was being racist? I assume she just has shitty customer service skills.
    It's entirely possible. Racism happens across the board, I don't think anyone is immune to it.

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    Aren't those stores going out of business so everything is supposed to be marked down ridiculously low. The ones around my house are are all half empty and everything is like $3-10 when its usually up to $50-60.

    I had a similar incident (not based on race, but on appearance and weight) that happened today at Target and I'm still pretty pissed off over it. I was polite though as always.

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    It could have been racism, it could have been shitty customer service. Racism IS more common to people who don't appear to be white, in my opinion (and this is solely my opinion), but it can happen to those who look/are white. Either way, it sucks that she was impolite.

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    I would have raised hell. That comment "It's what the prices are going to be like" doesn't fly with me. I have never heard that before. I don't know about the racism personally but the store can't advertise a price and not give it to you. Call the better business bureau and the company and complain.

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    ^Agreed. What did she mean by "that's what the prices are going to look like"?

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    dude i don't know.

    and yes, mixed babe. i think she disliked me right off the bat because i was white. well technically olive but ya know.. ;] i could tell her feelings about my appearance in the way she ignored and then looked at me.

    i'm sorry amazingkat. target is usually really freaking good about customer service.

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    Don't shop at that chain anymore

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    She was probably a combination of jealous and dumb. And remember, she's getting paid minimum wage and I'm guessing she's not getting paid commissions so ... I'm sorry you went through that. I would've gotten the manager.

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    My thought is she was trying to rip you off so she could pocket the difference.
    Quote Originally Posted by CuriousSeeker View Post
    ^Pssssttttt, your stripper is showing.

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    Sorry that this happened to you but you really should have stood your ground and demanded to see a manager. Unless she had it written in big letters on her name tag that she was the manager, you could have really had her reamed for that kind of treatment. I agree that chances are she was just a horrible attendant. I think you should head back to the store and buy what you want on the sale rack for the sale price.
    As a woman of color, I've had my share of poor treatment. I've walked into department stores and been followed. I've had attendants say things like "I think that item is probably beyond your spending limit." and other condesending remarks based on the fact that I'm young and brown. Trust me, if what happened to you was because of some angst that chick was harboring against white folks, it was tip of the ice burg at best. You'll live.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vivianbear View Post
    As a woman of color, I've had my share of poor treatment. I've walked into department stores and been followed. I've had attendants say things like "I think that item is probably beyond your spending limit." and other condesending remarks based on the fact that I'm young and brown. Trust me, if what happened to you was because of some angst that chick was harboring against white folks, it was tip of the ice burg at best. You'll live.
    I've had people say/do the same thing to me. I'm young and white.

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    I've had stored tell me not to get my skin on their merchandise because I'll make it FILTHY.

    I think it's a young thing, in this case.

    Hmph.


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    White people experience racism just like anyone else does. I couldn't even count how many times I've been called a "cracker". I don't think thats funny just like black people don't like to be called n----r by white people. White people generally just keep it to themselves because no one cares, after all it was this generations fault that slavery existed, right?

    I would have just left too. Why bother with people who preemptively have issues with you. It's a waste of everyones time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrodieLux View Post
    My thought is she was trying to rip you off so she could pocket the difference.
    that had also crossed my mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joplin View Post
    I couldn't even count how many times I've been called a "cracker".
    Whenever I hear terms like "cracker", my only thought is "Is that the best you can do?".

    One of my favorite sayings is that "there is no insult where none is taken".

    And to not be insulted really is the best way to piss someone off who wants to insult you.
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    I love black on white crime. Its even better than cake.

    oh yeah and I'm sorry for shirt

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverback View Post
    Whenever I hear terms like "cracker", my only thought is "Is that the best you can do?".

    One of my favorite sayings is that "there is no insult where none is taken".

    And to not be insulted really is the best way to piss someone off who wants to insult you.
    It doesn't insult me it just frustrates me that if I call them out on being ignorant then I'M the racist.

    I have tons of shit to say on this topic from financial aid to "appreciation" months, but alas I'll get flamed because I don't agree with the expressed PC society .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joplin View Post
    It doesn't insult me it just frustrates me that if I call them out on being ignorant then I'M the racist.

    I have tons of shit to say on this topic from financial aid to "appreciation" months, but alas I'll get flamed because I don't agree with the expressed PC society .
    Agreed. Don't worry, not everybody here is a limp wristed bleeding-heart liberal.

    I think she very well may be racist and the op has reason to think that by the way the store employee judged her by looking at her. The door swings both ways.

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