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So another victim of hedge fund coming in taking everything then leaving bankrupt
As long as they provide a 20% off coupon. >

Fine print says it excludes almost everything you want to buy 20% off >

When I used to work there which was about 5 years ago now. We would let you use it on anything, they needed the revenue and the markup from cost was crazy high that it would barely affect anything. You could also use multiple coupons in a single purchase. >

Wish I knew that. Could’ve bought a Vitamix! >

Well it was one coupon per item so if you had 3 items you could use 3 coupons. Also, they had a return policy like no other. If you didn't like the item you could return it whenever you wanted. No receipt? They'd look up your card. Paid with cash and no receipt? They'd give you store credit less 20% because the assumption was you used a coupon. This made it real easy for people to abuse the system but many people didn't know this back then. They've since changed the policy but it was insane how often it was abused. >

And to think they’re going bankrupt. >

B B & B used to have the feel of walking into a high end retail environment for kitchen and bath items.  Sort of like hitting us Nordstrom’s or whatever.  Then, they morphed into sort of random bull crap, like makeup and lotions and bath products.  Plus a front section for holiday crap.
It just started feeling kind of cheesy.
They restructured their interiors to make it seem less oppressive, and honestly, it seems a bit nicer.  But, heaven help you finding help in the physical store.  Online, it is a crapshoot to find a specific item in your local store.  Checkout see,s to only happen at the customer service desk.
I want them to succeed, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope. >

Half the store became “As Seen on TV” trash. And also their private label products were trash. Their last CEO really sucked. >

I loved their brick and mortar stores, got some really useful and quality kitchen gear there. >

They actually did have some good stuff.  I wonder if anything will take their store’s place, or if Amazon kind of makes that impossible.