Have you ever arrived home to find a package from one of your go-to online stores only to completely blank on what could be in the package? I'll admit this has happened before and it's sort of like "Merry Christmas!" when I open the package to find out what is inside. Well, yesterday I arrived home to find a quite large Kohl's box on my front step. I had NO idea what it could be as I haven't ordered anything from them for a while. I then tried to think back to Christmas shopping to recall if anything had been back ordered and forgotten. Hmmm...nothing came to mind. In the meantime, I collected Charlie and took him up and down the block to take care of business and stopped at the mailbox to see what might be there. To my surprise, along with the regular mail was a soft envelope from Kohl's. What could be in these packages??? I carried everything upstairs and cracked open the box. Imagine my surprise when I looked inside and saw this: It was a LOT of sports bras. Twenty nine (29) of them in fact. There were at least four different styles and sizes ranging from small to 42DD. One particular style, I received 10 each in medium and large, all in the same color of blue. I then opened the envelope to find yet another sports bra, 30 in total. I am in need of some new undergarments and had been browsing a few sites online to look, but had not ordered any. Even if I had, what person would be so clueless on their size to order everything from small to 42DD? And if I were looking for a new style, why order 10 of the same color? After sending the above photo to Stephanie to commiserate/laugh with me, I tried to figure out what was going on. I logged into my Kohls.com account to see if I'd been charged for these bras and saw that I had an order placed on my account at 6:16 last Saturday morning and a charge for $1057.00! All of our blog readers would know that there was no way I'd be online shopping at 6:15 on a Saturday morning...unless I was on the treadmill. After a few more good laughs between my husband and I, we packed up the large box and loaded it into the truck to return these boulder-holders ASAP. When I arrived at Kohl's, after they said "Oh, my!" and called a manager, the staff did say this isn't the only bizarre package they'd returned lately. Apparently, someone is somehow trying to place large orders and access the Kohl's cash before the cardholder figures it out. I was fortunate...until we got done returning the 30 bras and the clerk said that $690 would be going back on my Kohl's card. WHAT!?! My order total said $1057. That's when we looked closer and apparently I have two more shipments coming with a dozen more sports bras. NOOOOO!!!!!
A few things about this experience make me a little more than a little upset.
While 45 sports bras may provide an unprecedented level of support, fraud, scams and identity theft can leave the consumer feeling exposed, frustrated and exhausted, perhaps like you've landed in a big booby trap. Have you ever had anything unusual happen like my bizarre brassier bonanza? Have you ever had a package arrive and couldn't remember what you ordered? What was inside? Feel free to share in the comments! I'll be getting out for a 10-miler Saturday morning before heading out to a track meet for the day and then waiting for the rest of my bras to come so that I can get back in line at customer service. Happy running--Missee P.S. This is what I arrived home to today...13 more sports bras. I hope this wraps up my tale...
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Sandie
4/8/2019 01:26:33 pm
Do you have any extra bras
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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