Last week, I shared some Black Friday sales that looked good, including JC Penney’s $4.99 pajama pants. I was especially excited about this sale, because my son is allergic to polyester, and it’s often tough to find good sales on 100% cotton pajamas.
I went through all of the styles on sale and selected three that specified 100% cotton:
To save money on shipping, I opted to ship-to-store, thinking that we’d make sure they were cotton before we picked them up.
My husband was in town when I got a text from JCP that the pajamas had arrived, so I sent him over to pick them up. The pants were inside a brown, stapled bag. He asked if he could open the bag before accepting the order, and the clerk told him “no. You need to take the bag and exit the store before you open it.”
So, he left the store, opened the bag, and here’s what was inside:
It’s frustrating, because we often turn to buying clothing online for our son when we can’t find 100% cotton apparel items locally in stores, and this is an ongoing problem with many retailers — the fabric descriptions listed online don’t always match what the products’ tags say.
I realize that this is kind of an oddball issue too, but each time I blog about clothing allergies (contact dermatitis) I hear from other people who either have the same thing or are shopping for someone who does. I had a buy-return-buy-return cycle going on earlier this year with Amazon in which I was looking for a specific kind of shirt for my son and ordered three different styles from three different brands. All said cotton in the description, and not one of them was when they arrived.
For anyone else who might have purchased these pajamas looking for cotton ones, my apologies — the price was definitely great, but the fabric wasn’t. :(
Calibabydolly says
I thought you were going to comment on the all new this year $10/$10 coupon exclusions. I hated Carsons coupons because it was so hard to find anything to buy with it and LOVED JCPenneys….until this year! They used to just exclude Nike and Levis and electronics, foods and Sports teams stuff and we were OK with that. The wording on coupon appears to include clothing and shoes and household and jewelry BUT for the past 3 times this season Penneys has put out the coupons I have been denied various items that SHOULD work!? They did not allow gloves or socks or underwear (at least the ones I picked out) It took me so long this year to shop, I almost walked out! I was so happy finding 4 pairs of undies that I actually needed and they were tagged $3 each, but rang up $2.99, so buying 4 should have been just over $2 yet the cashier said “no included items” after he rang them! So I put them back and FINALLY got a set of earmuffs and a washcloth with my $10 cpn. Our mall has just JCPenneys as an anchor store, as Sears and Carsons have closed this past year. I find them following in their footsteps if they do not stop upsetting customers. I heard about plenty people walking out this year because of the same issues I was having!
grandma says
Your Penneys comment with the $10 coupon reminded me of what just happened at Kohls.
I had a $10 coupon for Kohls and needed a new bath mat. Kohl’s had bathmats on sale for
$9.99. Got my bathmat and went to the register with it. Cashier rang it up, but I was told I could not
use the $10 coupon as I did not make a $10 purchase. I would have thought Kohls would be happy if
I did not use the whole $10, but no. Had to go back & find a clearance washcloth to get it over $10.
Really Stupid
Coupon Maven says
The changes in the $10-off-$10s almost deserve their own post! I got one earlier this month, and just look at this thing:
I have not yet been to the store to try to use this, but I had given it to my husband to try to get something (anything!) with on the day of the Great Polyester Pajama Pants Pickup, and he brought the coupon back home!
Last time I got one of these, I bought a $12.99 3-pack of boot socks. Who knows if they are excluded now, especially with the ominous wording “Additional exclusions may apply.”
Calibabydolly says
My fav reason they may exclude coupon: “reoccurring disruptive behavior”! Are you serious?
I still have that exact coupon in my purse….let’s see who will be able to use it by the 4th. That is Tuesday!
I was at the mall at 7 AM this morning for the Bath & Body Works annual candle sale and I noticed Penneys was opening reg. time of 10 AM and there was NOT a coupon giveaway today. Only a friends & family sale.
I think the first line of exclusions “Best Value” & “Daily Deals” is the part that is hurting us….if they are mentioned in the ad they are being treated like a Carson’s DOOR BUSTER and automatically will not work! Geez I hope I win, I really need some new undies! :>)
Theresa says
Why don’t they just put what you can use the coupon on, on the coupon. The list is so long. I used to get New Balance tennis shoes for my husband but then no athletic shoes. I was spending more than I am now trying to find a small item to fit. Really. Also last time in the store lines up front were so long and 2 people at pick up cash registers doing nothing. Asked if I could checkout there. No. had to go up front. This is NOT the way to keep customers.
Calibabydolly says
I got a bra today with my coupon for $2! I first tried for the 4- $3 priced underwear and it was denied. I asked why and was told because the price ends in .00 It was not any of the exclusions listed but I decided to try for a clearance item which was a bra, reg. price $30, marked down 60% off at $12.00 It worked! (even though the price ended in 2 zeros?)
I am almost wondering if it now has to be ONLY 1 item like Carson’s used to be? The panties were a total of $12, yet not one single item $10 or over.
I personally do not think any of the employees have a clue as to the correct usage of these coupons because the last time I tried for the exact same 4 panties, they rang up at $2.99 each instead of $3. Who knows!?
Coupon Maven says
Success!
I really have no idea what it is good on and what it’s not. I don’t think the price ending in $0.00 is true because we used our $10 coupon (the one with the 12/4 expiration date) on a $15 pair of men’s jeans (“City Streets” was the brand, if anyone’s curious.) The sign by the jeans said “Extreme Value: $15”. I looked at the coupon, and it said it is not good on Best Value, but it didn’t say a thing about Extreme Value.
It scanned with no issue whatsoever. The jeans were the only thing we bought.
And of course, over the weekend we got another JCP ad with another $10-off-$10 coupon inside the cover. This coupon’s start date is tomorrow, 12/5.
tm says
The $10 coupon worked on a set of $12.99 twin sheets. My local homeless shelter was thrilled to receive a package of new sheets!
Coupon Maven says
Oh, that is awesome! Thank you for being so thoughtful :) How nice of JCP to help enable your generosity this season! :)