Crushes — Local services in Waitematā

Before this I absolutely 100% loved crushes, but after todays experience I'm a bit unsure...

I was pretty stoked to hear that they started stocking some vintage plus size clothing. So I went in and found some jeans that I absolutely loved (which is a bloody rare thing for me). It was 40" and listed at $30, I know this because that's literally the reason I first picked it up. When I went to the till it was priced at $45 without really looking at it. Somehow the tag got lost, I was carrying it around the store so it could've been anywhere (might've been upstairs where we didn't look).

I really wanted the pants but to hike it up $15 just by taking one look at it? Kinda weird to evaluate it at one price, put it out on the floor and then when someone's about to buy it, hike up the price.

Maybe a system should be more in place to prevent it (although I do understand that it is a vintage store with one off pieces). I was just excited to find something plus size thrifted, at a great price to then just be disappointed like that.

If I could've gotten the pants at the price the tag said I'd be happy and would have no beef with Crushes but again, I was pretty guttered.

Other than this, Crushes was my go to store to get gifts. If you want to support local this is a great way to do it and see some cool things. It's just this experience that left me with a bad taste...

A beautiful range of gifts. The staff member working (sorry, didn't get their name) was very friendly and welcoming. Really appreciated being welcomed into the the shop and the friendly chit chat! It's not often you come across such attentive retail staff these days. So thank you for a lovely retail...

These guys are so amazing!! Not only are the products gorgeous, but the team is so kind and helpful - I placed an online order for some thank you gifts for an event and the crushes team went the extra mile to make sure it got here in time. The wee note absolutely...