Beach Stuff captiva island — Local services in Cape Coral

This is one of a number of beach sundry stores on Sanibel and Captiva Islands. This one is located at the north end of Captiva, near Alison Hagerup Beach Park in the Captiva Village Square plaza. Parking is kind of limited but that is okay because the people who shop here are mainly staying at the resorts within walking distance. Many people bike and drive golf carts on the island.

Beach Stuff carries everything you would need for the beach of course and all of your Captiva souvenirs. Expect to find a large selection of towels, T-shirts, beach shoes, bags, sunscreen, beach chairs, hats, key chains, toys, and really large and fun floats.

Legend has it that Captiva got its name because the pirate captain José Gaspar, nicknamed Gasparilla held his female prisoners on the island for ransom. Prices are reasonable but if you are out this far on the island you will essentially feel like a captive of Captiva. Although if you have to be a trapped somewhere this is a pretty good place to be. If you are on this part of the island you are miles from Fort Myers where you can find discount stores and traffic can be a nightmare leaving the island. Save time and a headache and enjoy the convenience of shopping for your...

I waited in line a long time to purchase a beach umbrella advertised for$8.99 and saw the cashier Jim took his sweet time chatting with all customers in front of me. When it's my turn, he first deny the store sells $8.99 umbrellas. After I showed him his store sign, he refused to fetch one for me and asked me to wait until he finished the rest of customers who waited behind me(7groups). I complained but he didn't care. It's either because I only want to buy a $8.99 umbrella or because I'm an Asian girl. He said he's the only staff in store. I was in the store earlier and there's a young man, very kind and helpful, who helped me with various items when it's my turn, even though he's alone in the store and there's a line behind me. During Jim's chats with other customers, I've learned that the young man was out for lunch break. So unlucky...

We went into the store looking for souvenirs to take home. A lot of the items weren't priced and there was a bin of plastic coins so my husband picked up several for our grandson. Come to find out they were $1.95 and $2.95 each. Andrea rang him up and when the total came to almost $22 he asked her how much they were each and she got an attitude with him and proceeded to read each one out to him. He asked her to refund 5 of them totaling $11.45. As he walked out I went back inside as my daughters were still shopping. The cashier Andrea was making fun of him with the other customers in line asking them if they want her to ring them up and then refund some. My daughters put back their items and walked out. I will not patronize any store with employees as rude as Andrea. It's a shame we shop there everytime we are in Sanibel...