JCPenney — Local services in Minot

The 2nd week of June I went to buy some dresses, I was wanting to replace a whole wardrobe of dresses that I had gotten rid of about 6 to 7 dresses. Anyway I went with my husband and the dresses were feeling pretty heavy so I told him I would walk to get a cart while he checked out the men's shirts. As I was walking toward the front I heard 1 cashier yell from where she was asking if I needed anything, I replied and said no im fine thank you. Another lady with white long straight hair asked me again as I grabbed the cart and I said again "no thank you im good" and put the dresses in the cart. I then started walking back toward where my husband was and the same exact lady asked me again if she could help me find something after following me all the way to where my husband was. My husband turned and looked at her and said no thank you we are fine. So I proceeded to tell my husband that she had followed me from the front and that it seemed they may have been under the impression I was trying to steal the dresses. So we went to check out men's pants when my husband turned and saw she was following us into every place we turned. At that point I told my husband, lets just get out of here and go somewhere else. So we left with what I had in my hand, thankfully I stayed under 400 dollars this time. But honestly never coming to this store again. The way I was being followed I've never felt before in my whole life, it felt like they were watching me like a hawk instead of letting us shop in peace....

I don’t know what happened to this retail store. But it’s probably due to COVID rules. That I passed by to purchase a jacket and jeans for the winter season. That I noticed the whole store was rearranged and there’s only 1/3 of clothing displayed.

They also jacked up the prices in the store. Now, I love JCPenney by the good quality and reasonable prices. That I’ve purchased in the past before this COVID and never had questionable experiences.

I still purchase JCPenney online to this day of good T-shirts and sweaters retailing anywhere from 7$-13$. Good deal! I’ve brought 14 clothing items with the price of a simple $100.00 Total.

But, as I passed by this week. The prices were high and did not match to the online prices. They added extra 10-20$. For the sweaters and T-shirts. And some of the sale prices online did not match. The only sale in the store was “buy one get another 50% off”. Even the bras were 50$.

Now, the jacket I wanted to try on for a good fit and purchase was 47$ online and 75$ retail. No sale sign. Original price.

So, I took off 3 star ratings by:

1/3 clothing options. No matching prices Higher prices and fitting rooms...

Clothes on wrong tracks, hard to find what I wanted with mismatch brands, models, and sizes.

Edit 10/18/2020 Levis models not clearly delineated, so I spent a half hour combing through piles of jeans to find what I wanted (and never did).

The fitting room had a sign stating "this fitting room temporarily closed due to... Covid..." Some other customers and I found another one across the store: same sign. Then asked staff who explained it was a state requirement that they're all closed. Wish the signs stated such, so we'd know not to search for a working fitting room.

Is this really a current mandate? Or does the store just not want to disinfect door knobs after...