NYC Gifts — Local services in New York

I went to this store looking for earplugs. The guy on the phone accessories section was first of all not wearing a mask. He asked me what is my budget and I said 25 bucks. He asks me if I have cash and I say no, then he offers me some earplugs for 29 dollars. When I go to pay with my card I see the amount is 32,56 and I ask why so if he said 29. He says it is the taxes for card, however he had mentioned before 29 and knew that i was not paying cash. I repeat that is not what he offered me. And he starts rambling “if you are in America you have to pay taxes, where do you live?….” I repeat “this is not the deal you said and I told you i am not paying cash. Tell me if you can do it at 29 or I don’t want it” Then without saying anything he throws out my card to the table and tells me if I came to buy bananas and a few other rude stuff. So disrespectful. I am glad I didn’t buy there And now reading the other comments, I was not the only one who was treated...

BEWARE! The guy at the phone counter will say he's giving you a 'deal' and try to charge your card twice. I'm lucky that the second payment didn't go through with my bank. He tried charging $80 in total for a Sim card. Absolute tourist trap. I've learnt my lesson and will never visit these sorts of stores again and will tell everyone to avoid this place and other stores alike as they all have similar reviews. I obviously had no idea and no way of checking the reputation of this store without any data on my phone.

Also, I was purchasing a Sim card here to use for Canada and USA. The person lied to me and said the Sim would work in Canada. It did NOT.

Also I believe this store is actually located on 8th Avenue however there's no store there in Maps. This is the name of the store that showed up in my account statement...

CREDIT CARD SCAMMERS! Should be put out of business… Bought 2 $5 dollar shirts and $35 hoodie then paid with card to only have him say it didn’t go through twice. He took the card reader after the 2 swipes then demanded it didn’t work. Paid with cash and left to only find out what was $45 turned into $135 for 3 items. Went back and they lied and rejected the receipt then claimed the receipt was someone else’s… Disputed it with my bank got my money back but IM SURE THEY DO THIS...