Candy Barrel — Local services in Tarpon Springs

This is the most dishonest establishment that I have had the displeasure of visiting in the Tarpon Springs area. My family and I visited the Sponge Docks for some fun entertainment and I made the unfortunate mistake of visiting this store with my kids and their friends. One of the children in attendance with me needed to use the restroom while shopping, so I proceeded to take them to the bathroom nearby, as directed by the cashier. In that short time, the cashier took complete advantage of my absence and arbitrarily priced items at the register to be two to even four times the average market value of a piece of candy. There were no full size chocolate bars and each item purchased could have been found at a local Dollar Tree in a greater quantity at a fraction of the price. Upon a closer look, each small piece of candy ranged from $2.49 to $9.49 per item, for even a small mint. Furthermore, it was not until I got home and contemplated this further that I had realized that the receipt had more individual items charged than we actually had on hand. In fact, the female cashier even made the snarky comment in suggesting that we had an "excellent deal for what we had." Initially, I scorned the children for overindulgence, until I had realized that my suspicion with the cashier was correct and I should have contended with her before departing from the store. The price per candy is either severely overpriced and / or the cashier found an opportunity to capitalize in an attempt to steeply charge the items beyond what they should actually cost in the average marketplace. If you elect to make a purchase here, watch very closely and ask questions about the cost of the items since the line items on the receipt can be inputted arbitrarily on the end of the cashier which is a shameful way to take advantage of young customers in a candy store. In fact, I still cannot figure out what small item that we had that would cost nearly $10 per piece. In the end, the chocolate pieces purchased tasted like soap and we disposed of most of this overpriced garbage. Shame on you, this is a very indecent way to run a candy store, and you should be ashamed of your...

I was a baby the first time I came here. I have been to this store many times over the years. Today I visited again. I was prepared to spend about $20. After collecting an assortment of candies I made my way to the counter. The lady weighed the candy and the total was $21 something. I said I would put a few items back so I could pay $20. The lady lost her you know what. She yelled at me and commented how her till was going to be screwed up and that it would take 3 hours to fix. She collected all the candy and put it behind her, even though I told her I wanted to put items back - I still intended on buying stuff! I then witnessed an elderly woman approached with a single piece of candy and inquired it's cost. The lady was very rude with the elder. The lady weighed it and told her it was $1.25. The elder said nevermind and the lady flipped her you know what again. The lady was so flustered that she literally THREW the piece of candy in the direction of the elder. I said forget this noise and left. I told everyone outside not to go in because the lady at the...

Cool store bringing back nostalgia of past candy as well as present but when my mom wanted me to just get her a little handful of candy for her birthday today from her childhood it came up to over 20 bucks. Candy you can find at Cracker Barrel, Buckees or Bass Pro for way less and alot more pre bagged. Older woman at the cash register had no personality and didn't seem like she wanted to be there, no smile or conversation, just weighed the overpriced candy and pretty much shoved it to my mom. My mom was stunned but we just paid the 20 and left, never again, more product for way less money at the places...