Elena
Google
This review is a result of deceptive purchase/check out practices. In the end of November, my 15 yo daughter and I stopped by JCPenney looking for some gift ideas for her friend. She found something for me that she wanted to buy as a Christmas gift and asked to check out on her own to preserve an element of surprise that I would not see what she was getting me. One month forward, looking at the receipt, I found out that a "donation" line of $0.59 was added to it. While the amount is very small, at no point my daughter was asked if she wanted to donate, or volunteered to donate. Whoever is that associate #0708 should be grossly ashamed of herself! I suspect they are getting some perks from collected donations. There is a common practice nowadays at the retail stores to request donations, which I kind of feel very awkward about (feels like a guilt tripping), but that always must be approved by the purchasers. I believe that minors should be kept out of it.
In general, most of merchandize in JCPenney stores lacks any style and appeal, and I barely remember buying anything there other than small generic items. We usually avoid the store due to that as it is mostly waste of time to navigate it, and you can get exactly the same stuff and sometimes for less money elsewhere. However, after this incident, my family will avoid it entirely. The amount is not significant, but the issue of charging the kid something that she did not agree or volunteer to give is.