Elizabeth W.
Yelp
YES BUT THE BARGAINS....are mindblowing.
Sometimes the store is in disarray. Sometimes the checkouts are closed. Sometimes dressing rooms are closed. Mostly, the price checkers are nonoperational.
BUT clothes here are on trend, and the sizes range (you can find wide-calf boots here)...I always find something to mix and match with my expensive designer items. In other words, the price can be amazing if you use coupons, especially the $10 ones, those 20 percent off discounts...and the rewards program is aptly named.
FOR EXAMPLE --
Yesterday, I was in the store at the MONTEBELLO MALL and found a powder blue Rossetti handbag retailing at $49.00, but at the register, it was on sale for $11...and with a $10 mailer coupon...I paid $1.02 cents for a lovely blue across-the-body handbag.
I bought Bisou Bisou blouses at the JC PENNEY WESTFIELD location for $6. I couldn't believe it. I know these summer items need to make way for fall, so beautiful name-brand clothes at bargain basement prices.
Whoever are the buyers for JPPenney, kudos! They have good taste ....and while a lot has gone down in terms of customer service and convenience...I have to admit it's not the old ladyish stodgy clothes of yesterday.... the style/quality of the clothes and craftsmanship of the clothes AND costume jewelry get more compliments than my high-end designer duds!
BIG PLUS sales associates here are friendly and nice, and doing their level best, but clearly they are understaffed. Some tell-tale gasping signs that not all is right here at the Montebello location, with all the fitting room and cashier station closures. and the messiness...but hello, bargains!