Lee F.

Crate and Barrel is always fun and engaging. Reasonable prices abound. Creative merchandise is everywhere. The only downside is that if you have bought a set of dishes or glassware, you cannot depend on the same line being there over time.

Pottery Barn offers home furnishings, tableware, barware, and furniture. They are often on the crest of the shopping wave, but prices are a bit high for the quality. Quality varies depending on the items.

Waste Management is one of the area's (Rochester, NY) worst trash haulers. They are more expensive that most others, they are combative on the phone, know absolutely the things that work to their advantage, and have no recollection - even in writing - of anything that does not provide gain for them The customer is always wrong.

Walmart treats its workers, its vendors, and it customers with equal disdain. Their political view and their lack of philanthropy compared to their immense wealth is deplorable.

Some of the merchandise is fine - at some stores, but the quality varies depending on the economics of the area in which the store is placed.