Patricia B.

Publix gets a general low grade in our experience because the store continues to ratchet up prices despite national reports that inflation is generally coming down. A specific example is our grocery shopping experience this morning. The store had moved its aspirin offerings out of the medication/personal care aisle to a special shelf by the pharmacy hyping the same aspirin we bought previously as an arthritic pain reliever -- as if this makes it okay to charge $23 for a product that costs pennies to make. Of course people use aspirin to ease minor arthritis pain, and also period cramps, occasional headaches and colds. How cynical and outright cruel of Publix to make people through the nose for pain relief. Publix may tell us that the price hike is not their fault, that "distribution" is the problem. We don't buy it nor should you.

We booked a villa in Las Terrenas, DR for our honeymoon on Oct. 24 and the property manager now tells us our reservation was not booked. We called customer service and a woman told us she'd 'get back to us,' but hasn't. Our flights are already booked to the DR for Christmas day. We have no place to stay, and VRBO and the property owner have our money. This is our first time booking with VRBO and we didn't realize they are owned by Expedia. On our last trip to the DR, our car rental reserved through Expedia was also overbooked so there was no car at the airport. We had to pay almost three times as much to another company on site. We filed a BBB complaint and found there were over 100 before us for a variety of reasons. Stay far far away.