Ok, I have been looking for a small LCD TV for the kitchen. Wally World has one but it seems pricey at $199. Best Buy has one that I like for $159 but I thought I would try UFS on south Adams.
You all know the place right? Their motto is; “It’s all about the deals!” I haven’t been there in over a year and thought maybe they would have a TV I’m looking for a little cheaper.
They didn’t as the one they had was $179 and it was a display model. After asking if they would cut the price a little because there was no box, no instructions, no remote (he couldn’t locate it) and it was a display that everybody and their mother had touched and messed with, I got “$179 as marked.” I made mention that Best Buy had the same TV for $159??? Basically the guy said; “We’ll better get out there.” All about the deals huh?
Then I turned around and that is when I realized the UFS has finally hit bottom. There on display, were two caskets. Yep full size caskets made with “that Amish touch” as the display sign read. I thought maybe it was like a fake casket and I’d open the lid and there would be a wet bar inside with a cheesy CD player and speakers, a place to store shot glasses and a beer cooler in the other end. I know a couple of lawyers in West Peoria that would get a buzz off something like that.
Nope. Real caskets because at UFS, they want you to bury your loved one as inexpensively as possible. With fine Amish craftsmanship. My Lord, isn’t there any sanity left in retail?
What’s next? The Casket Carnival? Spin the wheel and save on slightly used, scratch and dent caskets. Blue light specials on urns? Win a burial plot in the back of UFS at their new Memorial Gardens and scrap yard over looking romantic ADM?
You know, maybe sometimes, like my TV, it shouldn’t be all about the deals and maybe those in power at UFS should pass when offered a boxcar load of cheap caskets and the Amish should stick to making chairs and cheap fake looking fireplaces.
Some things should just be left with the proper people. Caskets. Mortuaries.
6 comments:
I saw the caskets and reacted pretty much like you did. Right there in the main aisle, next to the holiday decorations.
I, too was a bit floored by caskets at UFS. At first I thought it was a Halloween prop. I was wrong. Maybe I'll just stick to the liquor department and no longer venture into the rest of the store...too scary.
I go in there often. I've noticed the TV's aren't the best deals. But it's a lot like any discount store...some things are a good deal, some aren't.
One of my favorite stores.
I prefer Szolds.
No kidding? Wow. I thought the beer and wine tasting at UFS was a stretch but caskets? Nice.
Caskets? How much? That would make a GREAT Halloween prop.
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