My autistic niece wants a weighted blanket for Christmas. I’ve looked for one in Dunelm, a massive Tesco, Asda, Home Bargains, Lidl. Not seen any. I was going near a B&Q today so I thought I’d look at their website to see if they stocked them, and the website had LOADS of options. Great. I went in and there was nothing. Absolutely nothing. They don’t stock them in store apparently, just online. John Lewis are online only for weighted blankets too, and they are delivered straight from the retailer.
Am I the only one who thinks that this is really misleading? It appears that stores just allow consumers to be led into their website by their brand, then try to sell people things that they never had any intention of selling in their store in the first place.
Any yes I would have checked that the one I wanted was in store before I travelled, but there was such a big variety I thought I’d go in and compare and contrast. And I know that next and M&S are shite for this but you can tell what would be in their shop (the next branded things) and what wouldn’t (everything else).