Debenhams; doesn't it just make you want to slit your wrists and die?

[FluffyMummy123]

Imagine if thatnwas the ONLY shop you could buy from?!shudder

You wouldn't get this problem in debenhams.

I think I too bought a sport bra in Debenhams

Liking your slogan Tethers.

I am going to fess up to my inventory and, gulp, will include D@D...

lol
no one owuld help you
"could you go and do your strikeouts on the other till please?"

Isn't Debenhams the 'Denby Retailer of Choice?

No?

lo i have remmebered
a pair of strappy flat sandals in the sale
were £19

red white and blue - hobbs did a copy too iirc. look very ££ and everyone likes

BUT initially they sold me the size 38 with a 39 sticker on them
took em home
wore them once
thought these are a bit short
took em back

" well we wil change it for oyu this time out of good will"

OUT OF GOOD WILL ? i said? you sold me the wrong size!!!

It was for me Cyb, until they stopped stocking the Denby pattern I have. Denby still make it, but Debenhams no longer stock it... That was about the only thing I used to buy in there.

It is ghastly beyond belief, and incredibly depressing. Feel v. lucky that I live in London so going there doesn't even arise - where my ILs come from up North it is the only department store.

Have to say,the House of Fraser in our local suburban town centre is pretty grim too, but at least you can nip into their cosmetics 'hall' without getting that sinking feeling Debenhams provokes.

Hokeeeey;

Maine New England dressing gown.

A few lacy and sporty bras.

Some cheap Chrimbo pressies for kids.

Consession stuff from Topshop, Warehouse etc but not sure that counts.

A Pearce II Fionda dress I bought a wedding and never wore again. It was purple/pink bias cut with a cowly neck and thin straps. Twas also reversible

I have a Matthew Williamson Butterly t-shirt top.

Bought lots of make-up there TBH (Lancome/Benefit) but did not know about the mascare tip.

They always seemd to be offering threading in the make-up hall.

I have just recalled their bedlinen section. They had small beds to showcase their bedlinen. Why not normal size beds?

I think I bought a duvet once.

I'm not a fan of our local House of Fraser, but they do have a whole room full of MAC. Not that I ever buy it, mind.

ahahahahahaha YES that is the other gift token item, a denby casserole. hands up who thinks i'd just got married.

Debenhams is now our only department store too, which is quite depressing. We used to have an Allders which went into liquidation, and a Co-op department store, which sold out to Vergo who then also went into liquidation. There is very little choice now, especially for homewares etc.

or even mascarA

Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Primark, BHS, Next are all soul destroying shops to be avoided at all costs!

DP had a bizarre experience in Debenhams before one Xmas.

He was in there during the "browsing time" on a Sunday morning (you know, when you're allowed to look around from 10am but can't buy anything until 11am or whenever it is). He asked the assistant where he could find something and she said she wasn't allowed to tell him as that would be deemed as her working and helping a customer and officially she couldn't do that until 11am.

Browsing time? W.T.F??

It does have a rather washed-out-1980s feel to it, doesn't it? Though I do have happy memories of eating sausages and chips in the Debenhams cafe on Saturday afternoons with my Nan as a treat!

Oh thank the lord, Cod.

Finally someone else has said it.

When you've been trying to remove yourself from their mailing list for three years it kind of deepens the despair exponentially.

Lol @ Norbert's post. How weird is that? Are they allowed to shout 'hot' 'cold' and 'warm' to give you a clue about being near the thing you were looking for?

Debenhams is very dated. I do know of someone who actually dropped dead in a Debenhams years ago. Not sure if it was the decor that was responsible in an 'either the wallpaper goes or I will' sort of fashion.

lol at hot and cold

They did that in Woolies too - I'd sent DH there to get a dressing up outfit for DD for a party that afternoon and he was being his usual clueless self, asked an asst if she could tell him where he could find the dressing up clothes, was told nah, can't speak to you til 11!

Ooh, Rizzo, I think we have the same dress, only mine is black and gold reversible. It was used as a bridesmaid's dress, in my defence, and would not have been my choice! Is yours made of cheap polyester satin silky fabric and snags like crazy?

lol BendyBob.

I did suggest that he should have just obviously shoplifted something and then, when they shouted "Stop! Thief!" and gave chase, remind them that as it wasn't yet 11a.m. that they weren't allowed to "work".

I don't mind it - I've got a knitted dress from Mantaray, a top from John Rocha, and a couple of their own brand shirts for work. I quite like the crap,outdated, department store aspect of it - and the caff reminds me of shopping trips with my mum (even though she was a John Lewis lady and probably never set foot in Debenhams).

I mind it now - they'd run out of the flipping free mascaras!