"Vox Humana" > wrote in
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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in
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>> "Vox Humana" > wrote in
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>> > "Blanche Nonken" > wrote in message
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>> >> "Vox Humana" > wrote:
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>> >> > It's the same attitude over at the
>> >> > Pottery Barn, which is also a WS company.
>> >>
>> >> Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma and Crate & Barrel used to be FUN
>> >> places to shop. Going back about 15, 20 years on this. Bah.
>> >
>> > I like the Sur La Table store here, but I only buy stuff that is on
>> > deep discount. It has a larger selection and better prices than
>> > WS. The clerks are nicer, also. We have a large outlet mall about
>> > an hour away. There is a Pottery Barn furniture outlet store
>> > there. Some of the stuff they have is damaged beyond reason and
>> > the prices are out of line with the quality and condition. Still,
>> > there are people lined up on the weekends with their Volvo station
>> > wagons and Lexus SUVs loading the stuff into the vehicles all
>> > akimbo. It is a strange scene as the mall is on the interstate
>> > smack in the middle of farm country. Most mall customers are
>> > either simple farm people out for a few hours of window shopping,
>> > busses full of Asians doing power shopping, and the Volvo crowd
>> > trolling for treasures at the Pottery Barn Furniture Outlet.
>>
>> Vox, is this located off of I-71 between Columbus and Cleveland?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wayne
>
> No, although I have been to that one. As I recall, that one is in
> Lodi. I'm in Cincinnati, so I go to the one between Cincinnati and
> Columbus on I71. There are two, actually. One is in Jeffersonville
> at exit 69 on I71(nearly empty and recently changed to an outlet
> specializing in home goods) and the other one, still thriving, is at
> exit 65 off I71. The one with the Pottery Barn was originally called
> the "Ohio Factory Outlet Stores," and was later renamed the
> "Jeffersonville II Outlet Center" (or something along those lines.)

Thanks. I remember the one you mentioned with the Pottery Barn. I think
I was there once. I've stopped at the one between Columbus and Cleveland
several times when we still lived in the Cleveland area.

Wayne