Walmart

I would give 0 stars if I were able. Only shop here if you want to feel degraded and incompetent. Customer service is the worst I have ever experienced in my life. The Caucasian woman named Debbie, who ‘assisted’ me with a return needs to be fired. She spoke about me to another employee (supposedly the manager on duty) as if I were stupid, as I was standing right there. I have never felt so embarrassed in my life. There was no care/​compassion or a sense that either Debbie or her manager were trying to help or understand my situation. I will not be shopping at this walmart again. As a $ 144 billion dollar company, they should have been able to accept my return of an unopened $ 20 item that they carry online. Instead I got a quick NO and attitude.

It super close to my house so i always come here.
But wal marts everywhere are always soooo unorganized. Especially late at night. They should stock the shleves when they close not while people are shopping.
Either way its cheap and nearby so i will continue to shop here.

The Pharmacy here is TERRIBLE! I have had so many issues with them since they started filling my family’s prescriptions. They nvr have anything in stock they pretty much tell you to find out if your Rx is covered by your insurance because I believe they are either too lazy or just don’t want to do it! Today was the icing went in to pick up meds for my husband he was informed they had been ready for pick up. I gave his information the associate says nothing has been filled. I said yes there is, she said maybe not here asks me to go over to the other window they would be able to tell me which other Walmart it may be at. This other associate clearly finds that my husbands meds are filled at this Walmart! So basically the associate was just an incompetent idiot!!! I will be taking my family’s prescriptions elsewhere, which I’m sure they could careless because they having plenty of other patients/​customers that may have no choice but to stay with this poor excuse of a pharmacy.

Great neighborhood grocery store. Well managed. Honest staff. This has become our regular grocery store. Highly recommended!
We left a $ 30.00 item at the checkout stand by accident. Went back 6 hours later to ask about it. They had recognized our mistake and were holding the item for us. As I said, honest staff!

Worst service, worst staffing, even the manager of was completely unhelpful. I waited 15 mins in the sporting good Dept trying to find someone to make me a key and nobody showed up or could be found in the aisles. I had to call Walmart on my cell phone and tell their operator to send the manager to the Dept I as waiting in. Then he was completely useless and unable to help me make a key. He had to call someone to come make the key who was equally useless however she at least made the key. Unfortunately upon trying the key in my car in the parking lot, it didn’t work. So I had to go back in and return it which took 35 mins because they only had 1 person working returns with a line of 10 people waiting. Complete and total waste of over an hour of my time.

Came here to buy ammo, literally I’m getting grey hair… waiting for help sucks… always have to hunt someone down and wait… today I was asked for ID, for Pete sake I am 38 yrs old…

This Walmart is actually easier to shop at then the San Marcos Walmart. You have less people and more cashier lanes opened. This Walmart is just a bit smaller and has less variety then most other Walmart stores. But this store is actually very clean and organized. I know many people dislike Walmart, but this location is actually not that bad.

I’m not going to lie. I love Walmart. I do. It’s just great. I always ask myself why would people want to shop at other grocery stores, when there is a Walmart just down the street. And, it’s full of everything you could possibly need & then some.
Thanks Walmart !!!

Yes, it’s a walmart, so for all of you haters of mass produced goods, move on to the next review.
I didn’t even know this walmart existed until I accidentally drove past it when I made a wrong turn. This walmart is smaller than others, probably because it isn’t a super center like it’s sister in San Marcos. Because of it’s compact size, and obscure location, this walmart is not crowded. The lines are short, and you can actually navigate through the isles with your cart. They carry some groceries, but the selection is limited.
There is also a drive thru pharmacy, and most of the parking lot offers covered parking with energy saving solar panels on top.
If you are in need of a full grocery run, there is a walmart nightborhood market directly accross the street from this locaiton that focuses on groceries vs. other products.

Convient and close to where I live. However customer service does not exist here. They are like robots with no smiles and no personalities. Half the time they don’t carry certain products I need. Drive a little future to the Wal-​Mart in San Marcos off of Nordal its bigger and better then this one. Its okay for certain things. Donald Duck and Goofy would probably do better working here then some of the others.

I actually like this Walmart since not a lot of people seem to know where it is making it a bit more difficult to get to or maybe people don’t like the product selection and they can stay away for all I care. It wasn’t overly crowded and I love the self checkout section if you just want to be in and out in no time. I have never had any problem finding what I was looking for or maybe I just go for or maybe I just go for a very generic item and come out with something. I do agree it’s not a place to wander around and shop, but that’s not why I come to Walmart in the first place. I am usually on a mission…

Literally the worst walmart you could ever go to. Walmart home office should and probably is ashamed of this location.

This Wal Mart is new. It’s located behind Home Depot. When you drive to it you can tell it’s smaller than most Wal Marts. I wasn’t impressed with it being new.
People complain about bad service here, but I think ALL Wal Marts have bad customer service. It’s such a different atmosphere compared to Target. When I’m at target, I can stay forever there. Here, I am like, let’s get out of here ASAP. I’m from valley center so it’s closer to me than target. I’d only come here if I reaaally needed to get something here and I don’t have the time to go to target.

Unorganized. Employed wander and don’t have any product or stock knowledge. Won’t talk to you very much or gone out of way to help you it answer questions
They don’t l the same stock as the San Marcos one, far far less, so don’t go here if you’re expecting to find what you get at other locations
The phone number listed on their site is wrong. There’s no way to call store.
Messy and lazy staff.

The Vienna Sausage of Wal*Marts.
Didn’t go in expecting much, but I was looking for a specific product (A special enzyme that breaks down cat urine from carpet and carpet padding.). Not only did I find the product that I was looking for, they had different brands at different price points.
If it’s popular stuff that your looking for, they got it. It could be crap shoot to find specific, hard to find items.
When you look at this place, it’s brilliantly designed. The demographics of this area of town don’t travel far from home, and don’t care about how many gourmet ice creams they sell. Basics at basic pricing.
— The Parking lot uses solar panels to shade cars from the sun.
— There do sell some groceries in this location, even though a Walmart grocery is across the street.

This is a balancing act review. My wife and several others like to complain about a Walmart not having stuff. I walk around like a white trash trailer loving white stained tee shirt wearin’ slob and think I entered Shangrila every time. How many places can you get a bike tire, beer, Popsicles, and a comforter into one cart. Not even Costco, bitches.
The only complaint I have of this store is that housewares is separated from the whole store. Odd. The other thing I hate is the waiting behind people trying to use an debit card they swear has 30 dollars on it. Yay self serve.
3 stars for an average of my wife 2 stars for it not being a luxury shopping zone and my 4 stars for it being a one stop Mecca.
That’s right Mecca and Shangrila in same review.

This location is useless. Multiple times I’ve gone in for simple things and they didn’t have them — including ice.

I hate this Wal-​Mart. .the customer service needs some serious adjustments and the associates (a bunch of little kids if you ask me, who probably never had a job before this) do not have any kind of «can do» «can I help you?» attitudes. No one ever has offered help. Also its been about 3 out of the five times I been there, that I have Wal-​Mart employees staring me down and in one instance have been followed around a few aisles, as if I’m up to no good or about to steal something.
I have visible tattos on my arms (non threatening) and a!! cupcake! On my neck! Its 2014 people!!! Stop with the discrimination already…
I have never felt this at the san marcos location. .I prefer to spend more gas and time driving there even though I live two blocks away from this Escondido store… this younger generation is showing no justice for the customer service industry..

This is a small Walmart Store (92,000-square-foot) located between Rose & Ash (major streets). It has a pharmacy, good variety of vitamins available and site to store. The site to store is great because you can order online and pick your order up right up front. The store has the basic necessities (a little bit of this and little bit of that including food items).
One other thing I noticed is that the store isn’t to busy when we have driven by. So parking isn’t a problem. I am sure that is why they close at 10pm.
The reason for only 4 stars is because it is difficult to get help when you need it. Also, customer service employees are not to very courteous.
The customer service and site to store is in the same area. Sometimes it is difficult to enter when it is busy. Customers stand in the entrance to the area waiting for friends or family making it difficult to enter. It can be very frustrating because the people won’t move, sadly.
they have:
* Pharmacy
* Garden Center
* Photo Center
* 1-​Hour Photo Center
* 1-​Hour Photo Center
* Site to Store
Pharmacy Hours
* Monday — Friday: 9: 00 am — 9: 00 pm
* Saturday: 9: 00 am — 7: 00 pm
* Sunday: 10: 00 am — 6: 00 pm
1/​11/​2014 Update: it is still difficult to find an employee to assist, especially an hour or so before closing. Ignoring customers is not a good thing to do. A few of the Customer Service employees are still rude. Hopes that this Walmart would have courteous employees is a disappointment with exception to the Assistant Manager.
Frustrations have caused me to lower my rating, sadly.

TEN O’CLOCK PM CLOSING TIME, WALMART? REALLY?!
I’ll agree with what at least one other reviewer said. This Walmart is TINY, I guess that’s why they call it a «Neighborhood Market» instead of a «SuperCenter». From a marketing /​financial standpoint, it does make sense for Walmart; there are a TON of LARGE «regular» and «ethnic» Food Stores in this area, half a dozen of them within walking distance of this particular «WallyWorld».
Well, the store is BUILT now, so as far as SIZE goes, it is what it is; no changin’ it now, so LIVE WITH IT. There’s not much Walmart can do at this point to make the store bigger, and again, given the close proximity of the aforementioned «other» Grocery stores, I probably would’ve done the same thing. In other places where I spend time, I don’t use Walmart as my PRIMARY Grocery store anyway. I use them for what I consider their PRIMARY function: A DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORE.
In fact, in Texas, they look particularly silly, trying to compete (in the Grocery realm) with HEB. Although they’re a «Texas ONLY» Grocery chain, HEB beats ‘em HANDS DOWN, NO CONTEST!
«Wally» probably didn’t expect a «local yokel» to kick their ASS, but that’s what happens in Texas! HEB’s smart enough to know that their Business Model probably wouldn’t work outside of Texas, so they know their place, but it’s still a Multi-​BILLION Dollar place they’ve carved out! Don’t take no «Rockit Siantist» to figure out they’re out-​selling Wally in that arena, either, even though we have THOSE in Texas too, the «Siantists», that is («Walmart, we have a problem…»)
Walmart? They seem to think they can compete ANYWHERE, against ANYONE, but that’s not always the case. While I shop ‘em as much as anyone and appreciate the place they fill in my «shopping Life», it’s satisfying to see ‘em get their nose rubbed in the DIRT (or worse) every once in awhile. It’s more than satisfying; it’s downright FUNNY to see ‘em make such HUGE MIS-​calculations of their competition. Texas: THAT’S where they oughtta stick to the so-​called «Neighborhood Markets» (at least anywhere there’s an HEB, which is EVERYWHERE).
Here, in Escondido, a larger store (apparently) would’ve been more welcome. But rather than its size, I’ve got a bigger problem with this store’s HOURS OF OPERATION. And that’s something Walmart CAN fix.
I spend an equal or greater amount of time in Austin, and it seems like EVERYTHING there is ²⁴⁄₇. Not really, but there ARE no less than THREE Walmarts within 10 minutes of my home there that are. Conversely, «Escondido-​at-​large» seems to «roll up the sidewalks» very early. I was hoping Walmart might be a trendsetter in that department.
NOPE!
Last night:
Friday, just after 10 PM. Wanting to pick up a few items for a Festival I’m going to the next day, I stop by Walmart, and they’re ALREADY CLOSED? And I was FAR from the ONLY one showing up at that time of evening, wanting to shop & finding a LOCKED DOOR. Judging from the closing times of other Escondido businesses, I wasn’t expecting a 24-​hour store from Walmart, but I WAS expecting maybe MIDNIGHT. No such luck.
ALBERSTON’S was still open, though, just around the corner. There were a coupla items I had to do without last night, but for the items I COULD buy at a still-​open store, Albertson’s got what WOULD have been Walmart’s money, and I saw at least two other parties of people I’d encountered at Walmart’s LOCKED front door, at Albertson’s, in addition to me. We were all very disappointed with Wally.
Sorry Walmart, NOT a good thing for repeat business.
DEAR WALMART: You can’t do anything about the SIZE of the store (shoulda been bigger), but you can certainly EXTEND THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
The most «similar» store to Walmart in this area is a TARGET and THEY are open ’till 11 PM (excluding Sunday), AND have what they call a «Fresh Grocery», which I take to be maybe a PRODUCE and a MEAT DEPTARTMENT? I’ve shopped there, but never checked out their Grocery; I just don’t think «Grocery» when I think Target, same with Walmart.
And you SHOULD extend your hours, «Wally», to Midnight, at least. C’mon, you’ll generate enough business to justify it, I’m sure.
Side note: I tried to CALL ON THE PHONE in advance (due to the fact that Walmart doesn’t post «Hours of Operation» on their Website); apparently they hadn’t gotten their phone hooked up properly & the call wouldn’t connect, so the ONLY way to find out was to drive up there.
Add to that the fact that there was NO GRAND OPENING, NO SPECIALS, NO NOTHING, and ya got a pretty ANTI-​CLIMACTIC opening.
GOOD NEWS:
We Escondido-​ites don’t have to drive to San Marcos anymore, to get our «Wally-​fix».
BAD NEWS:
San Marcos store beats Escondido store in a number of categories, and after such a long wait for a (geographically) closer Walmart, a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
If ya go to Walmart, GO EARLY!
larrythediner
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