Fossil Store

Well. This visit almost ended in catastrophe.
So my cousin and I decided to visit the outlets for an afternoon of shopping a couple weekends ago. You know, that Saturday in June when it decided to downpour all day long. Fossil was one of my stops, and, after a great deal of soul searching (or budgeting), I decided to purchase a pair of sunglasses. They were on sale for 60 percent off and an overall amazing bargain for Fossil.
The salesgirl asked if I’d like to purchase a case for $ 5 extra, and I said no – not knowing what was about to happen!
As we headed back to the car, suddenly the bag I was holding was NOT in my hand anymore. It was in the street. In Atlantic City. And my BRAND NEW clothes and new Fossil sunglasses and everything else I had previously been holding had splattered all over. Because thank you, crazy storm and crappy paper bag! Shopper survival mode kicked in, and, alas, all items were somehow saved, aside from my ancient umbrella.
Anyway. Point is that I’ll now do my very best to never break those sunglasses like I [nearly instantly] do with most of my other sunglasses, because they are precious and lovely and lived through THAT… without a case.

Great deals on wallets! Staff was friendly and efficient. Made for a quick purchase.

I am starting to suspect that outlet stores are pretty much a scam. You go in expecting bargains on actual collections. not merchandise specifically produced for the outlet. But that is how the J. Crew factory store around the corner operates. And I have an inkling that Fossil is guilty of this practice as well I found very few fossil leather goods advertised in previous fossil catalogues. and the discounts weren’t that impressive either. Perhaps I am just not an outlet fan?
But I give this outlet store three stars because the staff was friendly and i did find a reasonably-​priced «keyper» in a pretty cool pattern.