Walmart

Came to this Walmart for a Black Friday sale. I came to this Walmart to purchase a 70 inch Visio TV. I bought a Visio 70 inch TV to get home and for the screen to be shattered entirely and then came back to get a second television to replace the first broken one. Got back home and that TV was also shattered. On my second return the store manager Andre stated that I was the only customer to bring back the TV that had a shattered screen. The store manager Andre could not do anything for me nor offered me any compensation for my wasted time. So I’m guessing that Walmart policy is that if you purchase something and is broken is 9 times out of 10 your fault and not the shipping nor handling of anyone that works for Walmart. The customer service that was given by the managers here at this Dunkirk Walmart has the worst customer service that I have ever experienced from any store. Please beware of the merchandise that you purchased from this Walmart because of the customer service that you will receive if you have to return any defective item will be something for you to remember for your future purchases. y

Super limited selection– especially for food!
Luckily a Giant is just next door. Still kind of annoying having to jump store-​to-​store just to satisfy basic grocery needs (like produce…)

It has overall gotten better. They did a complete remodel. They made the aisle smaller, added two extra rows of fridges and even added a fabric center. Before I would have given this place one star, but now I see more food options and total re-​do of their layout.

I have my good days and bad days with this Walmart. It’s definitely on the cleaner and friendlier side of the Walmart spectrum, but the limited selection can be annoying. Even discounting the lack of auto and garden centers, the shelves tend to be stocked with fewer brands/​varieties of various products than other Walmarts I’m used to.

OK, it’s just a Wal-​Mart! But it is close to Upper Marlboro without the insane crowds at Bowie and the drive is much more relaxing.

Clean and neat, which is a nice change from the typical Walmart. The convenience of a Walmart fits nicely with the all-​too-​scattered landscape that is the Dunkirk shopping scene.
Selections are limited. The originally planned superstore would’ve been a better edition. Limited all-​in-​one shopping around Dunkirk necessitates greater selection, not less. The lack of a garden center and automotive garage means more stops around Calvert County.

I know, I know… first the Waffle House, now this. I know you’re probably thinking, «Hm…she seemed so in tune with her Urban life*.» Now you know the truth. I’m a redneck.
But not so brick red in the nape to appreciate Dunkirk’s latest attempt at convenience shopping. Though the box store was fought, and through some success, thwarted (Walmart originally proposed one of their ginormous megaeverythingyouwantinonestore structures), a smaller Walmart was added to another piece of former farmland in Calvert Co.
And at first, it wasn’t bad. Smaller, brightly lit and strangely neat and tidy, this little Walmart showed promise in it’s infancy. Guiltily sneaking in to grab a forgotten bottle of shampoo or paper towels at 10:30 at night was now a little easier. And I admit, I did it several times.
And did I mention the placed didn’t look like a cyclone tore up and down the aisles, which is a common malady of many stores in rapidly growing CalCo?
Well, it didn’t take long. Though the employees are wickedly cheerful, the store itself has become what the old CalCo Walmart, and the KMart before that have become. A hangout. The parking lot is cruised by restored muscle cars and little Japanese racers owned by the highschoolers. The entrance is clogged with tween skaters, too young to drive but still able to sneak a pack of two of Mom and Dad’s smokes, which I swear they try to finish all at the same time at the entrance. Inside, the shelves are almost always bare and it has taken over as the place county singles go to meet. (Sidenote to Bubba: check for the ring before you follow me through electronics, paper goods, hair products and finally, the women’s underwear… cuz that was just plain creepy, pal.)
All in all, it would have been worth it to continue to drive to Prince Frederick’s Walmart, even for the sake of convenience. It’s one addition Calvert County could have done without.
*if you think I’m serious… there’s a really nice guy I think you should meet. He’s hanging out by the bait cooler in sporting goods…