Kensco Discount Store 4

Kensco’s essentially a cheaper 99 Cents Only store… if that’s even possible. I’m also saying this as I listen to Handel’s «For Unto Us a Child is Born,» which means that elitism from my previous Newport Beach review has kicked in. That’s a song you’d hear at South Coast Plaza during Christmas.
I haven’t even heard of the place until today, when one of my friends mentioned that they have smaller charcoal bags and lighter fluid and that we can use that for our barbecue at the beach later in the day. So in that regard (having smaller portions of stuff) is commendable, however, I was uninspired by the setup of the place.
The store that the Kensco is set up in used to be a former Lucky’s grocery store. The lot has long been considered a ghetto bastion by wealthier Cerritos residents across the street to the south, just because of a danky former next door neighbor: Zacatecas. If you’re from the area, you know what that place was.
In any case, there were «supermarket» qualities left over from the Lucky’s time here, and it immediately gave the place a cheap look, since it was retrofitted from the former supermarket. I still think that the landlord should have attracted a legitimate grocery store instead of a discount retailer, since this would only promote the ghettoness that was first brought about by Zacatecas many years ago (and should have disappeared with it).
They also don’t accept credit card/​debit card transactions less that $ 5.00, which pisses me off. I means that I have to buy significant shit (around five items) just so I can use plastic.
I still feel that if you want to patronize a discount retailer, you either go to Wal-​Mart, Marukai or the 99 Cents Only store. Those places are a little more organized and inspired and meant to get to you to spend some coin (s) rather than looking like they don’t give a shit whether or not you spend.

Most of my friends know that I’m a hardcore bargain hunter. Not only that, but I love spending time at discount stores just to see what they have to sell. That’s why I like Kensco. You never know what you’re going to find.
You’ll be amazed at the selection of random things this place will try to sell. Sometimes you end up buying something because it’s just too damn cheap. Recent example: my mom bought a bunch of vegetable-​character soft toys because they were only 5 for $ 1. How can you say no to that?