Jusco closing!

Last night we went to Jusco to do some grocery shopping.  Jusco is the big grocery store located in the nearby Windance shopping mall.  We learned recently that they were closing down the whole operation, department store and grocery store, by the end of the month.  This made going there somewhat urgent.  Just last week I brought back a defective hair dryer so that they could repair it.  At that time, I was told that it would take three working weeks to get it back – this would make it May before I got it back.  I therefore wanted to check whether we can expect to have our hair dryer fixed before the whole operation packs up and leave.  The lady at the appliance section assured me that there will still be some people left in May to tie up loose ends and that I can expect some news on my defective air dryer next week.

It’s just too bad that they’re closing down Jusco.  We enjoy doing doing our grocery shopping there as it is nice and big with a nice selection of items.  I suppose the big Japanese community in Hsinchu will also miss Jusco once it finally leaves.  Being a Japanese owned chain, Jusco had a good selection of Japanese products.

After announcing the closing date, Jusco started to have sales on a lot of items.  We were told that there would be a lot of people looking for bargains and this was indeed true.  I did take a look and many shelves have been emptied of sale items.  The items left were not really on sale or did not have a big discount.  I told L that I spotted some down pillows that nobody seemed to be buying.  They were marked down as well but I have no idea if the price is good or not.  In any case, we might pick up some down pillows next time we go to Jusco – one week left before everything closes!