~ Pureen Warehouse Clearance Sale ~ It's A MAD House!!

I had been planning to go to Pureen's Warehouse Clearance Sale for sometime ever since I saw the ad for the sale in Shopping N Sales' website. My aim was to check out the sale since I've never been to a baby's product warehouse sale and I do use Pureen's bottle cleaner and the newborn outfits are very soft and of great quality. Plus, I was told that those newborn clothes are priced at a VERY low price. 

So, on the day of the sale, my dear husband took me and the baby to my mom's house in KL and we left our dear baby for a few hours under grandmama's care. I don't think bringing the baby to the sale would be a good idea and my mom would not allow it too.

We drove to Pureen's warehouse which was located in Seksyen 19, PJ. The traffic drawn to a slow crawl by Seksyen 14 indicating that entering the area would be a HUGE hassle and it WAS! We parked quite far away, in front of British American Tobbaco Warehouse and walked all the way to Pureen's Warehouse which was about 500 meters away. It was quite tiring and the weather was sunny and scorching hot.

Pureen's Warehouse Clearance Sale Banner

As we arrived at Pureen's Warehouse gate, we were quite surprised to see a mob of people standing in front of the gate waiting to be let in. We had to wait for 15 minutes before we were allowed to enter the compound. That's when all the madness started. People started to jostle and push their way in with no care for other people around them. The guard at the entrance advised the crowd for those with small children and babies would better not enter the place as it was jam packed with people and it was quite hard to move around. I saw that most of those people with babies just ignored the guard and still joined in the hustle. It was a bit suffocating and the place was not air conditioned.

 

Jam packed with people and slow moving traffic!

Loooong line of traffic!

We had to walk one slow step at a time until we arrive at the products displayed. There were bottles, toiletries, baby bottles cleansers, baby wipes, detergent, and other sorts of baby products. People were flocking everywhere and most of them were grabbing stuff like there was no tomorrow. It was even worse at the baby clothes section! Most of the carts were empty and lots of people were standing around those empty carts waiting. Whenever a staff came with a box full of baby clothes and started to pour out the contents of the box, those people fought like MAD vultures grabbing and snatching the baby clothes even before they could touch the table! And yes, among those frantic mob are parents with babies who did not seem to remember that they were carrying a delicate baby in their arms and also pregnant women forgetting that they were in a delicate condition. 

I was busy standing at a safe length from the crazy flock of people when I heard a very high shrill of a baby screaming at the top of her lungs. I guess the poor baby was a victim of those frantic adults fighting over the clothes and she got squished really hard in between. It was really heartbreaking! It really made me angry thinking of that incident alone! That poor little baby. She cried and cried.. I hope she's okay. Seriously, those people were like vultures! 

Most of the people there who had grabbed all the clothes that they could then would sit down at any corner of the place and then sort out their loot, choosing the ones that they intend to purchase and then discarding whatever they didn't want. Those discarded clothes are left on the floor just like that. People like my husband and I ended up looking through those discarded bags of clothes on the floor rather than on the display tables! 

After a loooooong time of choosing and picking up stuff that we needed, we threw in the towel and proceeded to the check out line. It was really long! We had to stand in line for about one and a half hour just to pay for those stuff we picked up! It was sheer torture for our poor feet. I wished I had brought along a portable stool with me so that I could sit down. Anyway, it a BIG relief after we had paid for all the stuff we picked and then we proceeded to the exit as fast as we could.

As a conclusion, I don't think this kind of sale is worth the hassle. I don't think I would never go to a sale like that again! I would rather go to a place where I could walk around freely and not get squished in between a bag and a pushy lady who does not seem to realize that the line is not moving but she still wants to walk forward! For me, it is not worth it to save a few bucks to face that kind of agonizing experience. It's better to just go to the store and pay retail price for the peace of mind.