Sutherlands

It's a really big store, and they have a little bit of everything, but all their prices are much higher than Home Depot. Rust-Oleum oil-based paint is $7 higher a gallon. They had a 50% off sale on shrubs and trees but the price is so high half price is what you would pay any way somewhere else. All their plants were blowing over in the wind, the flowers didn't look so great. Some of the hanging baskets were okay. I did find me two bushes that were $37 so half of that, 18.50 a piece, that's not too bad. It's a good place to go to if you're in the area and you need something but I wouldn't shop there on a regular basis the prices are too high.

I have always liked Sutherland's but after today I am disgusted with the Corpus Christi, Tx location. I was shopping at Walmart across the street so my son went to look around in Sutherland's. As I was putting my groceries in the car I see my son walking to the car and then I see a man running toward him like he was fixing to tackle my son. I point and yell "Hey". The man gets close enough for me to see he is a Sutherland's employee and he starts yelling "What does he have?" My son is wearing basketball shorts with no pockets and a shirt. He has nothing else with him. The employee screams across the parking lot saying "I know he took something!". Everyone in the parking lot is now looking at us. We are completely embarrassed. I say "He doesn't have anything!". The worker then says "You want me to call the cops?". I answer " Go ahead he doesn't have anything!". I then say " Call the cops and when you are proven wrong you owe my son a public apology.". At this point I want him to call the police so they can come and confirm that we have nothing from Sutherland's with us and now I want an apology. I forgot to mention I dropped and cracked my phone amid the chaos. So I will admit I am angry. The employee puts his phone away and starts walking away back toward Sutherland's obviously realizing he was wrong. I am calling the cooperate office and reporting the incident. At the very least they should apologize and offer to fix my phone or something along those lines. I don't think this the way they should treat people. I hope this helps when deciding which hardware to visit. I know I'll be taking my business elsewhere and letting my friends and family knows they should do the same.