7-Eleven

Close to home. Attentive security.
Tight parking. Staff never speaks.

Never coming back here again. I went there today to purchase a Monster energy drink. There was a stack display of Monster drinks somewhat near the front counter. There was also a big sign on the stack of Monsters that very clearly stated 2 for $ 4. I was only going to purchase one can, but decided to grab two since it was a good deal. When the girl rang me up, they came up as $ 2.67 each. I pointed out the sign and then walked her over so she could take a good look. She apologized and said that she would call her manager over so he could override the price and honor the 2 for $ 4. So she calls him over (he was stocking shelves) and tells him what happened. So what does he do? He tells me that he cannot honor the price because the promotion is over. I asked him why the sign is still very clearly up on the display. He said that he would take it down. I told him never mind and walked out of there without purchasing anything. Not good business sense if you ask me.

I used to actually like this 7-​Eleven location. The couple that own it are reasonably friendly and seem to be there ²⁴⁄₇. The gentleman’s name is Dilbag according to his name tag, but I don’t recall the name of his wife.
Tonight I stopped in to pick up some milk and happened to walk by the potato chip section. There was a «Buy 1 Get 1 Free» sign attached to the shelf in front of the Lay’s potato chips. That’s a pretty good deal so I grabbed 2 bags and headed to the register. Dilbag rang up the milk and 2 bags of chips all at full price. I reminded him that the chips are «Buy 1 Get 1 Free» and therefore I should only be paying for one bag. He refused to acknowledge what I was telling him (or perhaps didn’t comprehend what I was trying to tell him) so I took him to the chip aisle and showed him the fairly large, bright blue and yellow «Buy 1 Get 1 Free» sign with the picture of Lay’s potato chips on it.
Dilbag absolutely flat out refused to honor the advertised sale price claiming that it was because there was no more product on the shelf. «Well Dilbag, there is no more product on the shelf because I have the last two bags of the product at your register!» He still would not budge and give in to his ridiculous oversight so I left the store sans chips and incredibly frustrated.
This is not the first time at this 7-​Eleven that I have experienced advertised prices differing from register prices… and the resulting disagreements… but you can be absolutely sure that this was my last time because I won’t be returning to Dilbag’s
7-​Eleven.

I come in here because they have a Redbox Kiosk. It’s conveniently located within walking distance to Loving Hut. I like Loving Hut, a lot!
Every time I walk in, they greet me with a friendly smile. Mind you I have never bought anything. It’s not that I don’t like 7-​Eleven. It’s that I don’t need anything at that particular time… because I have just ordered food from Loving Hut :)
My only complaint about this location, is the parking situation. It’s ruthless! Be prepared to fight for a parking spot… and watch out for the signage. Each business has it’s own signage.
What I also like about this location, is that they have the Reader always stocked. Next to the Redbox. Plus, they are a clean store. I don’t need to walk around the store to see that. It’s obvious from the moment you walk in.
Thank you for your friendliness. Acknowledged. One day I’ll purchase something.

This is only a late night spot due to the parking but it is not the spot u would want to be at night anyway.

Somewhere on our long drive to San Diego Zoo, I had realized that I forgot our souvenir refillable Zoo cups, so I thought that I’d check with Siri on my iPhone as to where the closest convenience store would be to stock up on some economically priced cold drinks and possibly some snacks before entering the Zoo. Preferably a 7-​Eleven rather than dealing with a large parking lot, store and long lines.
This location was conveniently located off of El Cajon Boulevard in an old strip mall not so far from where we were. At first glance, this seemed to be your usual 7-​Eleven convenience store generally selling your typical food items, snacks, drinks and other everyday essentials such as band aids, magazines, toothbrush and toothpastes, and some over the counter medication. Sadly the area including the store seemed a little grungy and dirty for my tastes, so I can’t say that I’ll be coming back any time soon. The homeless man hanging around outside of their doors begging me for money pretty much topped the cake for me.

Best lineup of Slurpee flavors in SD!!! they stop selling alcohol after 10:30 which is kinda wierd but what evs…

Ahhhh!
The reason for this review is because of the lack of customer service. Ok, i get it its a convenience store and what should i expect but, I wouldn’t be writing a review if it was just easy breezy.
One day me and my friend walked to this store to get a frozen slurpee because it was hella hot in SD. We show up and first off the cherry flavored slurpee was not working again. I came in a few days before and it was the same problem. Anyways, back to the story. When I went to check out i saw from the corner of my eye an Xbox live 1 month pass. I grabbed that sucker and charged it.
I came home and after a few hours I went to activate my Xbox Live card and it was reading ERROR. I tried it out again and was getting the same problem. That being said, I called the 7 Eleven and a man answered with a heavy, heavy accent. I told him my dilemma and he responded verbatim.“I’m too busy right now” then I heard CLICK!!! The guy hung up on me. I didn’t even have a chance to respond or say anything. Well, my butt walked back to discuss the situation face to face. When i arrived I explain to the guy and he said that I would need to come back the next day at 6am when the owner is in. What! Hold up wait a minute. Me the customer needs to come when it is convenient for ya’ll? No thank you! It didn’t help that it was very difficult to understand and try to communicate with him. After all that I came back home threw away the card and purchased Xbox Live through my Xbox. I was upset at how they handled the situation. Tisk! Tisk!
DISAPPOINTED!

This 7 – 11 is horrible.
i’ve come here a number of times because it’s the closest 7−11− each time I regret giving them my business. The staff is horrible. None of them speak english– I’m not racist by any means, but it’s like the employees don’t even try to answer your questions or give you the correct cigarettes. I understand the concept of coming to America for a better life and to have the ability to make money to provide for your family– but why would you want to work in customer service if you don’t even speak english?
I remember asking for taquitos and I pointed at the ones I wanted (I figured they would at least understand that) and he completely ignored me and gave me the taco and cheese ones which I didn’t ask for. They continuously over charge my boyfriend for cigarettes and give him the wrong kind. One time they even over charged my bf by $ 12, the employee claimed he refunded the money to my boyfriends card, but when he checked his balance he found out that they did not in fact, refund him his $ 12.
Horrible service and a huge language barrier is forcing me to give my business to the 7 – 11 on University. It shouldn’t take 10 minutes to explain that I would like a pack of smokes. The end.

Typical 7-​Eleven, staff isn’t friendly but isn’t rude either. They said they don’t carry 2 liter bottles of Coke… I’m not sure that is true, so that was strange.

This is not a good 7 – 11. Some of them have some actual groceries like cheese and stuff, this one really doesn’t. Pretty much snacks, energy drinks, and snacks. They know their clientele. The area around the entrance to this 7-​Eleven is the frequent home to some aggressive panhandlers. They KNOW you have change, they watched you get it, and they want it. They have no problem yelling at you and making you feel like absolute crap as you walk away quickly with your taquito. It’s not the 7-​Eleven manager’s fault, the strip-​mall is not their property, but I don’t ever go into this store if I see those guys out there.
On the other hand, it means I’m eating fewer taquitos, so I guess it’s a win?

This 7-​Eleven is giant inside. I’m not convinced it has any more items than a regular 7-​Eleven, but I guess that means you at least have a lot of aisle space to move around in.
Plus one star for being located next to a great Mexican take-​out place. One stop ghetto shopping!
I bet the people at the giant Blockbuster Video across the street just stare at the RedBox in front of 7-​Eleven with malice. It must suck to be able to see the death of your industry from your front door.

Typical 7 –11. Nothing special. The clerks are nice and polite.

As far as seven eleven goes, I think this one is pretty large! It has all your basic seven eleven needs … and it’s clean!
I go to seven eleven pretty much for coffee every morning. The coffee is always fresh and super cheap. The only thing that this seven eleven is missing are the coffee cups that you can buy and reuse… at least when i stopped by they only had the large coffee travel jug things… and those don’t fit well in cup holders.
Anyway, the other great part about this seven eleven is that there is a RedBox DVD rental outside! And plenty of parking!

this 7 – 11 makes me sad.
boring Slurpee flavors, coffees gone by the AM rush…
i live right across the street and i still drive to a different one.

I love this 7 – 11. Everyone is super friendly. I mostly visit in the mornings. The store is super clean and they keep the coffee pots full all the time. I love the coffee area. I like the fact that I can get in and out of here pretty quickly. Besides my usual stop for coffee I’ve also gone to the store to use the ATM, get a bday card and some lotto tickets. Once, I saw a girl come in and complain about the flavor of her ice-​coffee, the owner immediately went to check the machine, found there was a mistake and replaced the coffee. Customer left happy and I always do too.

I only go to this 7 – 11 ocassionally, as its not really on my route to anywhere except maybe taco bell or red fox room. I agree with Anna that its really poorly stocked and I understand the «laws» well, at least now that I am in Unilocal jail I understand them better, but I’m old enough to have a child thats old enough to smoke, gimme my dang cigarettes you pimply faced little fart!
I have no idea why Unilocal pulled my review of baja betty’s, I gave it 4 stars I think, didnt use any profanity, might have something to the effect that the food tasted better here at the Unilocal jail mess hall. I thought this was a review site and thats what I was doing, I may have strayed off topic a bit as I am doing right now. Anyone who has read my reviews since being in Unilocal,com jail probably know about Butch, well Butch got transferred to another cell and I have a new «mate», Carlos is a real sweetie, east LA gang banger with lots of tats and he hasnt laid a hand on me. He did mention that he used to go to this same 7 eleven back in the day and that its always been a little sketchy and not so clean. I told him I smoked menthols and they always seemed to be out of my brand, which is true, he got a little mad about that and said he would «fix» the situation.
…Carlos just left to pee, help!

I used to stop here every morning on my way to work, just because it was convenient and on the way. The morning guy was never friendly, and often times I would be waiting at the counter, the only customer in there, and he would take his time finishing up what he was doing elsewhere in the store, lolly-​gagging before he finally would come ring me up. I often was tempted to walk out without paying, it took so long. And he would see me when I walked in, not to mention being alerted by the door alarm.
When the bums that are usually out front during the day started appearing at 6 AM, I decided to give up, and get lower quality coffee at work, or pay more at Starbucks.
Seriously folks, there are beggars, often drunk or on drugs, in front of this place ALL THE TIME. It’s a shame because this place is convenient for so many of my driving duties. I would rather go out of my way to the place on 30^th and Meade.
I have gone into this place in the afternoon too and had negative experiences, and the girl that was the cashier was on the phone the whole time and rang me up incorrectly. I see the owner/​manager in there quite often, so I know he cares, but does he care enough. I guess that his business is steady enough for him not to.
They get 2 stars instead of one because the coffee is fantastic. Always fresh, and always hot.

this 7 eleven is a bit shady. i’m extra careful over here. this is coming from a person who is experienced with navigating the hood.
i give it one star for being located across the street from blockbuster, where i go when i’m too lazy to go to ken video.
i give it one star for being in north park/​uni heights.
beyond that…
lately, that 7 eleven has had a fair share of at least one person loitering. what is up with that? one guy, sitting outside the place and rocking himself, asked me for spare change, i politely said «sorry.» then the guy says, «sorry for what?» i breezed into the store slightly annoyed by that. when i left the store, he asked me for change again. again, i said «sorry,» and he repeated his reply. this time, i chuckled. by the time i got to my car, i felt sad for the guy. felt a twinge of that non-​homeless guilt, or whatever.
the good thing about this 7 eleven is that it reminds me that no matter how much i love north park, it is still north park. and for that, this store officially gets 2 and a half stars.

Yuck. It’s always filthy outside of this one. And I’m talking like stick-​to-​the-​ground-​as-​you-​walk kinda filthy.
Additionally, how hard is it to believe that I’m over 18??? Seriously!
Subtracting more points for selection, also… they have all kinds of weird extranneous bullsh*t toys and gadgets and clothing items, but nothing is ever stocked in the cold beverage, coffee, or cigarette departments.