Ross Dress for Less in San Jose, California

This first paragraph used to be in praise of this Ross, but they've gotten really "shopped out" and the area in general is a hotbed of crime. I couldn't find a single "business casual" shirt in my size and not awful, so I settled for buying a waste basket. I thought I had $5 left on the Ross gift card so it's be just right. But I had $7, and I wanted to "cash out" the remaining $2. Well! They were very cranky about that, managers 2 levels up were required, and I honestly think the only reason I got my lousy $2 was I mentioned that maybe I'd just give the card to the smelliest homeless guy I can find so he'd go in there. They kind of went "Ugh" and rolled their eyes and mumbled something about an "incident" they'd had the day before. OK back to my comments on the general crime around here... BUT .... the area the store is in, is still a factor. I found out tonight the bike thieves love this mall too. This mall is right next to a hobo camp along the railroad tracks, and the huge strung-out homeless camping area along Coyote Creek. There are sketchy people all over the place, all the time. I'm lucky that although I use a cable lock which is probably not the best idea around here, it's thicker than most and the heroin addict using the cable cutters didn't get all the way through. Or they got surprised. The bike racks are in a dark corner and there's no video camera. I say heroin addict because as I walked into Sprouts I heard a couple of raspy-voiced bums, a male and a female, yelling at each other and the female walking away from their jalopy saying "I have to use..." meaning she needs a hit of heroin. These kind of people are loitering in the parking lot or "passing through" looking for opportunities all the time. There's a security service that patrols the neighborhood. I think the people running this new mall are doing to learn from the mall caddy-corner from them and hire security for the mall alone. You want to be very careful about your bike, or your car, or your purse, etc., don't leave valuables on seats, the usual precautions you'd take in any bad neighborhood.

I can`t say that it is the best place in the world, but you can always find good deals here, specially for camping. Customer service could be better.