点评:I've been to the VT Country Store off and on for decades, starting when a youngster. I'd not been in a decade or more, so decided to take a Sunday drive and check it out. It will be the last time I venture there.
No longer the quaint, authentic country store it once was, it's now a grossly overpriced boutique for those with money to waste. They have expanded it maybe 5-6 times its original size; they are selling junk they have never traditionally carried; and the prices are obscene ... even worse than any other tourist trap location I've been to on this trip. I mean the very same items are two to three times more expensive than other over-priced shops.
It no longer has any country store charm, which is what it still tries to play up in its marketing.
What an horrendous let down to see a place that was once so wonderful and remarkable reduced to such a disastrous low.
翻译:几十年来,我断断续续地去过弗吉尼亚大学乡村商店,从年轻时就开始了。我已经有十多年没去了,所以决定周日开车去看看。这将是我最后一次去那里了。
它不再是以前那个古雅、地道的乡村商店,而是变成了一个价格虚高、专供那些挥金如土的人使用的精品店。他们把商店规模扩大了五六倍;他们卖的都是一些以前从未卖过的垃圾货;价格贵得离谱……甚至比我这次旅行去过的任何其他旅游陷阱还要糟糕。我的意思是,同样的商品比其他高价商店贵两到三倍。
它不再拥有任何乡村商店的魅力,而这正是它在营销中仍然试图强调的。
看到一个曾经如此美好和非凡的地方沦落到如此糟糕的境地,真是令人痛心不已。