Is it ever safe to buy things from someone in a parking lot?

musa-haef-toax1dyzjca-unsplash
musa-haef-toax1dyzjca-unsplash
loading...
95.3 The Bear logo
Get our free mobile app

I’m not trying to be funny about this, but it would take lots of convincing and checking out the seller before. I just bought something from someone I don’t know in a parking lot.

Is that a wise course of action?

 

Especially when that something is dinner for my family. Now, I want to make it clear that I have bought some items from a vendor who was in a parking lot down in South Alabama.

Photo by Andy Wang on Unsplash
Photo by Andy Wang on Unsplash
loading...

I had a good experience, and the items that I bought were top choice, and everyone that I shared them with was very happy.

CHECK EVERYTHING BEFORE PURCHASING

 

 

However, before I purchased anything, I checked them out and read multiple reviews on a couple of different sites, like Reddit and Better Business Bureau reviews.

A company in Alabama that has been selling meat in parking Lots has been getting quite a bit of backlash online with the dreaded, “when you call to complain, nobody ever answers”.

Photo by Armando Ascorve Morales on Unsplash
Photo by Armando Ascorve Morales on Unsplash
loading...

I don’t know if there is anything worse than that feeling when you realize that you have been taken for a ride. It’s the worst.

According to this story in AL.com, a company that has been doing lots of business in Alabama and selling its meat products is not responding to any customer with complaints.

 

 

DOES CUSTOMER SERVICE EXIST?

 

Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash
Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash
loading...

Kenston Farms is the name they use, and I even tried to call them, and well, you guessed it, I did not have any luck getting them on the phone.

Some people have apparently issued unflattering reviews on Facebook, and others have done it on Reddit and similar social platforms.

Regardless, nobody, it seems, can get a response from the company after they spend their hard-earned money on a New York strip.

They also claim to sell chicken and pork along with seafood from their trucks when they stop at an Alabama business and then sell from the parking lot.

Just beware that we’re passing along the information that some people have been very disappointed with their food quality, and the fact that they are very difficult to get in touch with.

The Loop 2025: Restaurant and Retail News from the Tuscaloosa Thread

A running list from the Tuscaloosa Thread of all restaurants and retailers who have opened, closed, relocated or announced plans to come to the area so far in 2025.

Gallery Credit: (Stephen Dethrage | Tuscaloosa Thread)

If You Grew Up in the '70s and '80s, These Foods Were Super Fancy

From Babybels to Toblerone chocolate, take a nostalgic bite out of these 'fancy' childhood foods that made us feel way more elegant than we really were.

Gallery Credit: Stephen Lenz

More From 95.3 The Bear