Crowds of people descended on Intertoysstores throughout the Netherlands over the weekend. As the toy store chain was declared bankrupt on Thursday, Sunday was the last chance customers had to spend their unused gift cards. Customers faced delays both on Saturday and Sunday due to technical problems caused by the crowds, ANP reports.
On Saturday the stores were hit by technical issues, resulting in customers ending up in long lines in some stores. On that day there were “situations where customers did not behave properly”, a spokesperson said to the news wire. A store in Wezep had to be closed after visitors threw things at cashiers, spat on them and stole items. Some employees were in tears behind the cash registers.
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