It is what it is!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 8/7/07
It is a zoo for humans created to appeal to anyone lazy enough to decide not to walk the streets or pay a few bucks for parking! Which mind you at Marion is a nightmare. The cinema complex holds 5500 people, the same number of parking spots available and thats not counting the over 300 stores or the staff that choose to take up approx a 1000 of those parks every day! Good Luck!
It has its market of everything under one roof but, it is not a place you should go if wanting to have a shopping experience. The layout is designed so shops are literally stacked on top of each other with little consideration taken into account for what that now new shop may clash with around it.
If you know what you want and know where to get it. By all means Marion is the place for you. But if you want to "go Shopping" get out and see the streets. There is not one shop in Marion that is not in every other Westfield around the nation selling exactly the same thing. And living in Marion is not cheap for these stores so don't expect to get a good deal or saving at any other time than after Christmas sales!
Most evident is when you find a great store with great prices where everyone is GENUINELY friendly towards you. The product is displayed with some care and the person behind the counter probably actually owns the place, their not 16years old without any interest in the place, product or you! They're happy your there, they'll help you and if you came back in three weeks, they would remember you. That is a shopping experience you'll never find in a Westfield...Ever!