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The ONE thing I'll never understand about Target
 Sep 16 15 10:14 am Link I find the lighting set up in Target stores to be really weird. It makes me feel like I'm on an alien planet. Sep 16 15 11:14 am Link Koryn wrote: It's REALLY really bright and almost blue like led lights. I really don't even like to shop at Target they are just so unnecessarily expensive on EVERYTHING. My best friend tried to get me to try shopping there again but the only way I did it was with a gift card which I walked out of the store with barely anything using the total $50. Sep 16 15 11:53 am Link I love Target. It's probably a bit more expensive than something like Wal-Mart, but it doesn't make you want to punch anyone in the face. Or everyone. Including yourself for making the mistake of going to Wal-Mart. Or is that just my reaction? Sep 16 15 12:30 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Yeah but there's more options than Wal-Mart. I LOVE Big Lots for example. If I can't find something in Big Lots I'll probably buy it online. There's also Meijer, TJ Maxx, and Costco stores everywhere here that are WAAAAAY cheaper than Target. Target is like, the last place I think to go for anything. Sep 16 15 12:34 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: No, not just your reaction. Not at all. The 2-3 times per year that I make that mistake of going to Wal-Mart, I think that one day, they'll change the phrase "he went postal" to "he went Wal-Mart". And I might very well be the "he" that precipitates that. But maybe you'll beat me to it. Sep 16 15 12:36 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Nope I feel the same way about going to Walmart. Sep 16 15 12:38 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Amen! Sep 16 15 01:56 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: AgX wrote: KungPaoChic wrote: What is the issue that some people have with Wal-Mart? Just go get what you need and enjoy the sideshow freaks that are sometimes strolling around in there. Sep 16 15 02:03 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: I agree about being expensive. Sep 16 15 03:46 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: AgX wrote: I have a CostCo membership, because I eat so much produce and their produce is cheap if you're buying large quantities (yeah, I sometimes eat two whole lettuce heads in a day). Sep 16 15 03:53 pm Link Target sells Twizzler Super Nibs. Your argument is invalid. http://www.target.com/p/twizzlers-cherr … A-14832687 Sep 16 15 03:56 pm Link I used to like our local Target until they added a grocery section and condensed the rest of the store. And they changed the lighting to the obnoxious bright LED's... We have a regional chain called Fred Meyer's (recently bought by Kroger). They are my go to place for groceries and general shopping. Sep 16 15 04:29 pm Link ernst tischler wrote: I don't like WalMart! Sep 16 15 04:37 pm Link Koryn wrote: in there, you are Sep 16 15 06:02 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: Target's lighting and red color scheme affects me like fingernails on a chalkboard. I absolutely hate going inside a Target store. They could mark everything half the price of anywhere else and I'd still avoid the place. Sep 16 15 06:20 pm Link They are very affective at marketing. Even if they're a discount retailer they still make you feel kinda cool about shopping there instead of an upscale store. http://target-creative.com Sep 16 15 06:40 pm Link Koryn wrote: they're lit up like you're on some mass consumerism acid trip. and all that fluorescent lighting, contrasting with all that red. it's a sensory overload. and out here, the food section has these lights that constantly strobe on and off, if someone walks down the aisle. so you can add potential seizures into the mix. Sep 17 15 01:42 am Link Blue Cube Imaging wrote: Isn't that Meijer? I didn't realize they had expanded all the way to Oregon! Sep 17 15 06:45 am Link Perhaps my view on WalMart is different because in my small rural town, many times the choice is go to WalMart or drive 30 miles to get what I need. I rarely ever go to Target, the nearest one is 40+ miles away, while I would have to drive past a half dozen other stores who sell the same items on the way there. Sep 17 15 06:55 am Link Walmart isn't even cheaper than target anymore. I love me some target, though almost all of their clothes are way too huge on me. Sep 17 15 10:34 am Link I have learned not to shop at Target while wearing a red shirt and khakis. Sep 17 15 02:50 pm Link StromePhoto wrote: ...and don't wear a blue vest to Wal-Mart. LOL Sep 17 15 03:03 pm Link its become hip to say one hates WALMART but I love the store. I love the mega large, have everything style. I love even people watching there. I love how the parking lots have bunches of RV's there like a safe parking area haven for travelers. if I'm bored on a rainy day sometimes I will just wander the store buying things I dont need. Sep 17 15 07:40 pm Link KungPaoChic wrote: What went wrong? Sep 17 15 07:43 pm Link Being in Los Angeles I have never shopped at WM. Once, at 8? am, we stopped in Panorama City [a good place to avoid] and went in this huge store. My only time to a WM. Sure is big. Local Home Depot stacked stuff so high that the collapsing display killed someone. The dangers of big, I guess. Sep 17 15 07:49 pm Link SAND DIAL wrote: I can't speak for her, but I have a hell of a time with the ridiculous lines. I used to go to Wal-Mart when I belonged to a rifle range(coincidence?) because they had the .22 ammo I liked best. Even knowing exactly what I wanted and where it was, and not deviating from my course at all, I don't think I ever got in and out in less than 20 minutes. Not during the day, anyway. Sep 17 15 08:15 pm Link Zack Zoll wrote: Between that and employees that don't give a Sh** -- I know Walmart doesn't pay well but customer service is non-existent. Now they instituted those self-scanning lines and it is pure chaos. I stood in line and then got to a register to self scan and the screen said call attendant for register paper. So I called an attendant over -- they could not be bothered and I guess I was supposed to go to the end of the line again or something. Sep 17 15 08:33 pm Link I use the self checkout line. never a problem for me. its always generally empty at the walmarts around here because alot of people are still afraid of technology. actually there was a documentary on TV talking about coming inventions and technology and the supermarket of the future will have checkouts that look like metal detectors....you just pass thru it with your shopping cart full of items and it scans ...everything.... in the cart, your phone which you have activated with a certain app while passing thru and it charges your credit card account or checking and you just keep going right out to your car not even stopping. Sep 17 15 08:34 pm Link Haha, well, I came from a big family. So, we went to Wal-Mart more than Target. Everything was affordable and on a budget for big families with limited income. I could confirm that sometimes we were probably one of them.  I think I haven't seen a Wal-Mart right here in NYC yet. It would be very interesting if there is one. So far we have Target and TJ Maxx (like Ross? *shrugs* I'm way out of touch with shopping. ) in NYC. It's safe to say customers in NYC-based Targets dress better than other Targets across USA. Right? Sep 17 15 08:38 pm Link |
