Target

[wart57]

I have found the Target's here in AZ have much better food prices than grocery stores, and are comparable to Wal-Mart. Odd.

[ndistops]

I have found the Target's here in AZ have much better food prices than grocery stores, and are comparable to Wal-Mart. Odd.

The Target near where I live has better grocery prices than any other store except for Meijer (a Midwest chain that's essentially a less-disgusting Wal-Mart).

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Perhaps they are better in some areas than other. Completely possible. I see a lot of rants about Wal Mart, and likely because I was in Walmart's hometown, I never understood the hatred. So, yeah, it's entirely likely that this is a regional rant.

Anyway, back to target. They won't even order something they sell for you. Going back to the crib debacle....I asked them if they could order a crib. Wouldn't this be a normal way to handle this situation? I mean, the store sells them and has them on display with a price. Shouldn't they honor that. If another store around town has it, just have a delivery truck bring it one day. It didn't have to be within the hour, but I'd guess they could transport it within a week or two for next to nothing. If not, then tell headquarters you need one. Sure, they'd have to ship it. But, they have an advertised price that they can sell it for at the store. Surely that price has factored shipping into it. [expletive], the library system will deliver books from one library to another if you want...and that's free.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Oh yeah, and of course the crib wasn't cheaper online, meaning it would be way more to ship that [expletive] than buy it at the store.

[cardinalkarp]

The whole cheaper online is a bunch of BS, if it's Target Online & a physical store, they should honor the same price.

[ghostrunner]

If it's at the store, they've already paid a shipper to distribute to one location out of thousands. If you purchase online you pay shipping then, unless they offer it free, and they're sending from some kind of central warehouse. You could add in that there's location overhead that needs to be made up somewhere, though I suppose you'd normally distribute that company-wide.

[Gashouse]

Target has announced within the past week that they will honor cheaper online prices that competitors offer, so it makes no sense that they wouldn't honor their own online price. I don't remember all the details, but their 2012 numbers weren't great, so they want to keep your business.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

If it's at the store, they've already paid a shipper to distribute to one location out of thousands. If you purchase online you pay shipping then, unless they offer it free, and they're sending from some kind of central warehouse. You could add in that there's location overhead that needs to be made up somewhere, though I suppose you'd normally distribute that company-wide.

If they want to [expletive] about having overhead at their stores, then shut them down and do it all online. Don't advertise a price online then when people show up to buy it, say, "Oh, sorry. That's only online."

I don't really care to debate rather or not it should cost more at the store than online, just that they shouldn't advertise one price and then charge another. Just the same, they shouldn't put out a display of an item they refuse to sell at the store.

Both practices are going to piss customers off.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Target has announced within the past week that they will honor cheaper online prices that competitors offer, so it makes no sense that they wouldn't honor their own online price. I don't remember all the details, but their 2012 numbers weren't great, so they want to keep your business.

At least they are aware of the problem. I guess there's some reason for hope...

[Gashouse]

I was at Target today and noticed a sign that specifically said they will match Target.com prices. Seems silly that they would have to call that out, but there you have it.