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*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 05-03-2008, 09:57 PM

Well, Wal*Mart is like our city's DisneyWorld and we don't have a Target so that...but I do love Target for different reasons. Wal*Mart for food and convenience stuff and Target for like...clothes and random other things.

Zoneboy · 05-03-2008, 10:02 PM

T-A-R-G-E-T = They're Are Really Great Employees There

W-A-L-M-A-R-T = Where Associates Linger Mainly Around Restroom Toilets

Ok, That last one might not be entirely true but more than once I've been in Wal-Mart and needed help finding something and there wasn't an associate anywhere around.

No problems so far with Target.

BarneyFife · 05-03-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 9 Dream

Walmart for me....I personally think Target is a little overpriced.

I agree, Target has much higher prices, and not as much merchandise as Walmarts. I still shop at Targets, but not as much.

Ireneparalegal · 05-03-2008, 10:25 PM

If you want to get technical, the reason they have lower prices (Walmart) is because they can get away with paying low wages to their employees. The employees also don't have a union.

PlayOn · 05-03-2008, 10:38 PM

the only thing i don't like about Wal-Mart is me and aunt were trying to find a Christmas tree for our church in Dec of last year, and we waited and waited and waited for some help. there workers aren't much. another thing, in TN when a movie came out that week, it was 14.99. They dropped that. Now it's 19. something all year around!

oh, well. in KY, its still 14.99 for the week.

nonethess, i love me some W*M.

catlover79 · 05-03-2008, 10:47 PM

Target - I live right by one and go there quite often.

EmoJoe · 05-03-2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee

Never been to Target, so I say Wal-Mart. Just curious:what is all this hatred
toward Wal-Mart that I see on Sitcoms Online?

i dont hate Wal*Mart, but very few things are as great as Target in this world.

although the Wal*Mart by me is really dirty and disgusting, and has pretty much no variety.

OH Nuts! · 05-04-2008, 12:12 AM

Tar-jhay all the way!! They're only a tiny bit more (like 3%) than Wal*Mart and much cleaner! They also have a special place in my heart as I got my entire I Love Series collection there- their prices were the lowest in the NYC metropolitan area.

dawsongirl · 05-04-2008, 12:15 AM

Wal-Fart can suck it. A majority of the employees are rude, don't speak English, or seem awfully stupid, the atmosphere is just...cheap looking and dirty (I suppose that saves on overhead costs, but it's still ick), the people who shop there have a greater tendency to be huge lowlifes who crawled out from under rocks and troll bridges, the parking lot SUCKS...

Although I do still shop there for certain things, because some things Target doesn't have, or I'm strapped for cash and WM is cheaper. But it never makes me happy. Admittedly, I have seen a couple cute tops there, but I'm not sure about their quality.

Target has a nice atmosphere, nicer employees (OMG...the difference between pharmacies was astounding as far as courtesy and knowledge), the people who shop there seem of a less caveman-like nature, their store brand stuff is better, the clothes are nice...lalalala. They may be a little higher on some things, but they have a lot of good sales. And I am willing, when I have the $, to pay extra for atmosphere and a positive shopping experience. And a parking lot I don't feel afraid to park my new car in.

Oddly enough, I used to think the other way around. This was back in the 80s, early 90s, when basically all you had was a basic WM and a basic Target. No WM SuperCenter, no Super Target. WMs were nice before they supersized them. And the only Target I knew was in the ghetto and it kind of showed. But I have now seen the light. And bigger is not always better.

snl 70s show fan · 05-04-2008, 12:22 AM

target all the way

EmoJoe · 05-04-2008, 12:23 AM

you know, i had never even heard of Super Target until a few months ago...we dont have any in the NYC area. we dont have any Wal*Mart Supercenters either come to think of it.

dawsongirl · 05-04-2008, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

If you want to get technical, the reason they have lower prices (Walmart) is because they can get away with paying low wages to their employees. The employees also don't have a union.

That's why my dad wanted a Costco membership instead of a Sam's Club one. My folks had one for a year, but never used it much. I'm not sure if it was lack of merchandise, or that the Costco is pretty far away, but they stuck with Sam's Club. Oh well.

dawsongirl · 05-04-2008, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by EmoJoe

you know, i had never even heard of Super Target until a few months ago...we dont have any in the NYC area. we dont have any Wal*Mart Supercenters either come to think of it.

Wow...lucky. The last normal WM I saw was in a small town in Kansas.

catlover79 · 05-04-2008, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by EmoJoe

i dont hate Wal*Mart, but very few things are as great as Target in this world.

although the Wal*Mart by me is really dirty and disgusting, and has pretty much no variety.

It must be universal - the Wal-Marts in my area are dingy and dirty, too.

dawsongirl · 05-04-2008, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

It must be universal - the Wal-Marts in my area are dingy and dirty, too.

We have one that isn't, but it hasn't been open very long.

05-03-2008, 09:57 PM	#16
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05-03-2008, 10:47 PM	#21
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05-04-2008, 12:12 AM	#23
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Tar-jhay all the way!! They're only a tiny bit more (like 3%) than Wal*Mart and much cleaner! They also have a special place in my heart as I got my entire I Love Series collection there- their prices were the lowest in the NYC metropolitan area.

05-04-2008, 12:15 AM	#24
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Wal-Fart can suck it. A majority of the employees are rude, don't speak English, or seem awfully stupid, the atmosphere is just...cheap looking and dirty (I suppose that saves on overhead costs, but it's still ick), the people who shop there have a greater tendency to be huge lowlifes who crawled out from under rocks and troll bridges, the parking lot SUCKS... Although I do still shop there for certain things, because some things Target doesn't have, or I'm strapped for cash and WM is cheaper. But it never makes me happy. Admittedly, I have seen a couple cute tops there, but I'm not sure about their quality. Target has a nice atmosphere, nicer employees (OMG...the difference between pharmacies was astounding as far as courtesy and knowledge), the people who shop there seem of a less caveman-like nature, their store brand stuff is better, the clothes are nice...lalalala. They may be a little higher on some things, but they have a lot of good sales. And I am willing, when I have the $, to pay extra for atmosphere and a positive shopping experience. And a parking lot I don't feel afraid to park my new car in. Oddly enough, I used to think the other way around. This was back in the 80s, early 90s, when basically all you had was a basic WM and a basic Target. No WM SuperCenter, no Super Target. WMs were nice before they supersized them. And the only Target I knew was in the ghetto and it kind of showed. But I have now seen the light. And bigger is not always better.

05-04-2008, 12:22 AM	#25
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05-04-2008, 12:23 AM	#26
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	you know, i had never even heard of Super Target until a few months ago...we dont have any in the NYC area. we dont have any Wal*Mart Supercenters either come to think of it.