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Old 05-02-2012, 06:05 PM   #16
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What is "Target"? A supermarket?
A big box low price retailer that sales everything.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:07 PM   #17
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What is "Target"? A supermarket?
Basicly a discount department store that sells Electronics, Housewares, Toys, Clothing, Groceries (not always), Pharmacy, Movies, Music, etc.

http://www.target.com/
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Basicly a discount department store that sells Electronics, Housewares, Toys, Clothing, Groceries (not always), Pharmacy, Movies, Music, etc.

http://www.target.com/
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:21 PM   #19
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??? Heck of a lot more true of a laptop than of a Kindle.
How often do you think folks comparison shop for clothes and housewares on an eink reader?

Even the Fire isn't so great for general online shopping compared to any PC.
The Fire is pretty much a little shopping kiosk.

I shop all the time from a five inch screen phone tablet.
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A big box low price retailer that sales everything.
and kinda preferred to walmart.

walmart have kindle?
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and kinda preferred to walmart.

walmart have kindle?
Yes & yes.
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Old 05-02-2012, 06:46 PM   #22
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A fancier cleaner version of Walmart.
Damned with faint praise ?
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Damned with faint praise ?
I love target & Walmart. But it's the truth. At least the two I go too. Very different clientele.
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Old 05-02-2012, 07:33 PM   #24
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I've heard people facetiously pronounce Target as if it was a French word that sounds something like Tar-shey. I thought it was funny, but I'm easily amused.
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:37 PM   #25
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A fancier cleaner version of Walmart.
Not the Walmarts I shop in. Those stores are big, clean, spacious, and laid out nicely. They're every bit as nice as Target.
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:43 PM   #26
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The New York Times has an article on the story now. According to this article, Target was still ticked off about Amazon's "Price Check app that gave shoppers 5 percent off any item scanned at a store." Here is another quote from the article--
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“What we aren’t willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices,” Target executives wrote in a letter to vendors, asking them to think of new pricing and inventory strategies, according to a note that Deborah Weinswig, a Citi analyst, sent to clients.
BTW, the Wal-Mart near me is bigger than the Target and just as nice.

I also went to buy some tennis shoes at a local brick and mortar (Bob's), and they didn't have my size. I asked if they had any in the back and the guy tells me "No, we don't. However, I can check with our other stores and for an extra $8 we can have them sent right to your house." I declined then bought them on Amazon where they were less than they were in the store and I didn't have to pay for shipping.
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Not the Walmarts I shop in. Those stores are big, clean, spacious, and laid out nicely. They're every bit as nice as Target.
I've found Targets to be consistently clean and spacious, while for Wal-Marts it seems to be a 50/50 crapshoot. Depends on where you live, I guess.
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BTW, the Wal-Mart near me is bigger than the Target and just as nice.
many recently updated but i still prefer target. much different feel. better feel to me.
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I've found Targets to be consistently clean and spacious, while for Wal-Marts it seems to be a 50/50 crapshoot. Depends on where you live, I guess.
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I've found Targets to be consistently clean and spacious, while for Wal-Marts it seems to be a 50/50 crapshoot. Depends on where you live, I guess.
I shop at upscale Walmarts
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