Walmart, Target, or something else?

[DeltaSigStan]

So funny, in San Diego, Target and K Mart are the dirtiest, and Walmart is practically Immaculate compared to them...

[navane]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
So funny, in San Diego, Target and K Mart are the dirtiest, and Walmart is practically Immaculate compared to them...

What!?!?!?!


Which locations are you shopping in????


ALL of the Target stores I have EVER been in have been very clean. Furthermore, most of the WalMart stores I have been in were disheveled messes. KMart is generally a mess too.

Dude, Stan, have you ever been into the WalMart off of the 15 freeway and Aero Drive???? That place always looks like a tornado just went through it!

Hrm...I just don't get how you and I both grew up here in San Diego and yet we seem to see everything from opposite ends of the spectrum 100% of the time......

.....Kelly

[navane]

Ah yes...to answer the original question...I'm a Target fan all the way. I currently live in a townhouse right behind a Target store! I'm in there all the time!

I never seem to find all of these great deals at Wallmart. It's like, instead of $4.99, an item will be $4.97. Though, every once in a while, they have a little item, like a cute belt, on the clearance rack for $1 or something like that. Otherwise, the only thing I go to Wallmart for is to buy beef jerkey at a good price.


.....Kelly

[DeltaSigStan]

15 and Aero is a lot cleaner than the nearest K Mart in Clairemont.

The Walmart in the College Area is 50 times cleaner than the K mart down the road on 55th.

The Walmart in National City is MUCH cleaner than the Target down the road.....

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
All the rednecks in high school always said "THE Walmart"

"I'm going to The Walmart to buy socks"

"I need stop by The Walmart to get some soda"

So, I say it too...


I don't care that Walmart enslaves their employees...if I can get a nice cotton blend t-shirt for three bucks, then go me.

Hahaha this is QUITE common here in NC. I'm guilty, definitely. Personally, I'd prefer to shop at Target, but since most of the Wal-Marts around here are SUPER Wal-Marts, I really enjoy buying everything in one place. The Super Wal-Mart has pretty good prices on groceries. I definitely am careful about what time and day I go. On Sundays, Wal-Mart is pretty much unmanageable.

[navane]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
15 and Aero is a lot cleaner than the nearest K Mart in Clairemont.

Uhm....I disagree. The K Mart in Clairemont (which is where I live), is "clean". However, the products on the shelves always seem to be not-in-stock or in the wrong place. I don't like shopping there as their products are not that great and the selection is terrible.

Compared to the Clairemont K Mart, the Aero Drive Walmart is more cluttered with lots of extra racks and towering displays crammed into every square inch.

The Walmart in the College Area is 50 times cleaner than the K mart down the road on 55th.

The Walmart in National City is MUCH cleaner than the Target down the road.....

I have not been to any of those locations. Heh, I think the last store I shopped at in National City was Fedco!

I think the "worst" Target locations I have been in were in Mira Mesa and the Convoy/Kearny Mesa locations....but even they weren't as bad as a K Mart. The two-story Target in the Mission Valley Shopping Center is super bright, spacious and clean as is the two-story Target in Grossmont Center. One bad Target in National City does not mean that all Targets in San Diego are worse than K Mart and Walmart! No, I don't work for Target....

So, Stan, when are you doing to make it to one of our GC deals?

.....Kelly

[DeltaSigStan]

I was there....you didn't make it

I'll be at the next one, promise......

[smiley21]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose


Anyone ever hear of Big Lots? What an awesome store! You never know what you'll find there and it's dirt cheap.

big lots is awesome. i got my bed and my desk from there.

[KSigkid]

Either isn't bad for something quick - the Target nearby is better than the Walmart, if for nothing else the staff is a lot friendlier.

[Dionysus]

I like target a lot better than walmart.

[ADPiAkron]

I rarellllllly shop at Wal-Mart and I have never been at the one by my new house, just the one by my parents. I was at Target, Kmart and Kohls last night....bought a bathing suit at Kohl's--so dreadful! Being a typical girl I think I look fat in it!!!!!!!!! But Kohl's and Target are my usual places-- I will buy clothes or whatever there. I only go to Kmart for thing for the home!

Definitely Target. It's only 2 blocks from my house, so I tend to stop there on my way to/from work to pick up "just one thing" and then end up getting suckered in to buying a whole basketful.

The Walmarts by me are really pretty icky. Always messy, always full of screaming toddlers, and always amazingly busy. Target I can be in and out in 15 minutes, even when I do browse... I can't pick up a toothbrush at Walmart without it taking half an hour.

K-Mart.... well, there used to be a K-Mart about half a mile down from my house. I went in there once and it smelled like urine. I think they closed down all but one of them in the city, and thankfully, the one by us was one of them.

Edit: I miss ShopKo. It was cheaper than Target but about the same level of clean.... not as much cute little house stuff but awesome for getting just basic stuff.

[Cluey]

I think it all depends what I am shopping for where I actually go. If I'm buying crafty crap or looking for a deal, I am going to go to Wal-Mart. If I am looking for cute stuff for my apartment, I am going to go to Target.

All things being equal, though, I prefer to shop at Target. Wal-Mart always seems to be overrun with shoppers and not have enough employees.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I hate K-Marts. I've never been to one that was nice, so the idea of shopping there is completely foreign to me.

[ADPiShannan]

I think it depends on where you live at if your stores will be a mess or whatever and the time of day and day. The one Walmart I shop is immaculate. I know where everything is I can go right for it and it never changes. They always have the things I need in stock and the people are friendly. Plus there is always someone there working in an asile or something. Ive been to some dumpy Walmarts before, but the one near my house is great. I love it. Plus if people were nasty, it seems any store people can be, I use the self checkout and dont have to worry about anyone being rude. My parents just got a HUGE superwalmart near them and its great. It is always packed and thats annoying, but its a small town and everyone goes there.

Target does seem to be pretty clean when I go to any near me. Kmart, well most have left near where we live, but the ones Ive been to in Akron have been dumps. The Kmart at my parents only very old people shop there since PharMor has left and I think they are talking of going out of business.

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

Since WallyWorld is only 5 min's away in comparison to Target's 30 min's...I have to go to WalMart.

I do rock the Dollar Stores and Big Lots...I love those places!