10 Ways Target Is Robbing You
By Joni Edelman Feminist, body positive, wife, mom of five, Editor In Chief at ravishly.com, (sometimes) RN .
I spend so much in Target, sometimes I look at my bank statement and think, someone stole my ATM card.
Then I realize, Oh, shit. That was actually just me, three times last week.
Target knows what's up. They entice you with brightly-colored plastic and seasonal cups that will either: A. break or B. get lost -- probably within a week of purchase. And that's just the tip of the skillfully-crafted, Orla Kiely-iceberg. Target has devised ways to steal your money -- like some kind of commercial conglomerate ninja -- all while making you think it was your idea.
1. Starbucks.
You're going to need a muffin, too.
Technically, this isn't Target. It's inside Target. Guilt by association. You're going to need sustenance. Namely, a Frappuccino. Also probably a muffin or some other baked good. This is a scam because A) The caffeine is going to hype you up and make you forget how much money you set out to spend and B) The muffin sugar is going to reduce your defenses. You are now out $8 and the caffeine-induced mania will make you stop at the Dollar Spot.
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I can't do Target. I'm stuck back in the day when a cup of coffee was called 'a cup of coffee' ... and it cost 20 cents.
That was back when keyboards had the 'cents' symbol on them ..... and 'keyboards' were called typewriters.
Dear Friend Jerry Verlinger: There is the famous Catskill joke about the police detective who advises a man they caughta pickpocket who had stolen the man's credit card. The investigator wanted to know why the man never filed a police report, or let the credit card company know the card was stolen?
I know it was stolen, said the man. I never reported it. Once he got the card away from my teenagers, the monthly bill was much lower.
E.
Can you imagine your teenagers loose in Targets with your credit card?!
I go there to search their sale racks for cheap, cheap, cheap deals on shirts and jeans. That's it. Oh and a package of briefs (can't have too much underwear. It means longer times between washing clothes) My only real complaint is the the rooms to try things on are always at the opposite end of the store in the women's department!!!!
Then my wife doesn't come to the fitting room and I guarantee that she'll say "What did you get that for???!!!" like last time we went and got Levi's denim biker vest! For $15 bucks!!!!!! Great deal!!!!
I know Target does a better job with its supplier relations, thus has more loyalty from them than say Wall-mart.
I hear ya Ra ndy!
Every time we are in there or Marshalls or TJ Maxx, etc., I always grab some! Of course it does make it more unpleasant when you actually DO have to do the laundry.
I have found that the women's clothing at target is made for women that are 6' tall and weigh 90 pounds. And it is more expensive than going to J C Penny's and buying things, especially when they're on sale. I bought a sweater there once, that went down to my knees. I wore it anyway, but everything there is long and tubular. Being a short, round person, nothing there fits. At least at Penny's I can buy petites.
I buy my son some things there, but not much. They have good decoration items, but they're expensive. I like their dog Halloween costumes, too!
Other than that, I'll shop elsewhere.
My wife shops on line, but for antique or antique style clothing and then tears it apart and assembles (hand sews) it to her size and liking, adding or subtracting material if she chooses to. It's her hobby.
In the 20 + years I have known her and been married to her, I can honestly say I don't think I have ever seen her purchase (except for leggings and underwear and such) clothes from a store. She even buys her jeans online, knowing she can adjust them if she has to. Or seen her in a dress either, except the day we marred.
I don't know about that Fly, I would think, considering the difference in the numbers, it would not take much for a supplier to muster up a reasonable amount of 'loyalty' to Wal-Mart.
Target Statistics Data
Total number of Target employees 365,000
Total number of Target stores 1,916
Number of SuperTarget stores 239
Number of Target pharmacies 1,519
Total combined Target store square footage 222,420,000 sq ft
Target Revenues
2013 $72.6 billion
2012 $69.8 billion
2007 $63.4 billion
2001 $33 billion
Historic Target Stock Prices
August 2007 $65.93
November 1987 $2.12
Current value of $1,000 in Target stock purchased in 1987 $53,420
Wal-Mart Statistics Data
Total amount of money spent at Wal-Mart every hour of every day $36,500,000
Total amount of profit Wal-Mart makes every minute $34,980
Total number of employees 2,010,000
Total number of stores 4,255
Percentage of Americans that live within 15 minutes of Wal-Mart 90 %
Total Wal-Mart sales annually $405,000,000,000
Total number of Wal-Mart Brands 27
Average amount of square feet per Wal-Mart Supercenter 197,000 square feet
Amount per every U.S. dollar spent at Wal-Mart 8 cents
Total number of customers per week 100,000,000
World Rank by economy if Wal-Mart were a country 19th
Percent of Wal-Mart cashiers that are women 72%
Percent of purchases made by families making less than $40,000 annually 42%
Percent of Wal-Mart suppliers located in China 80%
[ Stats fromStatisticsBrain Institute ]
Boxers or Briefs?
So now we know 'who wears the pants in the family'!
That's an unusualendorsement...
Q - "What do you think of Target?"
A - "I Liketheir dog Halloween costumes."