Wal-Mart or Target

[Mikey]

Target - as well as Kmart can afford to have nicer bathrooms and checkout counters because their stuff is higher priced.

[ubermanx]

I did find that Target had nicer stuff. More exclusive items. But the roll out was very botched here in Canada.

Pricing was very off and stock issues abound. Many empty shelves at most locations.

So no surprise really they are giving up in Canada. I suspect Walmart will move some of their older stores into empty Targets if the location is nicer. I just don't see anyone else jumping in to compete with Walmart.

- Marty

[Hector]

Hey I'll meet you at In N Out for lunch those are the best take out burgers you can get!

Double Double Animal style, oh yeah, baby, lol.

[Iron Mego]

I'm not really talking collectibles (although I can relate, it's a good 40 minutes to a comic shop that orders toys), I just meant general, everyday kind of stuff. I've seen a lot of good people get destroyed by these box stores, so when I can, I try to spend my money with local, independently owned business.

This is easier for us to do at least.

[wayne foundation 07]

...and the ONLY reason I see Walmart in person...is because Oakland's In N Out is right next to it, lol.

But get this...Walmart's crowd doesn't frequent In N Out...they stay put in the McDonald's inside the store...thank god for that.

Hey I'll meet you at In N Out for lunch those are the best take out burgers you can get!

[apes3978]

I go to both stores...

[kinostadt]

In general, I try not to shop at huge corporate chains, but I make an exception for Target. Compared to Walmart and the other similar mega chains, Target delivers a better shopping experience and it also has a better track record for conscientious corporate behavior. Yes, Target Corp has made some civic blunders, but overall, they make an effort to act responsibly, and to give back to the communities.

[palitoy]

This is tough to do in my hometown. We have one comic shop and they carry very little in the way of toy collectibles. They don't have any ReAction figures, and no FTC or other 8" ReMego. I think at one point they had a few Mattel 8", but they were marked up pretty high.

I'm not really talking collectibles (although I can relate, it's a good 40 minutes to a comic shop that orders toys), I just meant general, everyday kind of stuff. I've seen a lot of good people get destroyed by these box stores, so when I can, I try to spend my money with local, independently owned business.

[Hector]

...and the ONLY reason I see Walmart in person...is because Oakland's In N Out is right next to it, lol.

But get this...Walmart's crowd doesn't frequent In N Out...they stay put in the McDonald's inside the store...thank god for that.

[Iron Mego]

I try very hard to support independents. /soapbox

This is tough to do in my hometown. We have one comic shop and they carry very little in the way of toy collectibles. They don't have any ReAction figures, and no FTC or other 8" ReMego. I think at one point they had a few Mattel 8", but they were marked up pretty high.

[palitoy]

I try very hard to support independants. /soapbox

[Hector]

Target by a quadrillion miles, it's not even close.

We go to Target once a week, our mom loves it. We go to three different Targets just to drive mom around, she gets good walking exercise in them too. It's clean, well laid out, and the Targets around here tend to be located in nice areas.

Walmart is garbage, the two near us are pure ghetto garbage dumps...you couldn't pay us to go there.

[drquest]

Walmart after 2:00 am, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy".

[Mikey]

Even though my town isn't very big my local Walmart's parking lot attracts a lot of seedy people - especially at night during the wee hours.

After around 2:00 am it turns into Mos Eisley Spaceport

[Iron Mego]

Target by a mile. I rarely venture to Wally World, but when I do I have discovered that their prices are generally no better than Target's. Plus the toy section at WM is pretty crappy here.