Target, what has happened to you???

[Anonymous]

I was in Woodbridge a few weeks ago and stopped into Target. It was so much nicer than my Bailey's Crossroads I might just find reasons to go down there every few months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That Reston Target is totally ghetto. Every time I have been there, I have been panhandled. Avoid at all costs.

Inside the store? I am there every week and have never seen that. Now, there is the one guy who sits on the curb and waves, who has had a broken arm for like 9 months now, but he's not bothering anyone.

[Anonymous]

Omg.
The struggle to find the toothpaste is real. I back tracked like 3 times.

[Anonymous]

Dislike the new look. No popcorn. A lot out of stock, or not on the shelves. Cold looking. Industrial looking. It use to be a nice place to walk around, I would usually buy something. Like browsing. Now it's get-in and get-out, and go only when have to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, tj Maxx carries a mix of luxury items and you know you have to hunt. The beauty of target was that they carried standard items in standard places that were restocked, and had some special sections and collaborations.

On the plus side, I am saving a lot more money now by not shopping there as often as I once did.

I feel like TJ Max’s is designed for women who don’t work FT. My mom always liked it and would go there to poke—if she didn’t find something, NbD and she’s go back again another day. I am wedging shopping in between FT work, commute, getting kids to soccer games, etc. I have an hour or two per month that can shop, so if the store isn’t going to have what I want, I will be pissed.

Exactly this. I don’t have time for this at Target.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That Reston Target is totally ghetto. Every time I have been there, I have been panhandled. Avoid at all costs.

Inside the store? I am there every week and have never seen that. Now, there is the one guy who sits on the curb and waves, who has had a broken arm for like 9 months now, but he's not bothering anyone.

NP here who knows the Reston Target well. That man doesn’t bother me, but the drug-addicted woman who is hanging around the parking lot asking for money all the time “because her car broke down” does bother me. DS spotted her there again last weekend. I can’t believe this is still going on.

[Anonymous]

Still better than Walmart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That Reston Target is totally ghetto. Every time I have been there, I have been panhandled. Avoid at all costs.

Inside the store? I am there every week and have never seen that. Now, there is the one guy who sits on the curb and waves, who has had a broken arm for like 9 months now, but he's not bothering anyone.

I thought that a Target was crap because of the current renovations. Never occurred to me that it would still be a scavenger hunt to find shampoo even when it’s complete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, tj Maxx carries a mix of luxury items and you know you have to hunt. The beauty of target was that they carried standard items in standard places that were restocked, and had some special sections and collaborations.

On the plus side, I am saving a lot more money now by not shopping there as often as I once did.

I feel like TJ Max’s is designed for women who don’t work FT. My mom always liked it and would go there to poke—if she didn’t find something, NbD and she’s go back again another day. I am wedging shopping in between FT work, commute, getting kids to soccer games, etc. I have an hour or two per month that can shop, so if the store isn’t going to have what I want, I will be pissed.

Exactly this. I don’t have time for this at Target.

I like TJ Maxx and go there to "treasure hunt" but can only go if I have some extra time. Target was much more dependable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, tj Maxx carries a mix of luxury items and you know you have to hunt. The beauty of target was that they carried standard items in standard places that were restocked, and had some special sections and collaborations.

On the plus side, I am saving a lot more money now by not shopping there as often as I once did.

I feel like TJ Max’s is designed for women who don’t work FT. My mom always liked it and would go there to poke—if she didn’t find something, NbD and she’s go back again another day. I am wedging shopping in between FT work, commute, getting kids to soccer games, etc. I have an hour or two per month that can shop, so if the store isn’t going to have what I want, I will be pissed.

Exactly this. I don’t have time for this at Target.

I like TJ Maxx and go there to "treasure hunt" but can only go if I have some extra time. Target was much more dependable.

I’m the PP looking for kids sunglasses. I love TJ Maxx. I do work but I go from time to time if I have an hour free. It’s a totally different thing than Target. I can’t believe they think they can go in a TJ direction. People go to Target with a list. Yes, they then may impulse shop but if I can’t get my “core” items it’s a waste of time. My last two trips, for hosiery and kids sunglasses, were duds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still better than Walmart.

I like Walmart better than Target. I think they have a better selection. I think the prices are better. Target tends to have a lot of trendy clothing. Walmart tends to have more basics and I think the quality's better. It's just not worth the trek to Germantown most of the time.

I would love Rockville to have a Walmart, but I think they blocked it when it tried to come in. It took forever to get a Target. Rockville has a lot of good points, but sometimes they get snooty about things in a way that reminds me of the DCUM "Is this trashy?" posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in Woodbridge a few weeks ago and stopped into Target. It was so much nicer than my Bailey's Crossroads I might just find reasons to go down there every few months.

That one has always been awful. Everything is out of stock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I normally shop at the Rockville target. Since they started the renovation I have been shopping more at Giant, Safeway, Walgreens and Harris Teeter. I went yesterday because I needed some things that I can only find at Target. I didn’t even bother trying to look, I just asked where things are located so I didn’t have to spend a huge amount of time hunting through the store. I personally do not understand their new organization of merchandise. I also dislike their impulse purchases in the middle of the aisle and how they’ve organized the clothing. I will have to say though, that I have never seen the Rockville store as a disaster. A disaster to me means looking like a bomb went off (clothing off hangers and all over the floor and other items off the shelf and on the floor). I don’t consider no baskets inside a disaster, I just consider that lazy employees. Like I said though, the layout no longer seems intuitive and I don’t have the time or the desire to peruse the isles.

None of the employees know where anything is either - asking an employee just delays your escape from Target.

Actually, they have been very helpful during the Reno. Yesterday one walked me to the new section and looked for the product with me. For the most part, employees at the Rockville target seem more engaged to me than other targets around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That Reston Target is totally ghetto. Every time I have been there, I have been panhandled. Avoid at all costs.

Inside the store? I am there every week and have never seen that. Now, there is the one guy who sits on the curb and waves, who has had a broken arm for like 9 months now, but he's not bothering anyone.

No in the parking lot. Some guy asked for change for gas. Didn’t see the woman tho. Happened to me twice - never went back. Too many other choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, tj Maxx carries a mix of luxury items and you know you have to hunt. The beauty of target was that they carried standard items in standard places that were restocked, and had some special sections and collaborations.

On the plus side, I am saving a lot more money now by not shopping there as often as I once did.

THIS!! I used to drop hundreds of dollars at Target on a regular basis. Now I can hardly remember the last time I spent any time (or money) there at all. It used to be my guilty pleasure. I wonder how many other former customers feel the same way. I so miss the old Target.