Price Drops on Everyday Essentials - KMART - $4 Towels

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  abc on 14/07/2014 - 10:24

  -4

  Kmart has an "everyday price" policy. Sorry but how is this a "bargain"?

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    StewBalls on 14/07/2014 - 10:35

    +8

    What is it about the concept of a "price drop" that you are unfamiliar with in this context???

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      abc on 14/07/2014 - 10:46

      -4

      Permanent price drop doesn't constitute a "bargain". They are just normal prices.

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        bargainbot12 on 14/07/2014 - 10:56

        +9

        so if toyota started selling BRAND NEW cars for $1 - it wont be a bargain!

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        mafmouf on 14/07/2014 - 14:23

        +2

        @awesomerc96:

        Lol, I used this exact same analogy but with a Lambo.

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    bargainbot12 on 14/07/2014 - 10:52

    +4

    in any sense i believe a towel that sells for $4 is a bargain!

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      StewBalls on 14/07/2014 - 11:19

      +4

      Agreed. I was in a Kmart store over the weekend & I was staggered by the number of cheap, decent looking items they have added to their range of late.

      Yeah, you're gonna get all the two-bob toffs here bleating on about "you pay for what you get" (deliberately misquoted as is oft the case on OzB); but IME, more often than not these sub-$10 items are of near-identical manufacture & certainly equivalent quality to those retailing at 2-3-4x more at other stores.

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      Geewhizz on 15/07/2014 - 06:03

      in any sense i believe a towel that sells for $4 is a bargain!

      I've bought the cheap towels in Kmart in the past, and while that buying price IS cheap, it's not really very good value, OP. If you had no other towel, you'd no doubt be thankful for it, but they go REALLY thin REALLY fast.

      If you want towels that are fluffy and thick, keep an eye out for a Sheridan sale. They seem to be having them every second week lately, and you can get decent towels for around $10 that will easily last you through half a dozen of these.

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    Kanasuke on 14/07/2014 - 18:27

    +3

    Hold it there.
    What is it in the word "bargain" that mandates that it must be after a discount??

    A bargain to me is just 'a good deal'.

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  [Deactivated] on 14/07/2014 - 11:15

  +2

  Kmart pricing is viewed as a bargain in our city. We don't have a Kmart, only a Big W. I know of plenty of people who go and drive a substantial distance to nearest Kmart to get the basics because most are good and cheap and generally better than the crap the Big W sells.

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    billyb67 on 14/07/2014 - 11:23

    +1

    I thought generally kmart was the bottom of the barrel with big w and then target higher up the chain.. is big w generally crappier than kmart ?

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      alebox on 14/07/2014 - 11:44

      +1

      i find for simple things, kmart is generally cheaper than big w and the goods are pretty decent. I bought a stick blender from kmart once for about $20 and its amazingly good.

      think in terms of cheapness
      kmart
      bigw
      target

      but if I need to buy pricier stuff, I generally to better retailers (ie bing lee or something), and if i want cheap stuff i only head to kmart.

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      abc on 14/07/2014 - 11:44

      Kmart is basically a giant version of The Reject Shop these days. Quality wise around the same.

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        alebox on 14/07/2014 - 12:28

        +3

        but refund policy much better and more stores to refund at

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        sickllama on 14/07/2014 - 12:55

        Products and prices remind me of walmarts selection of homewares and clothes

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        StewBalls on 14/07/2014 - 14:51

        +1

        @sickllama:
        Time for the obligatory: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ :)

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        sickllama on 28/07/2014 - 21:23

        @StewBalls:

        Thanks for sharing - hadnt seen that site before!