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The other day, I walked into Walmart to grab some groceries and stumbled upon a new promotion: “Rollback Sundays.” Apparently, it wasn’t just the prices that were rolling back but the entire shopping experience. As soon as I entered, I was greeted by a staff member dressed as a giant shopping cart, who was enthusiastically rolling around the aisles, offering free samples of things I didn’t want while trying to create “rollback” moments. I have to admit, the sight of a man dressed like a cart singing “Rolling in the Deep” while dodging a couple of toddlers racing with mini shopping carts was something I didn’t know I needed in my life.
It was like Black Friday teamed up with a circus, and I was here for it. Who knew grocery shopping could turn into a theatrical production? At one point, the cart-man tried to do a dance move but ended up knocking over a display of canned beans. Instead of awkward silence, the whole aisle erupted into laughter, and suddenly we were all united by the glorious harmony of falling beans and contagious giggles. Honestly, if this is Walmart’s new strategy for getting us to enjoy shopping, count me in—just please keep the canned goods off the dance floor!
N
Maybe they mean memory rollback. They are asking you to think back to a time when things were better and these containers cost only $19.98.
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*New at Walmart, Rollback 360!*
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*A 180 you stupid spaghetti slurping cretin… 180… if I did a 360 I go completely around and end up back where I started.*
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It’ll make you [turn 360 degrees and walk away](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=360%20degrees%20and%20walk%20away)!
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Pepperidge Farms remembers cookies used to cost $3.49
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The cheapy knockoff Keebler elf cookies still do. If you like chocolate covered graham crackers or shortbread with caramel and chocolate, they aren’t a bad option.
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No no they want you to remember 1998 those were simpler times.
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Rollback…your expectations!
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They’re no longer putting price tags on clothing and jewelry so they can crank up the prices whenever they feel like it.
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A civilised nation would have laws against that and enforce them.
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They do
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We used to, once.
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r/woosh
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r/woooosh
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Kind of hard to do with all the yo yo tariffs where a store doesn’t know from one container to the next what tariffs it’s going to pay and need to pass along
C
While I agree that’s certainly not helpful, existing stock shouldn’t affect it AND Walmart isn’t exactly broke. They can take a loss because of tariffs decided by an ouija board used by a senile person using tarot cards as its instruction manual and all of it in a foreign language the senile person doesn’t understand. Seriously, Walmart’s entire setup keeps their costs locked-in at three month intervals. Tariffs won’t affect that setup.
D
And if they don’t want to take a hit on their profits because a rotting orange tweeted non sense, then they can stop supporting him and those that enable him and instead support politicians that will try to bring sanity back to the government.
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Yeah… it would be cheaper to oppose him than enable him. It’s stupid how much money is wasted by corporations simply because of “control”. Let’s spend hundreds of millions union-busting because we don’t want to give raises. Let’s bribe politicians and governments so we can penny pinch. Let’s layoff thousands of people that we have to rehire in 6 months at more pay because it looks good to shareholders. Meanwhile, if there were 1% more goodwill coming out of businesses, they’d get the same perks for like 10% of the cost and effort.
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Tariffs are impacted when received at the port so they are 100% affected by even spur of the moment tariffs
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You think that a store shouldn’t be able to have the price listed on the shelf? Every single product in the grocery store needs to be price tagged? I think the price listed on the shelf is perfectly civilized.
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I responded to the post above, please re-read it. Clothing stores most of the time won’t have a price visible on the shelf, it’ll be on the garment; regardless of the setting the customer must have a fair chance of seeing the price of an item before checking it out for purchase, and depending on where one lives if there’s a discepancy between what’s on display and what’s on the register, the lowest price must apply.
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Civilised places do. The problem is that the USA isn’t civilised.
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That was indeed the point.
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The Target prices on clothes is insane now. I use to get a couple of shirts every season because they were cheap. I knew they would only last 1 season, but it was fine for $10 shirts/sweaters. Now they are $30-45 but still the same shit quality.
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What are you doing to them to have them last just one season? I have dirt cheap clothes I’ve been using for *years*…
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The older they are the better they last.
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And the more comfortable they become 😏
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Survivorship bias
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True!
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What type of washing machine are you using? Front loaders kill the clothes faster.
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Laundromat front loading washing machines…
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Target actually used to be much better quality. Now, their clothes fall apart after 2-3 washes and the material their clothes are made of feel fucking awful.
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I haven’t found that to be the case at all. 2-3 washes?
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I’ve noticed colors definitely fade that quickly even in cold water and on delicate cycles, and the material starts to get iffy.
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Yeah I don’t know. I’ve definitely gotten at least 1 or 2 shirts there in the last year, and still have some that I got 3 or 4 years ago with no real issues.
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One of my friends owns a clothing company. Her company sells resort wear that you see all over the South east US (basically Carolinas down to Florida). She does mostly knitwear since it has a higher profit margin. I asked her about the tariffs and she laughed. Any clothing company that is telling you they have to raise prices because of the tariffs is scamming you. The profit margin on clothes is so high, they could eat the tariffs and it would not hurt the bottom line at all. She has not raised prices on her products at all, but that’s because she is already making $$$ per sale.
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I can see that. My favorite brand is still the same price and is now aligned more with targets current prices. They have much better quality as well.
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There are only 2 clothing Items I have purchased from Target aside from a pack of emergency socks… A cute-ass plaid skirt from the “Wild Fable” line, 20 bucks but its held together well and has shorts underneath. Perfect with tights and boots. And a pair of black oil-spill lace boots I got on clearance. They were from the kid’s section, but they are the most comfortable boots I have ever owned (and the absolute cutest!!!). Those were a bit under 20 bucks. I am VERY picky on clothes from Target. It has to be cute, and rhe fabric has to feel strong. I don’t buy clothes from there I don’t think I would want to wear every day for years if it came down to it.
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In accordance with the projected Trump tariff tax
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I order merchandise for a small gift shop and the tariffs make it really difficult for some companies to offer consistent pricing. It’s a huge pain in the ass.
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Yes, so true. Not only for you, but for Walmart too. I just read a documentary on it. Walmart Business model is based on getting the best prices from countries like China. Their business model, with Trump’s tariffs, is sunk. They are in the process of seeking Business in other countries. The prices in Walmart will be notably higher.
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They also went to digital labels for this reason. Up the price at the push of a button.
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I noticed that… no tag on whole pajama section, no price checkers, got pissed to find out it was a 30$ set after the fact Target doesn’t list prices half the time but they give us scanners throughout the store…
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File FTC complaints about it. Retailers are required to prominently display prices before purchase of items legally. They only get away with not doing so is because nobody complains about it.
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Does the image in this thread not prominently display the price?
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Those are literally the cheapest and crappiest water bottles too. Having those things anymore than like $12-$15 is utter blasphemy 🤦🏻♂️. We should really start supporting small businesses more in my opinion because greed has clearly stricken the corporations beyond repair.
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The problem I find with a lot of small businesses is that they’ll purchase these same shit products, slap their logo on it, then sell them for $30. A coffee shop I frequent does this. $35 t-shirts, $30 mugs, among other stuff and its all of the lowest quality materials they can use. I much prefer to buy local but god damn they need to stop gouging worse than Walmart.
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In their defense, small businesses can’t buy at the same scale as big businesses so they pay a higher price per unit. I’m sure plenty of these businesses are price gouging, but for certain products it’s difficult to get custom items at better quality without having to meet a high order minimum, which may not be feasible for them.
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Oh you’re correct but a t-shirt would still only be a little more than Walmart gets them as a print shop orders in enough quantities to make it close. I happen to know that the coffee shop I talked about pays $8 for a shirt printed with their logo and $22 for a hoodie. Hoodies are $60. Its a ridiculous up charge.
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Wal-Mart probably pays far less than $8 for the shirts they sell. I don’t have access to their numbers but their upcharge is probably about the same, if not more.
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