{"id":3632,"date":"2011-10-24T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T21:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2011-10-24T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T21:24:41","slug":"target-price-increases-coincidence-or-bad-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3632","title":{"rendered":"Target price increases – coincidence or bad shopping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at the local Target last Friday afternoon with a list of things I needed to pick up for the weekend. While I was shopping, I noticed there were a lot of new price tags overlapping older price tags on the shelves.<\/p>\n

Out of curiosity, for every item I purchased, I took a moment to peel off the newer price tag to see what the original price was underneath.<\/p>\n

I was hoping for some good news. What I got was nothing but bad.<\/p>\n

First up was a trip down the pet isle. I needed indoor pads for our semi-outdoor dog. The price for one set of pads went up from $6.99 to $7.99.<\/p>\n


\"DOG<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

\"DOG<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

Next up was some cat food for my two feral yardkeepers. That went up from $4.49 to $5.19.<\/p>\n


\"CAT<\/a>

<\/center><\/p>\n

\"CAT<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

A trip down the kids section of the medical isle was next. (I was putting together a little kit for my Godchild and niece since they’re both officially at the ouchie-boo-boo stage of home exploration.)<\/p>\n

Neosporin was the first item I wanted to get. That went from $7.04 to $7.99.

<\/p>\n

\"NEOSPORIN<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

\"NEOSPORIN<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

I bought a little Hello Kitty first aid kit for my niece even though it had gone up from $9.99 to $10.49.<\/p>\n



\"HELLO<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

\"HELLO<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

Finally, for my Godchild, an official plastic doctor-bag. That had jumped from $12.99 to $13.69.<\/p>\n



\"MEDIBAG<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n



\"MEDIBAG<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

Finally, I made a quick run to the food isle for some creamer and cheese. (What can I say? It was an eclectic Friday kind of shopping list.)<\/p>\n

Coffee creamer? Went from $2.69 to $2.89.<\/p>\n



\"COFFEE<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

\"COFFEE<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

Cheese? $2.99 to $3.24.<\/p>\n



\"CHEESE<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n



\"CHEESE<\/a><\/center>

<\/p>\n

What really bothered me about this was that everything<\/em> I went in to buy had been marked up. A close second was that I spent $4.30 more than I would have if I got these same items the week before.<\/p>\n

Maybe this trip was nothing but coincidence, but if every shopping run is going to have price increases, $4 (or more) a run is going to add up real quick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was at the local Target last Friday afternoon with a list of things I needed to pick up for the weekend. While I was shopping, I noticed there were a lot of new price tags overlapping older price tags … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-price-check"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t