Are You Really Getting The Best Value?
When you buy something, is bigger better?
I recently made an online Target purchase because I was running low on facial tissue. Good thing, I had collected enough Bing points to redeemed for a $10 Target gift card. I made the purchase the night before I went to the Target the next following day. I was going to be in the area so I wanted to just grab and go. But you all know that once you get to Target; you don’t always leave with what you need. You will accidently buy other items. My other item was cat dry food. I didn’t want to go back out for this later. I actually don’t have a cat but I and my sister feed the strays in our area.
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But back to this Target order, I wanted to purchase the 6 pack of facial tissue of 144 sheet. But it was out of stock on March 8, 2023, and it’s still out of stock today on March 13, 2023. It’s been a couple days but it’s not in stock in the store but you can still order it to be delivered. Because the 6 pack was out of stock. I decided to grab the 4 pack instead. I got 3 of the 4 pack. Because 2 of the 6 pack, $8.69 is 12 total item (total cost $17.38 w/no taxes). So, it just made sense to get the 3 of the 4 pack, $5.29 is also 12 total item (total cost $15.87 w/no taxes). The price also threw me off. Not only did I saved $2 dollars off with taxes, I also saved the 5% for using my Target card and got 1% cash back from Rakuten (formally Ebates) on top of that. The cash back is currently pending so I don’t know the exact amount. Look below for the 6 pack and 4 pack screenshots from Target.com.
6 pack ($8.69 a pack)
4 pack ($5.29 a pack)
So, to answer the question in the title, do your research. Pick the best value that works for you. Because this is not the first time I noticed that Target and other stores do this. Bigger is not better and sometime it’s not the best value. Because in this example, I got the same total item of facial tissue of 12 (3 of 4 pack, $5.29 a pack, total cost $15.87 w/no taxes) for cheaper than the original (2 of 6 pack, $8.69 a pack, total cost $17.38 w/no taxes). If I went with the 2 of 6 pack facial tissue, I would have to pay and buy more to hit the $35 minimum for free shipping as well. Because it was out of stock at the store. So, I picked the best value for me. I used my $10 Target gift card and paid out of pocket $6.50 with taxes and discounts and gift card applied.
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