{"id":581855,"date":"2010-05-27T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10007106"},"modified":"2010-05-27T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T17:54:28","slug":"target-just-cant-stop-the-crazy-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/581855","title":{"rendered":"Target Just Can&#8217;t Stop The Crazy Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/2330047424_780358175b_m-thumb-240x180-40728.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/frenchs-thumb-600x557-40725.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/_2-thumb-400x234-40723.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/Untitled-1-thumb-759x450-40720.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/TargetSalt-thumb-800x640-40716.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>Sure, <a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/target-employee-explains-discounters-apparent-craziness.html\">we&#8217;ve explained the apparent insanity<\/a> of Target&#8217;s prices, but the crazy just keeps on coming. Here are a few examples from our stuffed-full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerist.com\/tag\/target-is-crazy\">Target is Crazy<\/a> mailbag.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd found this instructive example of why it&#8217;s always better to buy in bulk&#8230; but not for the reason you&#8217;d think. Yes, that&#8217;s one pound for $1.74, and three pounds for $1.69.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/TargetSalt-40716.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/TargetSalt-40716.html','popup','width=800,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/TargetSalt-thumb-400x320-40716.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" alt=\"TargetSalt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tracey found these cans of shaving cream that offer the opposite of bulk discounts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/Untitled-1-40720.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/Untitled-1-40720.html','popup','width=759,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/Untitled-1-thumb-400x237-40720.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"237\" alt=\"Untitled-1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"all\" \/><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We now know the reason for wacky &#8220;instant substitutes&#8221; at Target, but it&#8217;s still funny to imagine swapping your chair cushion for a bug zapper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/05\/26\/_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/_2-thumb-400x234-40723.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Dane wants to know what makes the 8-ounce bottle of French&#8217;s yellow mustard so special. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/frenchs-40725.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/frenchs-40725.html','popup','width=600,height=557,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/frenchs-thumb-400x371-40725.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"371\" alt=\"frenchs.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can&#8217;t see the difference between the smaller (8oz\/1.17) and larger<br \/>\n(14oz\/1.12) besides the chance to win $25,000 and a 5 cent discount<br \/>\nfor buying more?  Target&#8217;s lost it again&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes. Yes, they have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, we&#8217;ve explained the apparent insanity of Target&#8217;s prices, but the crazy just keeps on coming. Here are a few examples from our stuffed-full Target is Crazy mailbag. Floyd found this instructive example of why it&#8217;s always better to buy in bulk&#8230; but not for the reason you&#8217;d think. Yes, that&#8217;s one pound for $1.74, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}