I went to Kmart for the first time (gasp!) And everything was more expensive than I was expecting. Everyone talks about how cheap it is but it just seemed like normal budget priced stuff, the same prices you'd expect at The Warehouse. They had a different range of things, but they didn't seem to be cheaper than normal.

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My experience with Kmart is most of the merchandise will be in the landfill in a few weeks, just the cheapest, minimum viability crap you could possibly imagine. The stores are also a disaster in terms of layout, usually messy, and the checkouts are in a stupid place. I hate going there.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

You're right about the stores being confusing to navigate, and yeah that extended to the checkouts.

I was there for a lego size sorting thingy (this one, though I can't explain why they have giant wooden blocks in their photos that wouldn't fit in any of the sorting holes).

It seems OK quality (the plastic is perhaps a little thinner than I expected). I'll see how it holds up.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's the same quality as The Warehouse but sometimes has better designs. I'd estimate it's about 5% cheaper.

Really depends on the item though. Eg Kmart is better than Warehouse for Crayola products, rip off versions of American Girl dolls, those storage bags you suck the air out of. The Warehouse is better than Kmart for sheets, tents and chocolate. Both of them are terrible for shoes but kmart is ok for slippers and Warewhare is better for fake crocs.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the impression I got was that it was like the warehouse, but had a different selection of things.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Pretty much. People whose wallets let them have other options mostly go to them if they're buying something that is the same quality everywhere (air beds, clothes drying racks, checkered tea towels, big plastic blanket bags with a tartan pattern) or just want to let loose on buying stuff like throws or letting their kids buy hair accessories or whatever.