Finally bought hand soap refills
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
Staten Island, New York
November 18, 2020 8:50pm CST
I needed to get a refill of hand soap that I use as I am getting low on it. It is cheapest at Target. It's sold there for $3.99. It is not available at my location. And all other stores I've looked at do not have it in stock either. I decided to just order it online.
I went to the Target website first as it's cheapest there. Turns out this soap is not available for shipping. If I wanted to get the soap at this price I'd have to go to another Target location. That would mean paying $5.50 to get there and back by bus and spending a long time commuting. It didn't make sense to get it from there.
I decided to go to Walgreens online and see if they have it in stock there. It was sold there but the price was $6.49. That is way more expensive than the Target price of $3.99 but as I am getting low on it I decided to get it anyway, especially since they offered free shipping.
I ended up buying two refills instead of one. I got a discount of $1.30 off my order so that means each bottle came out to $5.84. However, since I also had to pay $1.04 in taxes, it seems like I only saved 26 cents in the end. Better than nothing I guess.
I wonder why there is such a big difference in price for the same exact item...
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8 responses
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
It's crazy how places hike up prices for items when there is high demand.
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@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
19 Nov 20
@lovebuglena that's normal. Some just love to take advantageous of the current situation.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
@prinzcy I get that it is normal but prices have to increase within reason.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
20 Nov 20
I find that too such big price differences and paying for shipping or money to get there is outrageous.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
21 Nov 20
@lovebuglena Oh that is super I hate to pay shipping.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Nov 20
@RebeccasFarm Me too and especially when the items I am buying are already expensive enough.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Nov 20
I was lucky the the site I ordered from had free shipping.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
19 Nov 20
Everything is going up in price probably due the the virus and supply&demand. I spent over $700 last week between Costco and Stop&Shop. I just ordered again today for another $256. At this point, I'm just looking to get what I want and need and not worrying about saving money.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
@DianneN I don't shop there often but I sometimes do. Some stuff there is much cheaper than in other places.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
Wow! That is a lot of money. Why isn't Target selling stuff for ridiculous prices? Toilet paper there is not expensive.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
I would have preferred to pay much less for the soap but at least now I will have it and it will last for a while. And I won't have to worry about it.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
19 Nov 20
@lovebuglena right. Getting it is more important at that point.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
19 Nov 20
Retailers are charging whatever the market will bear these days. The prices on disinfectant wipes and that sort of thing have gone sky-high. I wonder if the prices will ever get back to normal again?
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
@LindaOHio They are being greedy.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
It is just weird to me that Target can charge only $3.99 when other places are selling it for much higher. I found it online in retailers where the same exact size of the soap refill was sold for way more than I even paid for it.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
19 Nov 20
@lovebuglena They charge as much for it as people will pay.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
Of course but do they really have to raise prices so much...?
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@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
19 Nov 20
@lovebuglena maybe because of this pandemic too
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@Cheyee (8352)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
19 Nov 20
Exactly!!! Same thing but the price is almost double. Don't they buy it almost at the same price?
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov 20
I would think so but who knows.
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