samisma Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Has anyone else started their comparison shopping yet? I do a service for a local mommy's group where they keep a running list of what toys they are looking for and what their budgets are and I find them the best prices I can etc etc. What I've been noticing is that 9 times out of 10 Toys R Us is less money. The only exception has been occasionally Walmart has been less or within 1 dollar of the TRU price. This is not something that I'm used to, every other year that I've done this TRU has been one of the higher priced merchants! And with their big book sale & coupons the price savings can really stack up. Has anyone else noticed that? I guess I'm just not used to the role reversal. It used to be that I would try to purchase an item anywhere but at TRU because of their inflated prices.
Mandy4Matt Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I have been price checking them against Amazon and found that 9 out of 10 times Amazon is cheaper. Along with the fact that you don't have to pay tax or shipping!
samisma Posted October 28, 2008 Author Posted October 28, 2008 I guess these mommies were asking about the wrong toys then lol The biggest difference I saw was about these toys called Horseland - the dolls, horses, and barn. Oh and then the Barbie Diamond Castle deal - but TRU sweetened that with their coupons and promises of free barbie dresses etc. I think most of the mommies in this group would buy the toys in store at TRU if they could. Amazon is usually my old faithful for shopping for the exact reasons you listed, plus I don't like fighting the crowds or waiting in line. :)
shopping mom Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 The dollhouse I want for DD5 are different brands between the two but extremely similar in make. TRU is $10 dollars higher but I have $10.00 off if you spend $100. The other things I want to get will be over $75.00 so I get a $10.00 gift card for that. So if I buy the extra furniture and a few other things first I will get the dollhouse $10.00 cheaper than at Walmart. (did that make sense??)
berry1014 Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I also noticed that alot of the toys we bought, still need to buy are cheapier at Toys R US. Only a few items were cheapier at Walmart.
mom2maddynsky27 Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 i love my local toys r us because of their customer service. every time i shop there they are awesome to me. I brought 2 HSM bikes on Thursday. They were in the sale ad on Sunday. They price adjusted them for me and gave me the HSM cheerleader dresses for free as adverstised.
Bella2kids Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 After I used my coupons last year I compared TRU with Target and Target was cheaper on quite a few items by $5-$10.00. HTH.
booga12345 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 I think toys 'r' us is almost always more expensive, when compared to Target or Walmart. I guess it all just depends on what your looking for.
afrey66 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 The dollhouse I want for DD5 are different brands between the two but extremely similar in make. TRU is $10 dollars higher but I have $10.00 off if you spend $100. The other things I want to get will be over $75.00 so I get a $10.00 gift card for that. So if I buy the extra furniture and a few other things first I will get the dollhouse $10.00 cheaper than at Walmart. (did that make sense??)If it's the same 2 dollhouses I've been looking at, I think the one at TRU is much cuter. I've also seen a very cute one at Buy.com and another one on the Penney's website. The price point is about the same (from $80-$100 range) on all of them. It's just a matter of what your preference would be.
princesschaos13 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 throughout the year i find them to be more expensive, but during the christmas shopping season they have a lot of sales that make them quite cheaper than walmart or target. i don't shop there on bf, but i know in mid december i have gotten some amazing deals.
conleybunch Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 After comparing some of the items that my kids want out of the TRU Toy Book ad to the price in area Wal-mart stores, I found that TRU is cheaper.
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