Target — Local services in Cambridge

This is deeply the worst Target I have ever been to, if you can even call this a Target. It is woefully understocked and the environment feels dank & sad.

Upon my most recent visit, I learned they have converted the lower floor into a glass prison for the products. There are aisles of little cages for basically any necessary product. You have to ask an employee to grab any of the products, turning shopping into a slow, agonizing, and embarassing experience. If you would like to smell what a shampoo is like, now you have to do it shamefully. God forbid that you have the product in your hand and realize you do not like it… Now you have to take up more of the employees time, as well as making the wait longer for another person to get their items. If you want multiple personal products, such as deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, and soap, a Target employee becomes an underpaid personal shopper as they have to unlock a door at your whim. The products are locked up like you are in the Apple section at Best Buy, except instead of locking up $1000 macbooks, they are locking up the $6 Dove spray deodorant, as these two products are definitely of equal value. In fact, I could go to a Best Buy and purchase a $200 mechanical keyboard without having to get it freed from a glass prison with a lock. I do not believe that the amount of shampoo stolen by the unhoused and low income is so detrimental to Target that the tens of thousands spent on locking up the products and loss of customers is more inexpensive. I mean, considering how this Target was already in the lowest tier of Targets in this country, I would assume they would perhaps put money towards improving the store to retain customers. Perhaps the money for the personal product prison cells could have been put towards making this Target less of a sad and depressing place. There is a reason why this Target is a ghost town when you walk inside. There is no point to going to this “Target”. They honestly may as well just close down. You can barely even shop here, and it would probably be easier to just shop online with...

I went to Target for the first time today to get some speakers that I found on the website. I went out of my way there to find out they don’t have them. After that I begin to wonder why the website said that specific Target had them in stock. So asked the people and they said they don’t. Then I asked if they could ship in one for me because I didn’t want to pay for ordering it online and they said no. Finally I went to the Target in Porter and they said that the people were able to order it. I had to Endor going out of my way and for what a Target that couldn’t even help me. This has really made me think that this will be my first and last time at Target. I say to all who are in need of stuff go to Best Buy for electronics, and Micheals for any arts and house needs. ( The price ranges are similar and they have more and...

If you have to go to a target, this might be the worst one in Cambridge/somerville/Boston. Not because the employees are unhelpful, they’re all pleasant people, but because the location is so small that you will not find what you need. Usually when I visit this location; there are no mirrors stocked; the hair care station never has any of the items that I bought on the last visit (one to two months prior); the protein powder section only has two whey options and two vegan options, and there are no protein bars, only ketogenic high fat bars. Interestingly, the grocery here is one of the best groceries in the square. You can find a pound of tomato for under two dollars, a good variety of dairy products and a decent amount of baking items. Probably the best grocery I’ve ever seen...