Nuka Cola Quantum @ Target stores. The supply that never meets the demand.

[Poliwrath]

I arrived at 7:30am today to try and get my hands on nuka cola quantum. I was first as another girl gamer (I know right?) arrived. We talked and discovered we were here for the same thing. A 15 person "mob" shortly piles in around us. Skipping ahead.

The manager opens the door and asks us if we are here for the "jones" soda. We say yes, and she replies they have only a limited quantity. Like we didn't know that already. The manager said they will be in the back on an end cap in the electronics section. She lets us in and 5 of us walk into the back. As we walk past the aisles we spot a target employee walking away with 3 bottles, and you can see he is in a hurry. We are civilized walking towards the back. Until we cannot find any.

We all cannot find any of the bottles at an end cap until I spot 4 bottles behind a register. Not on an end cap, BEHIND a register. Someone spots 2 bottles on an end cap. That's it. 9 bottles were given to Target that we know of. I unfortunately wasn't in position to grab the 4 bottles behind the register or the two at the end cap (2 other guys did). We go to the front to complain (I knew full well they wouldn't do anything about it). We say our piece and the manager who let us in said they would "look into it". Yeah right. We all were curious why Jones Soda Co. would only send "9" bottles. The manager said that they hold the drink for people who call ahead, so that is where the supply goes. Don't know if that is true or not. I read it was first come first served. I ask the girl if she would let me have one of her bottles. She agreed.

So in total, the employee got 3 bottles, another guy got 2 and left in a hurry, another guy got 2 and this girl who arrived after me got two but she gave me one. I should have asked the guy, but he already paid for his and it was obvious he wasn't going to give me one. He had a youtube channel and asked us to be a part of it. We agreed. I thanked the girl for the drink one more time and said, "at least let me buy your drink" and handed her $6 (change from the $10.00 I paid for my drink). She said thank you and said she believes in karma. I told her I did too.

In closing, it could have gone way worse. But it didn't. I should have been more aggresive and greedy, but I really thought there would be at least a dozen bottles on an end cap, enough for the 5 of us, so therefore I didn't go in the back of the cash register. I would like to say, if I was in the girls shoes, I would have done the same thing and gave a bottle to someone else. Anybody else wanna share their experiences?

[Nauzhror]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von R:

For example, I bought GTA3, GTA SA, GTA LCS&VCS all a half week before release. Along with other games like Onimusha, Far Cry, and even a couple CDs. But now thats impossible because of those damn stickers.

I don't believe that for a second. It has nothing to do with stickers. Such merchandise is street-dated, it will not even ring up on a register prior to its day of release.

[Tizferatu]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fizban:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tizuby:

Did you miss the part where they recently had to close a ton of stores because they (the company in general) can't make a profit?

They closed the stores in Canada. The company as a whole is making a profit, especially since they started focusing more on allowing people to order items online and have them shipped directly from a store to their home as opposed to only being able to order items that were still in distribution centers.

Entering Canada was a mistake, the stores in the US however never stopped turning a profit.

No, Canada was a complete failure but they've been closing stores in the US all year left and right.

Their death blow was when it came out they have no clue how to handle infosec and had one of the biggest debit/credit card compromises of any company ever. They lost a lot of customers that they won't get back and their profits have been declining since then.

*Edit* I should say their customer base has been steadily declining. By closing stores/pulling out of canada they're giving the appearance of making a profit while hiding the fact that they're hemorraging customers.

[Shawn]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tizuby:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fizban:

If you think Target's going out of business in the next few years, then, no, you have no idea what's up.

Did you miss the part where they recently had to close a ton of stores because they (the company in general) can't make a profit?

ya that was up here in canada they closed all locations before must of them even opened... thay had hopes we'd enjoy them for the "cheap prices" but sadly everything was over priced as hell even when they were doing out of bussiness sales for %30 off it was still more expensive then just going to walmart. They really over estimeated how cheap stuff is here compared to what they offered.

[Nauzhror]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/04/news/target-stores-closing/

is what you're referring to. 13 stores closing out of 1,799 is virtually nothing, it's roughly one store per 4 states. I've seen plenty of Mcdonalds locations close as well, does that mean they're going out of business in the next few years too?

[Tizferatu]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von fizban:

http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/04/news/target-stores-closing/

is what you're referring to. 13 stores closing out of 1,799 is virtually nothing, it's roughly one store per 4 states. I've seen plenty of Mcdonalds locations close as well, does that mean they're going out of business in the next few years too?

That's the latest round. Over the last 2 years a lot of their stores have closed up shop and they've had a huge amount of layoffs (in the U.S.). I think since the credit card breach they've closed somewhere around 50 stores (that's a big deal for retail, especially when you factor in the Canada FUBAR).

They also sold off their pharmacy business, and are considering selling off groceries.

The McDonald's reference isn't a direct comparison, as those are franchise model.

[JoeBeezy1]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von R:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von JoeBeezy1:

I had no idea about this but looking at the pictures it looks nothing like it should. Nobody should buy this since it’s clearly a cash grab with no thought.

1. The bottle is supposed to look like a nuke. This is simply a standard bottle
2. Not only is it a twist off cap, it’s not even a ‘bottle cap’.
3. The label does not even match.

This is honestly pure crap and its being bought up like crazy.

Not supposed to look like the rocket bottle from FO4. Bottle caps include twist off caps, as they are still the "cap".
And incase you have never had a Jones, they all cost that much, as its a premier soda, not a 99cent store Shasta where you buy a sixer for one dollar.
I have had the berry lemonade flavor, and while I prefer green apple or cream soda, it is still worth every penny, even if not in a nuka bottle.
But that fact makes it a collectors item, a shelf display. Not some cheap crap you make it out to be.

Pick any fallout version you want it won’t look anything like it. This is nothing more than a slapped on label on a standard jones bottle.

I never compared it to a price point, but slapping on a sticker and calling it a fallout 4 nuka cola is just to sell a ton of bottles.

Since it’s supposed to be a shelf item, it should actually look like at least one version of it in game.

[paugus]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von R:

If you want to be so anal about it, make your own, then shove it up your ass so you can really get a feel for your idea of a nuka cola.

Great, now I'm gonna be even extra creeped-outier when Sheffield groans about getting a nuka cola. :(

[Tizferatu]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von paugus:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von R:

If you want to be so anal about it, make your own, then shove it up your ass so you can really get a feel for your idea of a nuka cola.

Great, now I'm gonna be even extra creeped-outier when Sheffield groans about getting a nuka cola. :(

Why do you think he wanted a bottle of it so bad and no one would give him one?

[Poliwrath]

If target closes, it will be because Amazon will take over. Drones will be ruling the skies.

[Laptop]

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