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I am a vendor at TJ Maxx and Home Goods but not for long. CONSUMERS do get a great deal at TJ MAXX/MARSHALL/HOME GOODS but consumers don't realize that most of the time they're putting people OUT OF BUSINESS!!!

WHY you ask?? Because just like myself.....as a vendor you're anxious to do business with them but once you sell them you're all but assured to lose your other customers because your products are in those stores and they cannot purchase from you anymore because they cannot compete in price. AND....DON'T be fooled......trust me when i tell you.....even the buyers know....they NEVER EVER EVER get the real original items. It's always seconds or mistakes of some kind and yet they have the right to advertise as though they're originals.

Very misleading. Think about it for a minute.....can you really go and buy a new Cadillac for the price of a Hyundai??

In my limited research I've collected almost 200 companies that they SINGLE-HANDEDLY put out of business and I'm probably next because the buyers are trained (literally) to beat you down to a point that once you sell them, lose your other customers....they have you right where they want you and they are like sharks with blood in the water. They could care less about your hardships or whether they cause it.

They're buyers are ALL HEARTLESS *** and I hope and pray they experience both personally and in business what everyone else in the retail world has......which is a slow and painful death!!!! I hope at least a few of they're 1000 buyers read this so they can understand how disgusting ALL us vendors think they are.

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

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Guest

Hi I was a long time bedding vendor at TJX. I sold them tons of sheets and comforters.

The buyers were very tough on pricing and demand and they were very serious merchants. Although we never had a high margin on them we were profitable together. The volume we did was so large that despite the low margins the profits were significant due to the volume. I was never pressured or coerced to do business with them.

The buyers would come in and we knew the price points they needed. Years later I stopped business with them and went the E-com way and sold directly to consumers. You might be in a tough category of business or the product was not special and therefore you had to discount the product beyond your control. All in All you need to look for the right customers for your products.

TJX has 3000 stores.

They may not be a fit for everyone but when it works.. Oh boy it works!!

Guest

Yes they stick all stores with *** sewing...even Macy's...good sewing is gone

Guest

Defects are a given high end store or not you are dealing with China waste not want not.

Guest

In case you haven't noticed Walmart is closing 269 stores or so...Pier 1 closing 100 stores....Office Depot a couple hundred stores....people we are in a depression was.dailyjobcuts.com

Guest

I love all of retail but if you go to www.dailyjobcuts.com you will see it is not your great merchandise being mashed the economy is doing it for you...the reason these high class items are in the discount stores is because the jobs are just not there

Guest

I love TJM! Its called capitalism for a reason.

If they can build a better mouse trap and save this working girl some money, or If the disgruntled vendor wishes to pay my bills so I can pay full price for her items then I'm all in either way. Btw of course some are seconds duh! Common sense would tell me that, but all i do is LOOK OVER THE ITEMS before I buy them. Simple.

I understand businesses need business, but umfortunately I need to take care of me. I wish I could help everyone but if I can save myself money I will. I suppose Walmart, Target, Sams, and Costco should cease to exist also by way of your thinking.

This is America. Land of Opportunity.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-951505

Sometimes I feel bad for people like you and these others who just dont get it?? Thats not what the angry vendor is saying.

I'm glad your happy with your deal, but they're putting her out of business with the unfair prices she gets.

I understand perfectly because they did the same thing to a friend of mine in Atlanta. Someone should really look into the way they do business.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-951514

"they're putting her out of business with the unfair prices she gets" ... um, the vendor isn't forced to sell goods to TJM.

If the vendor isn't able to make a sound business decision (ie I shouldn't sell to someone who will undercut my price; OR I should ensure TJM doesn't undercut my price as part of our contract), then she will go out of business. It's not TJMs fault though.

Guest

I was glad to read this comment. I shop at TJ Maxx occasionally and have found some nice things there.

But the last three sweaters I have purchased have all been defective, one so seriously that it's hard to imagine anyone putting it in a store. And unfortunately the defects don't show up even with an inspection before purchasing.

It's not right to advertise great bargains and then leave customers to find that they are buying defective items. I'm about to take back two of the sweaters and will ask to speak to the manager about what's going on. If the store is going to continue selling defective items, it should advertise them as seconds and price them accordingly.

A sweater that costs almost $50 and that is improperly sewn is no bargain. Caveat emptor, indeed!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-921433

TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods are discount retailers. They buy merchandise from stores like Target and Kohl's who don't need or want the merchandise at that particular time and sell it at a discount price. I have to wonder, though, if they buy the defective merchandise from these regular department stores.

Guest

YOUR AN UNGRATEFUL CRY BABY

Guest

If their is something wrong with the item it is marked as Irregular on the TJX Price ticket.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-634224

None of the sweaters is marked as irregular, and what would that word tell a customer, anyway? And in the case of one sweater, the appropriate word would be "unwearable." One of the front pockets is positioned a full inch above the other, and one arm is larger than the other.

Guest

So.... bc you did business with TJX, your business is failing?

That makes perfect sense.

You made a concious decision to sell to the TJX Corporation who you should know sells slightly imperfect items or excess stock items at discounted prices and as a result of this concious decision, your business is failing... Sounds like a lack of business knowledge on your end.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-581572

I also was an old vendor at TJX/HG and I can absolutely say that the original poster is EXACTLY right. You're an absolute *** if you think thats not how they treat their vendors.

Everyone villianized Wal-Mart and these people do the same if not worse then they do. What they do is set you up and give you a lot of business and then kill you. It's an art they regularly practice and are TAUGHT at headquarters to do!!! That comes directly from a former buyer there.

Normal consumers would never know how they treat a vendor and would only think of it as you posted it....OBVIOUSLY you're not in business so you have no clue as to the lies and BS they throw at you to get your product. Besides once your product is seen in their store it ruins you to sell anywhere else because reputable retailers shop there to find out who's in the store and won't carry your product in their stores! YOUR SCREWED! They claim they are clean but they will beat you down to a point where you make a little (and they know how much they'll allow you to make) and then if you make the tiniest mistake they'll cancel your order or *** again to get even a better price because they KNOW you have no where to go with it....it's truly shameful....and thats how they make even bigger money.

And you're wrong again....they buy regular items just like everyone else does.....slightly imperfect clothes maybe.....have you tried their slightly imperfect coffee or have you used those slightly imperfect king size sheets or cooking pans....please....you're half the problem, not have the solution.

One day they will be exposed and most likely sued for something like this. Time will tell.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-581572

That is the most ridiculous and reckless response. How would you know this persons business?

Maybe they didn't know what would happen after they already sold sold them? You're an ***

Guest

I'm not sure how you can blame this on TJ Maxx since you, as a vendor, both chose to do business's with them, and ultimately agreed to a selling price with them (which at the time...both parties felt were mutually beneficial) . If the choice of selling to TJ Maxx at a below market price has hurt your business, then this is simply a poor business decision on your part.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-549344

Alex and Associate are indeed missing the point. AngryVendor was basically put through a bait and switch type of a deal.

TJ Maxx initially sets up the vendors buying at a good price. All along advertising to consumers that they sell original overstock items- not just seconds AND at lower prices than store B and C. Once store B and C see that TJ Maxx is carrying that brand, they no longer want to buy from Angry Vendor, much to his surprise. So now TJ Maxx has him right where they want him.

If he wants to make any money at all, he has to sell to TJ at their demanded scam of a lower price for everything now. It's not like Angry Vendor wanted it this way.

It's how the system works. Give him a break!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-740618

Then blame store B & C that no longer want to carry the brand!! Or go out and find stores D, E & F.

This is the craziest argument I've ever heard and a bad business decision by the vendor and no one else. Maybe the vendor should have spoken to some of his regular customers before selling to a discount outlet? Maybe he should have had a better plan in place to recoup lost business before the decision was made? Either way, it's no ones fault but his own so please stop trying to blame TJ Maxx for just doing their job.

And that includes you people who buy $50 sweaters without trying them on and then want to complain about flaws. As far as I know TJ Maxx has a very liberal return policy so get to the store and quit your whining.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-740618

None of this makes sense to me. I have bought merchandise at Marshall's and TJMaxx for many years, practically half of the clothing and home stuff I have comes from there.

And in every case, I am buying stuff brands that I can specifically purchase at established shops like Bloomgdales, Zappos, Williams-Sonoma, you name it. I buy Frye boots, upscale labels, bedding. And while it may be past season stuff, it is genuinely the brand and that brand is STILL carried by major retailers. They are just shedding past season merchandise that is no longer wanted.

How is that putting this vendor out of business? If your stuff is that undesirable that TJX is the only vendor interested, then that is a whole different issue.

I doubt every other retailer is walking around in there trying to see whether your handful of items is being sold. Makes no sense.

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