Kmart

Customer service isn’t the greatest. You never find anyone when you need them… But that’s not what why I’m giving this place a review… They have tons of gnats flying all over the pizza area! SO gross! They were even some at the cashier side. They need go do something about it because that’s just gross.

This KMart is clean and very orderly, which is commendable. However there is a noticeable lack of employees anywhere to be found on the floor. Not being familiar with the store or where items are located, I literally walked almost the entire store looking for someone to help me!
I finally stopped an employee in the aisle asking for what I needed and she very pleasantly pointed me in the right direction. Check out was OK.

I have NO IDEA how this store can stay in business. Between Target, Walmart and KMart, KMart is the most expensive? It’s ridiculous how outrageously priced the good are here. Half of the store is dedicated to Hawaiian crap that can be found for a fraction of the price at the flea market that goes down three times a week. The store is almost ALWAYS disorganized and they are often out of most items. I’m here for emergency purposes only.

One mission: find a dirt cheap 2016 calendar for my fridge.
Result? Success! It’s ADORABLE and cheaper than a Starbucks drink. Okay, maybe a few more in change, but so worth it because I get to look at this calendar of precious Boo on the daily for the next 349 days!!!
My stop before this was Office Depot and I wasn’t going to pay $ 16.99. Our other options were Target, Walmart, and KMart. So, here we are. You won, KMart!
The location is a little shady, as in scary at night because the lighting is really poor in the corner of this shopping center. But, luckily I had someone with me.
There was a slight stench as I stepped in, but maybe it’s coming from Little Caesars Pizza just off to the right plus the dirty carpet mats. Eww. Glad it was just at the entrance.
The store is actually bright, CLEAN & ORGANIZED! Well, at least on a Saturday night at 7pm. Where is everybody? It was so quiet, too, until just before I left when I saw a screaming child pounding his fists as he laid crying on the floor. Where was his momma? He probably wanted pizza. But, really. Other than that incident, I felt like I had the entire store to myself. No wonder they are closing KMarts across country. Kind of sad, because as a child I grew up on blue light specials and grabbing a cherry flavored Icee.
I paid $ 4.99 for my calendar and found a nice blouse on sale for 50% off. I almost bought some UH merchandise for 30% off… just because it was on sale. But, I actually didn’t need it. I walked away. Good girl!
Everything else seemed SO EXPENSIVE! Is it because it’s KMart in Hawaii or is their merchandise that great people will pay lay down some cash for this stuff?! I mean, 40 count Hefty trash bags for $ 9.99? Or should I have bought 80 count for $ 14.99? Get out of here! These prices are ridiculous for some day to day items.
Other than picking up a cute KMart Hawaii reusable bag as a souvenir for friends/​fam, I may not be back in the very near future. Unless we’re in desperate need of tailgating items when at the stadium, I probably may not be back until I need a 2017 calendar.
Good luck, KMart!

Hate this place. The most ridiculous and disgusting business i ever had to deal with.
So i place an order of canopy, online, with an option of store pick up. Waited for the text to pixk up but never received for 2 days. Finally checked my order online and it showed that my order has been cancelled.
Fine it showed online that its available in a different store for pick up, so ibplaced another order and a day later i received a call from them saying they have to cancel my order because they dont have my item. The caller mentioned that the status online is updated from main land so they dont know whats available in the store. Stupid management. will give them zero stars if i could.

Customer service is a challenge at this store¡
A little history about my purchase… I originally visited the store saw a product I liked and went home to think over my purchase. Later that afternoon I visited the website to find I could save an added 10%, win!
Naturally I made the purchase and selected the pick-​up at store option to save the shipping. Hours went by and finally the next morning I received the text saying my purchase was ready for pick up.
After work I arrived at the store to receive my purchase, this is where the rhetoric starts. The product wasn’t at the service desk waiting for me. The employee there starts to question me about my printed out email which isn’t required, only my ID. This began several conversations over the walker Talkie to locate the Layaway keys, finally the stock associate arrived with them. This started the process of actually gathering my purchase. All in all this was over a thirty minute pick-​up for a purchase I made a day the day earlier.
If at all possible avoid this store.

1 star for Little Ceasars.
Sometimes I finish work after the banks close on payday. When this happens, I typically make a trip to Walmart since they offer check cashing. Today, I was dreading the drive and remembered that I saw a sign in Kmart offering check cashing. Since I live in Salt Lake, I decided to look into it.
First, I looked at
. According to the website, I could cash a payroll check up to $ 2,000. Awesome!
Next, I called the store just to confirm this location participates. The customer service rep told me they do but they couldn’t guarantee it. She said they could only cash the check if they had enough money in the store. She asked me how much my check was for and I told her. By the way, I am a teacher, so trust me when I say it was much less than the $ 2,000 limit stated on the website. Unfortunately for me, or maybe more unfortunately for Kmart, «it was a slow day» and they wouldn’t be able to cash the check.
I said okay but asked if she would pass along a message to her store manager that if the store is going to participate in a program advertised on their company website, they should be consistent.
The customer service representative kept interrupting me, seemingly trying to give me helpful alternatives like «there are payday loan places» or «you could get direct deposit» or «you could try on Friday or Saturday». Uhhhhh… I’m pretty sure the Kmart website isn’t advertising financial advising.
All in all, I’m not surprised they are short on cash. On the rare occasion I go there, I feel like I’ve stepped into a ghost town. Their customer service is subpar. The store is unorganized (pricetags, please?). The prices are high.
Sorry Kmart, I just can’t.

I have been living nearby this Kmart for close to 3 years and today was my first day stopping in. After several «things» I was going to rate this place a «3″ star, but they now get a 2… could have been a 1, but at least I got my money back. Let me explain…
First and foremost, this store is not set up to maneuver very well. The proximity between where the ladies clothing is and the children’s is weird. Then to head to the home décor, etc… its just „off“. OK… so, they get a 3 on the over all store appearance, ease of navigation, etc. Of course, they were out of the items I needed the most… booo! But I can’t knock them for that, it happens.
I went to check out and 3 cashiers were open. Guess what… all 3, yes all three… needed a customer service rep or manager for help. I wanted to bust out laughing… not in a good way either. I was at the only register where there was someone waiting too.“me»…and we waited for what seemed like an eternity. I couldn’t believe it. Finally one of the cashiers on the end got help and I moved down there since there was no one else in line. I checked out… then the machine wouldn’t take a signature. The cashier finally got a line on the screen for my signature and I told her it was good. I didn’t want to wait any longer to get it right.
I left the store and the overall charge «dawned» on me so I reviewed my receipt. I saw a cute t-​shirt for my son on sale for 60% off, so I got one. Guess what? I was charged the full price. Back in to the store I go. I walked back to make sure I saw the sale correctly and I did. So I asked the question at the customer service counter to make sure I got it right… she asked me to get the shirt… so I did. I came back and I repeated the story and I took a picture of the sale sign so I could show it to her vs. walking back there. She called the person back there and they asked where I got the shirt… and insisted it was along the wall. NO… I got it from the sales rack and I offered to meet this person back there to prove it to them since there was a whole rack of these shirts. The manager, Lisa, hung up the phone and said she’d just credit the 60% to my card… great! Well, she messed up the credit… it happens, I get it and she was being nice about it. Errors happen. She tried it again and it wouldn’t go through. Another person in a red shirt (I guess more important) tried it and it didn’t work so finally Lisa gave me the credit in cash. Whew… I commend her for her help. But my check out experience has to be a 1. If the shirt would have been labeled correctly then I wouldn’t have had to waste more time. I would have really been upset if I got all the way home.
OH…and I wanted to try some of these Tabasco’s Chocolate’s in a tin. I opened them while I was there and they had the while haze to them… yes, they were old. But I didn’t even want to go there… so I kept them and I’ll eat them anyway. Just consider yourself warned if you get the same craving!

I usually go to the one on Nimitz cause it’s closer & I think stays open longer. But this particular location does appear to be much more organized & cleaner. It does help that there aren’t a lot of vagrants wandering around like the Nimitz location. The amount of parking seems the same although this location shares the lot with another store unlike the Nimitz location which is a stand alone. I don’t come here often much less shop KMart often but I don’t mind coming here.

Clean store people are friendly. Good place to load up on inexpensive tourist gifts to bring to your friends on the mainland. Coffee chocolate etc.

Who goes to K-​mart on Christmas day. We do, well more like my mom wanted to go. I am surprise they were open on Christmas day. But its smart because there were lots of people there too buying tons of things. Its kind of good going on Christmas day because of the say. LOL. However one thing that is kind of junk was the service. The cashier was slow as hell. All of them. I guess because it was Christmas day, but still if it was me, I would just scan the item and get them out asap.

Kmart in general is my favorite big-​box store (Walmart and Target are evil, not that that stops me from going). I’ve always had an affinity for going, so obviously when I moved here, this has become one of my go-​to places for general housing needs.
This store is the nicest one on the island. It looked freshly remodeled– both outside and in. The store is huge and has everything (as opposed to the store in the city). The store was bright, there were lots of cashiers on, there’s a large Little Caesar’s, etc. I didn’t buy anything on this visit, just had a look around. I was amazed how clean this store was. Everything was organized.
I’d prefer coming here whenever I need to shop at Kmart.

Not much going for it aside from car batteries.
Not much to say here. the store is always quite empty. I can see why. The atmosphere is that of a run down big box company. There are signs that advertise where price scanners are but there are none as they’ve been ripped out only leaving behind some wires… and the hanging sign. The store has burned out lights, and prices don’t seem to match up with what’s on the shelf. A lot of things are also out of place and it’s a struggle to try and find what the price is for some of these things. If there’s a problem with the price I usually just forget it and pay the difference because the wait time in the line is ridiculous. Workers aren’t very helpful and not very friendly. I often just put back something small that I’m gonna pick up cause it’s not worth waiting and I go to Sack N Save next door if it’s a food item.
I like it because its convenient for me and you can get Die Hard batteries for a lower price than Sears, but that’s really it. Recently on my last purchase, I had the option of not taking a receipt which I chose… the cashier then tells me ‘you shouldn’t do that cause if you do the security might check and you’ll be in trouble”…seriousy…WHY have this as an option then???
1 star.

I swear the damn cashiers here are soooo fkn slow! Ain’t but 2 registers open and only a few people in line…
If your not happy doing what you do, quit…

The store is pretty organized compared to other kmarts on island. Love this location. Short staffed but they seem to do their best whenever I’m here during the day :)
Please hire more people.

target opened a few years ago in the Salt lake area– it really has affect business and the store of Kmart. Reason for the bad review is that Kmart also knows that they are on the going out of business side instead of the helping the customer. The store in general in order to bring in happy customers needs to be updated and repaired instead of looking old and dirty– think how many people would leave Victoria Secrets if the shelfs had loose rusty jagged edges on them when they were trying to try on clothes.
Many of the workers are not happy to be there– you can tell with a half hearted did you find everything you needed question to the lack of move in their feet. I know it is just a job to them tht work there and I do not have a better solution but if I just need toothpaste and soap and diapers becuase I am out and need those — I really now would rather go to Target where people are happier.
Location is great. It is so close to the staduim that I would park there for a UH game if I thought I could get away with it. It is a good convient location but just the brand needs to do an upgrade– any other big box that came into that location would do great I would suppose.

I try to avoid going to Kmart if at all possible. But if i HAVE to go, I usually make an effort to come to this location (Salt Lake Blvd, across Aloha Stadium). It definitely beats the Iwilei/​Nimitz location. But considering how crappy that location is, this really isn’t saying much…

Well I’ll admit that Kmart isn’t really my go to store but once in a while they’ll have something on sale that I need. This particular store I go to because it’s conveniently located about a mile away from where I live. They don’t always have what I’m looking for or their prices are way higher than other stores which is why I don’t shop here often.
The store is fairly organized but looks a little on the older side. I like to judge a store by its customer service and I’d give the customer service here 3 stars. Sometimes I need help on the floor and I wouldn’t see an employee around at all so I’d have to go to the front or something, not fun.
I think the only plus is that Little Caesars is located in here. Although it’s not the best pizza in the world, I do love their Italian Cheesebread.

8.17.13.
This location seems to be out of the way…
The only times I decide to come here is if I decide to make a run to Target down the road.
I didn’t think I was a fan of Kmart… but you can find some interesting things here. For example, Selena Gomez has a Juniors collection here (Dream Out Loud). Modern Family star Sophia Vegarra also has a line here. If you’re a 80s/​90s generation kid, BONGO is also still sold here – not quite the same as before but modernized versions/​washes of their iconic jeans can still be found here.
The cosmetics section here can also be interesting if you are looking for a particular limited products that aren’t part of a certain brand’s main line/​collection. If you’re looking for products that are permanent ones in a brand line, my friend told me to stay away – you don’t know how long those items have been on Kmart’s shelves!
Another reason why my family likes to come here… Little Ceasar’s Pizza. I know not the best or the healthiest… but it brings back some nostalgic memories & really how can you turn down a $ 7 large pizza?
I only wish Kmart still had those Blue Light Specials… or do they? haha
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HALLOWEEN SHOPPING REVIEW
Stopped at this Kmart location after hitting up Target in Salt Lake for my Halloween fix. Drove into the weird driveway with a bunch of one-​way signs and lanes blocked off with plastic cones… tacky.
Parking was pretty good but the thing that caught my eye was a large banner that advertising their «Halloween Blow Out». Excitement! Or so I thought…
Here was my shopping experience at this Kmart =
Saw Halloween Banner = heart skipped a beat…4 stars.
Weird funky parking lot = still OK at 4 stars.
Kid saying, «mom what is that weird smell in the store»…MOLD = 3 stars.
Halloween selection = DONT BOTHER = 3 stars. Bunch of costumes marked down at 40% already, well the clincher is that these costumes are worth that in retail with the 40% mark down anyway.
Kmart’s Halloween brand is Totally Ghoul. I am not sure if it’s too early to tell or if it is the sign of the times, but their selection for home décor sucked. Most of it was the staple costumes and a few obligatory blow-​mold plastic lawn ornaments. I was sorely disappointed in their selection of home décor and knick knacks… at least at this store.
I needed some 3M hooks to hang Halloween junk off my ceiling so I headed to the home décor selection. Good thing Kmart had them (Target was completed out). I found some hooks hanging on the $ 5.59 rack. Took a package and headed for the check out stand but the item I picked up rang in at $ 13.00. The cashier is a young kid without any clue on customer service, but at least he could have been nice. He was clearly irritated and his body language also screamed the same. He got defensive when I questioned the price. Now, Kmart Salt Lake, you are down to one star.
«Hey does this look like it’s five dollars to you?» says the cashier to a passing co-​worker.
Passing co-​worker says «How should I know?»
PRICE CHECK.
A bunch of yelling ensues and a guy gets assigned to run through the store to check on my questionable item. Fine. No problem. I follow the man to the racks and he says «they should have changed the price but those lazy asses didn’t change the price»…clearly he was irritated at the stock people, not me but I felt everyone’s disgruntled attitude in the sore… lazy asses???
He was nice enough to give me the price that was advertised on the shelf but due to the lack of hygiene in the store, cashiers with attitude (I got more when I went back to pay for my item), comments on lazy asses and the weird parking lot… not to mention a giant pothole that jarred my car as I left, this place got a two star. It would have been a flat-​out one star had it not been for the fact that they gave me the advertised price for the item.
I’ve been to other Kmart locations and this has got to be my least favorite. Stay away.