I hate Target

If you haven’t noticed, I never post deals at Target. I hate Target. I know lots of people that love it, but I’m not one of them.

If you go to Target’s website, they post their own store coupons. They also frequently publish them in the weekly inserts. If you contact Customer Service, they will tell you that it is Target’s policy to accept BOTH a store coupon and a mfr coupon for the same item. This has potential for some really good deals, right?

Hmph. Good Luck. I have been to the one on Concord Pike and the one on Route 30 East. Both shot me down time & time again, saying they couldn’t accept two coupons for one item. It didn’t matter if I had the printed policy with me. Didn’t matter how many cashiers or managers I spoke with. Each time, I’d call Customer Service, and I’d hear “Gee, we’re really sorry that happened to you. Our policy is to accept both coupons.” But that was it, nothing ever changed. Finally, after one incident where I left tons of stuff at the register and left with $92 worth of coupons in my hand, I swore I’d never go there again. And I really have only gone there once a year or so.

I went this past summer to one in Colorado, because there was a pretty good diaper/wipes deal I wanted to show my sister-in-law how to do. Of course it required both a mfr and a store coupon–and we were denied. I must be Target cursed or something, because so many moms on hcw have terrific luck there.

So Kevin got an xmas gift from someone, with a Target gift receipt, and I had to exchange it. I decided to try the new store on Route 1 near Brinton Lake. The guy at the CS counter was insisting that the gift receipt was not the gift receipt. I pleaded with him to please try scanning it–what do you know? It WAS the gift receipt. I have no idea what his problem was, it said Gift Receipt right across the top. So I leave the CS counter with gift card and I was off to browse. Picked up a few things–there are $1 packs of Rayovac batteries, if you have the recent $1 insert coupon-free! Got some of those. Got Kevin some things, then decided to browse maternity clothes, which happened to be right next to the fitting rooms.

The clerk working the fitting rooms was completely obnoxious. She was on the phone with a customer and when she hung up, she referred to him as “ignorant” to another coworker, and was talking quite loudly. She barked at a customer who wanted to try something on–“You can’t try underwear on here!” The poor customer said that yes, she figured that, but wanted to try on the tops she was holding. She belched loudly a few times. I really wanted to try on a few things but wasn’t in the mood for any interaction with her.

So another reluctant visit to Target and my opinion of them has not changed. I just got a baby gift card for there from my coworkers, so I will go use it and that will probably be it.