this isnt even fair.....

Easiest. Win. Ever.

Like pitting a mouse against a mountain lion.

At least use Wal-Mart or something.

How do you expect us taxpayers to vote against ourselves? Isn't that a conflict of interest?

@Porntipsguzzardo_GitEmSteveDave:
Tie your sneakers and put on your gym clothes.

and where do you think we bought those things?

I can't imagine target getting more than 10% of the vote, and if they do, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? Target never did anything close to what AIG has done, and no telling what will do.

I'd love to hear the reasons anyone voted for Target! Seriously.

target has bad return policy

AIG is costing the American tax payer untold billions.

hmmmm....

@Jim Topoleski: Which is how it should be, correctly seeded. I'm guessing Target won the play-in game against kittens and I never noticed. Just like in the NCAAs.

Is Target really known for being anti-consumer? I haven't seen much beyond some minor pricing issues.

I think it's safe to say that AIG will take the title this year...

I think at this point its safe to say AIG will win this year by a landslide.

How about AIG vs Congress?

I was a bit disappointed with last years match up. In the initial rounds the companies should be in the same field.

This match isn't fair. It should be two financial/insurance companies or two retail stores against each other.

This is like Muhammad Ali fighting Verne Troyer.

AIG treats their employees better than Target; FACT!

@badhatharry: yeah verne is a BAMF

@GuinevereRucker: Naw, congressional approvals are actually increasing.

Economy crippling evil insurance company or the place where I go in to buy paper towels and end up spending $60 hmmm... that is a tough choice

@Project Thanatos: I don't even understand the facade of voting this year with AIG on the ballot.

Target????? Not even close. If your going to have a title fight, you need two champions in the ring, not an baby vs. DOOM!

@Skankingmike: What is so bad about their return policy? I like the fact that if you bought something with a credit card, you can return them within 90 days without a receipt. It's very convenient, actually.

@hypochondriac: I agree. Perhaps Consumerist needs "Categories". Wort Retailer of the year, worst financial institution, etc etc

@zentex: oh, and then "the most evil of them all" to take the top prize

AIG vs. Ebola = fair fight

First round matchups are supposed to be a blowout. AIG wins by at least 45 points.

target treats their distribution plant employees like shit, but AIG destroyed America...hmmmm.

So... Target's a bit of a lightweight here. I'm calling this match rigged-by-match-making: AIG wins in a landslide.

Who are the 3% that voted for Target?

@Eric Toth: This is true. Bonuses are given at AIG regardless of performance. I've never even HEARD of a Target employee getting a million dollar bonus.

Really, who voted for Target? The same people who campaigned for Sanjaya?

I've never had a problem with Target that a Target employee didn't immediately fix. The cart wrangler even helped me load the dresser I bought there, I didn't even have to ask.

This is rigged just like the presidential election... i mean, taxpayer money being used to help give CEO bonuses I MEAN help the economy...

I really like target... Now if walmart was up there, i think we'd actually have a fight on our hands!!

target must have won the play-in game against amazon.

@noone1569: Cause you know... no one saw this coming.

@JeanStork: The presidential election was rigged? Dare I ask?

@badhatharry: Isn't that next week on Fox?

Congratulations, Target. You've been eliminated. I tip my hat to your less-than-horrifically-evil policies.

@Jim Topoleski:

(Looking from afar)...

-It's a battle... No a massacre!!!

*Prince Ashitaka in "Princes Mononoke"

@philmin: we've had some crazy return stories but they are far and away relatively nothing close to scale of AIG's assbaggery.

@squinko: whereupon they will remove the letters AIG from their trophy, to match the buildings.

97% for AIG

Hahhahaha

@sodomanaz: I don't know, judging by the bracket, I even see Wal-Mart being eliminated in 2 rounds.

@Jim Topoleski: Its like playing a video game with Cheat mode on... in this case... AIG mode on. All will fall beneath the hoven foot that is AIG.

@GuinevereRucker: I think they're fighting that battle in real life right now, so no reason to simulate it here on the Consumerist.

Not even Jim Nantz can get excited for this matchup.

Never, ever had a problem with Target. Almost shop exclusively with them...

Reminds me of The World's Most One Sided Fistfights Caught On Film.