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Target Feels Need To Brag About Selling Gift Cards At Face Value
Hey, who doesn't love gift cards? Target sells a few as impulse items at the checkout, and Reader Cheryl noticed something curious. The gift cards had the same "as advertised" tag that sale flyer items at Target get, but they weren't on sale. They were being sold at face value. As gift cards generally are. More »

Target Doesn't Need To See Your Identification; Tries Anyway
Phil (not the one who works here) brought a game/controller bundle to the register at his local Target store. The cashier asked for his driver's license to complete the sale, because the game was age-restricted. After a manager intervened, Phil got to buy his game with only a typed-in birthdate, but here's the thing: the game was rated "Teen," and Target's own policies state that they don't require birthdates for games with that rating. And besides: Phil is in his late thirties. More »

Movie Studios Create Special Blu-Ray Slipcovers For Target, This Target Tosses Them In Trash
Michael has a cool hobby that I had never heard of until today: collecting new Blu-Ray disc releases, especially limited editions and interesting slipcovers. Studios issue exclusive slipcovers to certain retailers: a great marketing opportunity and plenty of fun for collectors, right? Sure. If the employees at Michael's local Target hadn't been ordered to slip off those neat slipcovers and toss 'em before putting new movies in plastic security cases before they go on the shelves. More »

You Can't Write A Check To Target Until You Successfully Write A Check To Target
J.'s debit card has a limit on how many transactions he can use it for in a day, so he often kicks it like it's 1993 and writes checks for things. This isn't normally a problem, but it is at Target, where their third-party check verification service, Certegy, is incorrectly convinced that he's been writing bad checks. Fine, he dealt with Certegy, but still can't write checks. Why? Target's internal check verification department says so. He won't be able to pay that way until he has a history of successful check writing at Target. What's wrong with this picture? More »

This Item Is 20% Off Only Online At Target: Not Available Online
Oh, Target. We hadn't received any stories about your tenuous grip on reality in a while, an thought that perhaps things were getting better. Then you advertised an item as being simultaneously on ale online only, but also available only in stores. What? More »

Target Sells Your Reserved iPad, Then Promises Imaginary Discount
It seemed reasonable enough to Mark: his local Target gave out more tickets to purchase 16 GB iPads than they had iPads, and he was the last person to reserve a ticket. The store had plenty of 64 GB models left, though, but Mark didn't want to pay that much and tried to leverage the situation into a discount on one of those. Some employees agreed that the company should make this happen, and others claimed that it wasn't physically possible. Mark began a quest to get his promised discount, but it looks like he'll be running Flash on his iPad before that ever happens. More »

It's Time For Another Visit To Target's Reality Vortex
We've known for a long time now that Target has a very loose grip on reality. Here are three more pieces of evidence that the discounter just isn't in the same reality as the rest of us.
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At Least It Isn't Oozing Blood
Aaron discovered this item in the Halloween costume department of his local Target. It is supposed to create the illusion of a wound beneath your clothing. On the shelf, it looks like... um.

Shampoo For The Rich And Careless
Parents will gladly pay extra for baby shampoo that won't sting their little ones' eyes or send them to the hospital when they inevitably gulp some of it, but Target is stretching the boundaries beyond reason with this out-of-control markup for this product. More »

Target Thinks That 2 Is Basically The Same Thing As 10
So, um, how many bottles do I have to buy to get that $5 giftcard, Target? Is it 2? Or 5? Or maybe 2? I think I need to lie down.
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Target Just Can't Stop The Crazy Prices
Sure, we've explained the apparent insanity of Target's prices, but the crazy just keeps on coming. Here are a few examples from our stuffed-full Target is Crazy mailbag. More »

Target: We're Out Of Scales, So Just Buy A Mirror
Hmmm, what should one do if Target is out of scales? More »

Sale At Target Means You Pay $2 Extra
Consumerist readers are on to you, Target. After reading the site for awhile, people are moving the sale cards over to see what the price used to be before it went "on sale." More »

Target Employee Explains Discounter's Apparent Craziness
A mysterious Target employee has come forward to share a closely guarded secret with the readers of Consumerist. The secret of why Target is so freaking crazy. More »

Think Carefully Before Buying Diapers At Target
Reader Sarah was shopping for some diapers when she noticed something strange about Target's pricing. Yes, the well-documented insanity continues in the diaper aisle... More »

Target Is Out Of Shampoo, So Just Dye Your Hair
These Target substitution cards are introducing an entirely new genre of in-store comedy into my otherwise sad and dull life. More »

Target Is Out Of PrePaid AT&T Cards, So How About Some WalkieTalkies?
Reader David spotted this odd suggestion on Christmas Eve at his local Target. Not the most practical idea they've ever had, but then again: Target is crazy. More »

Target's Reality Vortex Expands To Walgreens

—>Stephanie sent us this photo from her local Walgreens. Have they been taking lessons in pricing from Target? Sure, MSRP is is merely a suggestion, but this is a rather obvious case.  More »

Avoid The Diabolical Target Lysol Disinfectant Wipe Trap

—>Target loves to keep you on your toes. Which is the better deal? 110 wipes for $4.79 or 80 wipes for $4.79?  More »

Guess Which Price Rang Up At The Register

—>While shopping at a Florida Target, Nancy spotted two prices for identical two-packs of baby food, one for 87 cents and the other for $1.09.  More »