Target

Does A Store Have To Price Match Their Website?

Here's a question we get a lot. Are stores required to price match their own website? More »

11:57 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008
By Meg Marco
10,823 views, 104 comments

Target Loses all Evidence of Your Application, Thinks You Were Never Hired

Tipster William was ready to start his seasonal job at Target when he was told that there was no record of him ever being scheduled, taking a drug test, or ever being hired. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
By Alex Jarvis
19,532 views, 153 comments

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This Is Not A Good Method For Transporting Shopping Carts

If you were thinking of loading a semi with tons of shopping carts, make sure you view the following video before you attempt it — just in case you've missed a small detail. More »

12:00 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
By Meg Marco
30,781 views, 82 comments

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Recession Watch: Walmart Up, Target Down

Walmart is winning the big box retail war it seems. They reported same-store October sales were up 2.4 percent versus October 2007. Target, however, lagged behind, with same store sales dropping 4.8%. More »

12:25 PM on Fri Nov 7 2008
By Meg Marco
4,784 views, 71 comments

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Secret Phone Numbers And Email Addresses To Reach Executives At 101+ Companies

Inside, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses for over 100 different companies to inject your customer service complaints into their corporate executive offices, and get it well on the way to success. More »

9:43 AM on Fri Nov 7 2008
By Ben Popken
12,216 views, 17 comments

Most discussed caholla: Awww....I had one of those little telephones when I was a kid. When you'd pull it with the string it more »

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Target Pays $3.1 Million For Falsely Accusing Customer, Via Bulk Email, Of Passing Funny Money

A jury awarded Rita Cantrell $100,000 in actual damage and hit Target with $3 million in punitive damages after a Target employee sent a group email falsely accusing her of passing counterfeit bills. Rita was trying to buy stuff with a 1974 $100 bill which the store employees didn't recognize and thought was a fake. A loss-prevention employee then sent around a group email containing her picture and the false allegation to 31 different local, state and federal law enforcement offices, malls, department stores, home-improvement stores and grocery stores. The email result in the Secret Service interrogating Rita at her work place, but they were able to check out the bill and determine it was genuine. "Every aspect of Rita’s life was harmed by Target," said Cantrell's attorney.

Jury orders Target to pay $3 million in civil case [Greenville Online] (Thanks to Philip!) (Photo: maliavale)

9:19 AM on Mon Oct 27 2008
By Ben Popken
10,450 views, 111 comments

Most discussed johnarlington: I had a Georgia gas station cashier refuse a state quarter because she thought it was counterfeit. I tried more »

busted

Target Will Pay $1.7 Million After Inaccurate Scanners Overcharged Californians

Target has agreed to pay a $1.7 million penalty after weights and measures inspectors found "numerous occasions where the price charged at the cash register was not the lowest posted price," according to a statement from the Sonoma County district attorney's office. More »

3:19 PM on Wed Oct 22 2008
By Meg Marco
7,429 views, 34 comments

Most discussed m4ximusprim3: From the "News in perspective" department, I had to pay my mom $.10 for stealing a $5 bill out of more »

bad deal

Do Not Fall Into Target's Orange Juice Trap

Target would like you to buy two bottles of Simply Orange instead of one. To that end, they've decided to charge you slightly more if you buy two. Why? Who knows. More »

8:37 AM on Tue Oct 14 2008
By Meg Marco
19,211 views, 52 comments

best buy

Walmart Register Scales Off By As Much As 5 lbs

Maybe there's a localized outbreak of inaccurate grocery store scales happening in Kansas City, MO — or maybe grocery store scales in general are just not very accurate? A local KC news team decided to randomly test some grocery store check out scales to see if you were being charged the correct amount for your green beans and whatnot. 5 out of 30 of the scales tested were inaccurate. The news team also went through 2,000 state inspections and found the most egregious examples of malfunctioning scales. More »

10:54 AM on Wed Sep 24 2008
By Meg Marco
6,138 views, 42 comments

Most discussed catskyfire: Which is why there are weights and measures inspectors. Whether inaccurate weights are deliberate or just the result of more »

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