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This simple forum was established to provide a site for information about and related to Target Corporation, primarily aimed as retail consumers although Target employees may also contribute.

Give your opinions or argue with other posters - but I have a 'no-troll' policy and anyone who causes problems will be quickly booted off the board.

If you know of other consumer boards, forums or sites about Target be sure and post links information so others can find them.

Sincerely,

Scott H. - Las Vegas, NV

July 02, 2008

Target Coupon Fraudulently Tampered with and Transferred

Target no longer is able to accept the coupon
MINNEAPOLIS, Jul 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Unfortunately, due to fraudulent tampering and transferring, Target no longer is accepting coupon offers for $5 off a $25 or more toy or general merchandise purchase at Target. The coupons state they are valid through October 1, 2008.
Target sent the original coupons for $5 off a $25 or more toy purchase via e-mail to approximately 85,000 guests during the months of February and March. The altered coupon had an image and the word toy removed to make it appear to apply to any purchase.

Kathee Tesija, executive vice president, merchandising, Target, said, Our goal is to always surprise and delight our guests with great values, and we are disappointed that some of our guests may be inconvenienced by our need to respond to this fraudulent tampering and transferring.

Guests who originally received the coupon will be notified via e-mail that the coupon no longer is being accepted, and they also will receive a $5 Target GiftCard by mail. In addition, Target stores are posting signs at all check-out lanes alerting guests that these coupons are no longer valid.

About Target
Minneapolis-based Target serves guests at 1,613 stores in 47 states nationwide

Wow Target Sucks, you are a wonderful person and a credit to your species! Keep up the good work and keep giving Tarbutt Hell!

(OK this is just ME checking to see if the stupid link works - so post something or I will just be talking to myself)

A dismissed case isn't as good as a win, but it sure makes Target look stupid. I wouldn't think that Target wants to spend another few hundred thousand with paying their 2nd rate legal firm to refile it, plus with a refile they will never get awarded costs for the original dismissed case even if they did win on a refile. So probably it is over for good. I read on another blog that the "Directives" have been updated so the ones from 2006 are out of date anyway.

I am increasingly alarmed by how Target treats its employees like cattle and interchangeable warm bodies. I appreciate your free speech efforts, coming from the inside. Management used to listen to the stores and the ground levels at HQ but it is now a "comply or obey" culture that makes me question my ability to continue on this way.

In trolling the web I found a site called: Job Vent, I was interested in the Company Reviews for Target Corporation, although you can look up other firms as well.

Here is two comment from the site:

Brandon, FL:
....All LODs are both lazy and incompetent. You never see them out on the sales floor actually doing their jobs. The amount of theft is thru the roof 'cause security is rarely on duty or just too relaxed about it.
Minneapolis, MN:
I've been at headquarters as an exempt employee for 12 plus years. Whatever that means...other than its time to get out.
Things to know before you jump in....
I have the time and experience to know this company has gone down hill over the past five years from an employee perspective. As further proof, I get to see someone leave on a weekly basis in my area. Probably tired of everything I'm going to mention including the Target lingo, workload, and cult. . .

Here is the site, you can pull it up FYI:
http://www.jobvent.com/companyBrowse.php?CompanyID=2081