Why I wont be shopping at target for a while

Copied from my post yesterday at HCW    


Ladies (and gents) of San Diego- Skip the Target in Mission Valley Mall. You'll just get accused of coupon fraud if you have any IP's.

Here's the story:

Not but 45 minutes ago (Update it was at 5:15pm on 7/8/09), I was in said Target, picking up some stuff (snackies, lotion, thinking about getting a steam cleaner for our carpet). I hopped in line (without the carpet steamer- alas they were out), and I gave the checker my coupons. She had trouble scanning one of my vasoline coupons (I print all my IP's on a B/W printer), she called over a guy stocking candy and asked for help.

He said they couldn't take it and probably shouldn't take my other IP's because they could be stolen or photocopied. I was pi$$ed- WHo steals or copies a coupon for $1.00!!First of all- coupon fraud is wrong and illegal, and second, I work hard to save my family money. THe cashier handed me back all my coupons, even the insert Q's and began to void them off. I thanked her, but asked her to void the order and left. I pitched all the IP's in the store trash. I don't "need" that stuff, it was going to be stockpile stuff.

I left the store and called the 1-800 number, which basically told me I was SOL, each store could accept whatever kind of coupons they wanted, and if I was copying coupons, I should stop b/c it's illegal. I asked them why they bothered to have a corporate coupon policy at all then. no response. And I repeated for what was probably the hundreth time, I didn't copy them, that's fraud. I printed them out on a B/W printer.


What a fun way to end my crappy day, huh?

So San Diegians and those thinking about shopping at the Target in the Mission Valley Mall, take your Q's (specifically IP's) someplace else. Like Walgreens.

I'm not going back to Target for a while, which kinda sucks. I needed a yoga mat and a carpet steamer.