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Re: Poor Target....
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Fri, 24 May 2002 07:53:54 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Steven Zeigler writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Matt Sekerak writes:
> > I almost feel pity for them. My local Target (So. Portland, Maine) had lots
> > of EpII Lego. Since I already own a copy of Jango's Slave I, I didn't
> > really want a second one so I thought I would annoy the sales people a
> > bit...being the a$$h@le that I am. I pointed right to the mistake, they
> > scratched their heads. They tried to point to Technic Jango...I pointed to
> > the sales tag, then the Slave I box. They were stumped. Long story short,
> > they got a department lead over to the scene to scan the Slave I bar
> > code...$24.88. I said, "Fine, I'll take two." I checked out of Target, and
> > checked in to WalMart. Returned the two Slave I sets at WalMart for store
> > credit only (because I couldn't reproduce a WalMart receipt). Got home with
> > a Republic Gunship. No flyer in hand, no questions asked. I know, I'm
> > going to hell.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> >
>
> Sorry, this is too good to comment on.
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> Folks, you need to ignore the troll, sorry Matt, but if the crazy hair and
> weird eyes fit, wear em.
>
> Anyway, we obviously have a situation here, which is very easy to solve.
> Tell yourself this:
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> We have poor "Matt" who has nothing better to do in Maine than to fraud a
> Wal-Mart store. Quite unfortunate, but it happens everyday.
>
> Let's first name the person who does this...
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> Since "Matt" admits to this, for this purpose we will call him "Honest
> Matt". However, since "Honest Matt" has a lower moral standard than us, so
> we will call him "Honest Matt with No Morals". But wait, that doesn't have
> a good ring for one.... and he also doesn't know that what he did was
> against the law... so obviously he is a "Moron" (used in the correct sense
> as one who is ignorant towards law), so we have "Honest Matt the Moral
> Moron". Fits nicely, Matt, the first part of this tale is over...
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> Let's next talk about how "Honest Matt the Moral Moron" hurts everyone,
> including himself, when he frauds our local stores.
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> While "Honest Matt the Moral Moron" did something illegal and wrong to
> Wal-Mart he is unfortunately not the first and will not be the last.
> Fraudulent activity happens everyday in every store practically. It occurs
> because no computer system is perfect or can catch criminals in progress, no
> managers are perfect, no store associates and definitely no customers. They
> all contain a sinful nature whether that is stupidly believing or being
> infact "Honest Matt the Moral Moron (HMMM)".
<SNIP!>
Okay STOP!
This whole dang thing is WAY out of proportions.
1: Wal-Mart and other stores reserve the right to refuse returns and
implicitly state this regarding collectables. Conversely they also accept
returned merchandise without a receipt KNOWING full well that some merch.
may come from other stores considering that they DO NOT have a complete
monopoly on retail purchases.
2: "Matt" and the thousands of others who have done this are given store
credit of equal value to the lowest recorded sale price within a period of
30 to 90 days. So in our sit. here "Matt" uses two $49.99 Slave 1 sets to
achieve credit of equal dollar amount to make a purchase ONLY at Wal-Mart.
This is called an EXCHANGE. He forfeits the ability to get any cash or a
credit card refund in this EXCHANGE. Wal-Mart and other stores know that he
is now going to buy something else in the store, heck he may even go to the
clearance aisle!!! Point is that his credit is equal value to the items
sold at the store that he returned.
3: Wal-Mart and other stores can check the sales history (and do) of the
items "Matt" has returned. They can tell if two of this item were purchased
from their or another store in the network at any time in a period they
choose. They could see that Slave 1 was purchased and allow that "Matt" may
in fact have these items and wish to return them. "Oh you forgot your
receipt?" Well in the interest of keeping "Matt" happy as a valuable
customer they will simply record his DL# and allow three no receipt returns
per year. That keeps anybody from taking advantage of their generous
returns policy.
4: Fraud!? Only if "Matt" opened 'em and replaced the contents with
plastic spoons!!!!
5: Criminal behavior?!? I suggest you go back to your communist country
where no one has the right to shop for better prices and there is to retail
competition. Free market is what we have here and Wal-Marts of America are
quite aware that this happens whenever somebody has a sale. Any customer
service manager that steps up and says, " We're gonna give you half of what
we sell it for cause Target has them on sale is an idiot and will get
reprimanded by his/her superior for badgering the customer.
Bottom line is "Matt" scored a fair deal in our retail economy and could not
possibly be called a criminal for this unless you happen to be the King.
And you (ALL of us on LUGNET) are not.
Quit throwing abuse around just because people say this or that, please.
"For it is the doom of men that they forget." <Merlin; Excalibur>
-Aaron-
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| So I suppose on the loss scale it goes like this. Target loses very little, other than making a foolish sale to HMMM. Walmart loses a little more, whatever the profit on two Slave I's they would've made, and if they have to put any Slave I's on sale (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) And shouting at people who don't agree with your views and calling them commies does not necessitate you being right, either. It *is* fraud. This reminds me of the (I think) Groucho Marx story: He asked a woman, "Will you sleep with me for a (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Sorry, this is too good to comment on. Folks, you need to ignore the troll, sorry Matt, but if the crazy hair and weird eyes fit, wear em. Anyway, we obviously have a situation here, which is very easy to solve. Tell yourself this: We have (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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