don't bother crossing the river -- nothing over here.

Last night I hit the Sandy Springs, GA (Atlanta) store mentioned earlier as still active. The only thing from the list I could find was Northern Exposure S1, which I was VERY HAPPY to grab. I scanned Remington Steele S1, but it was regular price, as was Pocahontas.

There was a copy of 3rd Rock on the shelf, but I did not scan it. Someone in the area might want to check that, but I'm not going back to do it. Also, several copies of Newlyweds that I did not scan, because, F that.

I was at Sandy Springs last night myself and scanned like 40 DVDs with no such luck. I really wanted that West Wing S4! All I wound up with from all of this were a few copies of Northern Exposure S3 and NewsRadio, but I guess that's better than some folks did.

My SIL used to work at target and is friends with the manager at the target in Holyoke, MA. She asked him about what was going on and he said that his store had the problem fixed within 2 hours but that the Hadley, MA store knows there is an error but are just not fixing it because they have a new manager who is not very bright. He also went on to say that anyone who purchases large quantities of the wrongly priced dvds knowing they are not the correct price can be banned from shopping at target. I think he is full of sh!t but maybe I am wrong? He said "we have cameras and we can find out who bought them..." blah blah blah.....

I don't think they will ban anyone because it was their mistake, they KNOW about it, and know one ever blinked an eye or questioned us.

First of all, he is full of shit. Second, is being banned from Target really all that much of a threat anyway? What a boob.

after visits to three stores in okc, made a trip to edmond super target and found pocahontas, jaws and mary poppins for 5.99 each....all box sets i scanned were reg price

They would lose ALOT more $$ by banning people so I'm not too worried about it. Just thought I'd put it out there.

Just to be clear, I did mean the moron manager was a boob, not you. :)

I stopped at the Target in Bowie, MD today to see if they had any Muppets Season 1 and they didn't have any. Well, why I was there I saw they had MacGyver Seasons 1+2 and finally found a scanner. What do you know, it's broken and says "See a sales representative for assistance". I walked out with nothing but some propel that was sale 3 6-packs for $10.

Anyone checked out Albermarle Rd., the University area, Rock Hill, or Gastonia stores?

Banned From Target? OH NO! :)

I went to the Burbank, CA Target and everything seemed to be full price. I however saw 3 Friends sets in a shopping cart behind the electronics center station and took them out because nobody was present. Took them to a scanner which is like halfway across the store and 5.99! Quickly brought them to a cashier.

Went to the West Hollywood Target and everything seemed to be full price, I didnt check everything because I was being watched pretty heavily and could hear them talking about me on there radios. The scanner was right accross from the boxets, I wish I went there first when the story first hit. Oh well.

The Victory/Vineland North Hollywood Store was empty of certain titles. I asked for a few that I knew were 5.99 there and they gave them to me from the back. I thought I scored, but when I got to the register they wouldnt sell them to me.

So..
North Hollywood - No Go
Burbank - No Go
West Hollywood - No Go

No deals at the Clearwater, FL Super Target.

I checked King of Queens, Band of Brothers, Ren and Stimpy, and Daily Show.

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went back to target - most titles ringing regular prices save MASH S8 & Pocahantas - grabbed both copies of MASH & one of Pocahantas. Security followed me to the register - asking for back-up or something. Was feeling intimidated when several employees swarmed the area. One of them watched the titles being rung up and quickly stepped in to say that the titles were not 5.99. I told him to tell it to the register and scanner as that was the scanned price. Luckily the tag under the Pocahantas title said 5.50 so i was able to snag that copy. I didnt feel like arguing as i had already picked up some titles recently - he grabbed the other titles. The security guard said that they received an email from headquarters - the problem was that the titles were mispriced at headquarters and that all of the mispriced stock had been removed from circulation save for the titles that were swooped by customers. Another cashier said is that the 5.99 DVDs i heard about - he said that people were buying them all week. My cashier said that i should have fought it after the guard walked away - she said that she was taught that the customer wa supposed to get it for the scanned price.

She's right. You could always file with the BBB(Better Business Bureau). It's not your fault they made a mistake.

IMHO, I don't think there is any case for a BBB claim. I'm pretty sure the only requirement for a store is to sell merchandise at the advertised price. The price is listed a shelf tag or on the merchandise itself. In the case of Pocahontas, Target did the right thing by selling it for $5.50 since that was what the tag said. If merchandise is ringing up lower than the price that is advertised, the store should be able to adjust it accordingly.

That's just my 2 cents.

D.

Yeah, basically until they take your money and hand you the receipt, they can stop the transaction. However, IMHO, once you have paid and have the receipt and merchandise in your hot little hands, they should really have no recourse to "undo" the deal, unless YOU caused the merchandise to mis-scan(like if you pasted on false UPC). But, I don't think they should chase customers around, and make them feel like criminals, because of Target's F-UP.

And people are wondering why they're being watched by security guards...

If memory still serves me correclty, when stores wanted to go to scanning technology(from the old button pushing), a consumer protection law was put into effect that basically said - "the consumer shall be charged the lowest $ for any item - either the $ on the display/shelf -or- the scanned $". In this case, the scanned $ would be the price.

Some (grocery) stores use to even give you one of the product free if it rang up higher than the shelf/advertised price (Randalls/Tom Thumb comes to mind).

The deal was probably killed by the usual: people grabbing up 20 copies just so they can sell them on Ebay.

A guy like me who absolutely wants ONE or two boxsets get screwed in the end.

The store in Galveston, TX still had some for 5.99. They had the Animated Batman Volume 3 with a shelf tag that said, "was 33.99, now 5.99". They had some LHotP, Miami Vice, Laguna Beach, Newlyweds Season 2 & 3, Remington Steele, and maybe a couple others. None of the really big ones like BoB. I went yesterday and picked up Looney Tunes (only set they had), MASH season 8, Johnny Carson, Murder She Wrote and more. They actually restocked some and they were still 5.99. They didn't have any Friends out yesterday but today they had season 8 or 9 and it was back to regular price. They also had one more set of Looney Tunes but it was also back to regular price. I didn't see any Pocahontas (not even a spot for it) but most of the other spots mentioned were just empty. It still seems to be going on there and I didn't have any trouble buying what I wanted. Unless they restock again though, there isn't too much.

It totally pisses me off when greedy people do things like this. Just pick up the titles you want and leave the remaining copies for others.

Yeah. I just want ONE set of Little House (each season) but no deal here :(

My store still has seasons 2-8. I've passed on them multiple times but I'll check tonight for you (if you'd like).

[QUOTE=thejester]If memory still serves me correclty, when stores wanted to go to scanning technology(from the old button pushing), a consumer protection law was put into effect that basically said - "the consumer shall be charged the lowest $ for any item - either the $ on the display/shelf -or- the scanned $". In this case, the scanned $ would be the price.

Business Law 101

A company is only required to sell you a product at the ADVERTISED price. "Advertised" is the key word here. Even then, if the advertised price was an mistake or misprint they can still get out of it by either publishing another advertisement OR by putting up a sign in the store announcing the misprice. They are not allowed to try to sell you a "comparable" product as this is the definition of "bait and switch".

When it comes to unadvertised "shelf prices", the law simply states that the price on the shelf (or on the item itself) must match what you are charged at the register. You can not be charged any higher amount for that item. This does not mean in any way that the merchant can be forced to sell it to you (particularly at such an obviously incorrect price). If he catches the price mistake he can halt the transaction at any time before money changes hands.