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Originally Posted by kovacs01
at my local target here in OKC. Murder She Wrote S1, Moonlighting S1, and Johnny Carson: The Ultimate edition. I took them up to the front and they rang up 39.99, 29.99, and 39.99. I said whoah, those were on a shelf that said 5.99. And she said im sorry, i cant do that. so of course, i ask for a manager, who it turns out also couldnt do that. and then i got the big manager who said over the radio "damn it, i told them not to put that new stock out at that price like it said." He came up to the front and told them to give them to me, as they were removing the others from the shelves.
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Anyone checked the Eugene or Springfield Oregon stores?
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Originally Posted by movieguru
I was in the Target in Bowie at about 12:30 pm today. I scanned a bunch of sets all of which came up regular price. I was about to give up when I walked past the kids dvd section and i saw the Fantastic Four set and Joan of Arcadia with shelf tags of $5.99!! I took them to the register and they scanned at regular price. I acted surprised and said there was a shelf tag for them that said $5.99. The cashier said they could only sell them to me at the scanned price but I could speak to a manager at customer service. When i went over to CS, I took them over to the tags and showed them the price. and we both went back to CS. She said she would have to get authorization to sell them to me at that price and walked away. They had me waiting there for about 30 minutes until they came back and refused to sell them to me at they price.
They offered to give me a 30% discount on any 2 TV DVD set I wanted. Now their counter offer is of course a "bait and switch" tactic. They actually tried to take advantage of their own mistake by trying to get me to purchase a higher price and more profitable DVD set from them. I of course refused their offer. If they have a shelf tag up they are 100% required to honor that price. you could call weights and measures but iam sure they fixed it by now. then they would be even more pissed at the 10k fine |
Well I was able to find "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "Remington Steele" tonight. :banana: Everything else rang up at regular Target price.
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I wonder what the aftermath of this deal will be? Considering Target solds hundreds of thousands of their DVDs for $5.99, an average of a $40 loss (boxsets)...will this mean shitty weekly deals? Will this mean there will be no more stock of Boxsets (i.e. Not ordering anymore Little House of the Praries)....Guess we will find out eventually.
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
I wonder what the aftermath of this deal will be? Considering Target solds hundreds of thousands of their DVDs for $5.99, an average of a $40 loss (boxsets)...will this mean shitty weekly deals? Will this mean there will be no more stock of Boxsets (i.e. Not ordering anymore Little House of the Praries)....Guess we will find out eventually.
And, if that one guy who got arrested gets lucky, it mean's he'll never have to work another day in his life again. |
Originally Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel
For Target, it will probably be taken as a hit against earnings for this quarter and then forgotten about. For the studios - assuming Target restocks - it will be more fuel to on the fire for the TV-on-DVD fad.
And, if that one guy who got arrested gets lucky, it mean's he'll never have to work another day in his life again. I don't know if that story is true. Might be, but seems a bit unbelievable if you ask me. |
Originally Posted by sotra
I don't know if that story is true. Might be, but seems a bit unbelievable if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by sotra
I don't know if that story is true. Might be, but seems a bit unbelievable if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by yeldarb367
I agree. They wouldn't throw you in jail overnight for thinking of shoplifting.
Right on the money. Well, it's the 13th... anyone else still finding this deal out there? |
Can somebody just confirm for me that the only non-boxsets priced at $5.99 found during this "sale" were Jaws, The Jerk, Pocahontas and Mary Poppins. I already have Mary Poppins and Jaws, but got Pocahontas for $5.99 and would like to go and see if they still have The Jerk.
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Originally Posted by 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.
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). If anyone has an extra copy of Pocahontas to part with, I'm game :) |
Originally Posted by sotra
Can somebody just confirm for me that the only non-boxsets priced at $5.99 found during this "sale" were Jaws, The Jerk, Pocahontas and Mary Poppins. I already have Mary Poppins and Jaws, but got Pocahontas for $5.99 and would like to go and see if they still have The Jerk.
Nope, my fiance and I got The Bourne Identity for $5.99 also. |
Originally Posted by sotra
Can somebody just confirm for me that the only non-boxsets priced at $5.99 found during this "sale" were Jaws, The Jerk, Pocahontas and Mary Poppins. I already have Mary Poppins and Jaws, but got Pocahontas for $5.99 and would like to go and see if they still have The Jerk.
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the Pooh Heffalump DVD tag on the shelf @ my local target was marked 5.99 - but no copies left or i would have snagged one for my niece
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The Princess Diaries 2 was still scanning for $5.99 (For my sister, not me!)
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Originally Posted by RonMexico
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. |
Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
This is absolutely true. If an item is marked or scans a low price, they, by law, have to sell it to you. They can correct the error after you leave, but they have to sell it to you.
They also don't have to honor the price in the ad if they post that it's a mistake--they often do, to keep good will, but they don't have to. |
Finally made it out to the Target in Harvey,LA and none of the ones i scanned came up at $5.99,but the deal was obviously in effect at some point because every season of Friends was completely sold out as well as BoB.
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That may be true about the scanned price, but it's not true about the price marked on the box (at least it's not a federal law, some states may require those prices to be honored). Otherwise people could just stick another price tag on a product (which is a crime, but they'd have to prove it) and get it at that price. They also don't have to honor the price in the ad if they post that it's a mistake--they often do, to keep good will, but they don't have to. |
Perhaps mental masturbation should not be done in public... But it does seems that you like to watch...
Originally Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel
How about the next guy to pontificate on what a store can and can not do wrt to misprices actually back up their BSing with links to authoritative sources? Stating your opinion and calling it fact doesn't help anyone - it's just mental masturbation and thus should not be done in public.
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Ouch. Score one for the new member.
Insert owned image here: |
I do like to watch yo mama in public.
Distraction will get you no where. |
Mama says, "Life is like a boxed set of DVDs at Target. You never know what price you'll get."
Originally Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel
I do like to watch yo mama in public.
Distraction will get you no where. |
Originally Posted by Ginwen
They also don't have to honor the price in the ad if they post that it's a mistake--they often do, to keep good will, but they don't have to.
I think that if something is pricemarked, a store must honor that price. Switching tags is a seperate issue that the store needs to police. I think that is why most store use price scanners and don't mark items with a price tag. In essence, this turns the tag on the shelf into the tag on the packaging, which stores must honor. I will visit the BBB website to look at consumer rights to end the "mental masturbation." |
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