I discovered a scheme at my local Target this summer and management didn't seem all to interested in stopping it.. Bought a $25 "Graduation" themed Target gift card and when I got home I went to put it in a card and noticed it was sealed a bit different than normal. It had a solid glue at the base where the scratch off would be sealing that to the back part. Since this was very odd I pulled it apart and noticed the scratch off was fully scratched. So jumped back in the car to Target CS and was told there was not much they could do since it was a gift card. Finally after talking to a manager they issues me a few loyalty store credits to make up the $25 and said I could go buy another one but not use these store credits. Fine, I didn't want to give a card to someone that was going to be drained right away. Manager just kinda had the eh oh well attitude that I was the one trying to scam them even tho they verified the funds on the card and were going to cancel it right away...Fair Warning - Speaking of Meijer
I purchased 2 - $500 Visa gift cards during their last promotion, registered them the same day and the day after they were wiped clean! These are are cards I would avoid buying at Meijer.
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These are registered to DH so when I called, the Rep could not help me at all. Wouldn't even verify the balance on the second card so I did that online only to find out it too was wiped. Both cards had a minimal balance left of 46¢ & 67¢ on them. Purchase made in NY.
Thank you so much you horrible losers! What goes around comes around and you'll get what's coming to you and then some! nIm.
Yikes. I would file a police report over the stolen gift card (your funds were stolen and they were not replaced or refunded), file a complaint with the state AG including the police report number and finally file a complaint with Target Corporate. The manager's non-caring attitude could because he doesn't care- or it could be he's in on the side hustle. It is not unheard of for employees & managers to steal from their own stores. (One of our drugstores years ago had employees and management stealing from the store, corporate eventually put 2 and 2 together and the police busted them all.)I discovered a scheme at my local Target this summer and management didn't seem all to interested in stopping it.. Bought a $25 "Graduation" themed Target gift card and when I got home I went to put it in a card and noticed it was sealed a bit different than normal. It had a solid glue at the base where the scratch off would be sealing that to the back part. Since this was very odd I pulled it apart and noticed the scratch off was fully scratched. So jumped back in the car to Target CS and was told there was not much they could do since it was a gift card. Finally after talking to a manager they issues me a few loyalty store credits to make up the $25 and said I could go buy another one but not use these store credits. Fine, I didn't want to give a card to someone that was going to be drained right away. Manager just kinda had the eh oh well attitude that I was the one trying to scam them even tho they verified the funds on the card and were going to cancel it right away...
So went back to find another and discovered about 25~30 more cards that were all the same way. Each one had the code scratched off and a hard drying glue was used to seal it so people couldn't check it without pulling the back part off. I gathered up about 20 or so (Every one of them was Graduation since that was the time of year!) and found the manager again and handed them to him and said here look found a few more. He opened it and found the codes all scratched off. I told him there are more I just grabbed a few I saw. He said he'd send someone over to look but its not that big of an issue! Done buying gift cards at that Target.
I was made 'whole', I gave them the $25 gift card and they verified the balance was still there, but could not really do anything about it so instead gave me $10/$10/$5 store credit cards, the max they could do was $10 per card for "loyalty" or something. I didn't want to walk out with the $25 card as that could be drained by the thief at any time... So in the end I got $25 of store credit, not gift cards, so I have to use those in the store sometime. Not a major issue, but just a PITA. They supposedly were going to call and terminate the $25 card, or pocket it who knows... Hopefully I was able to get most the 'bad' cards off the shelf to save others, but who knows how many were purchased before I found them... I got my gift card the last weekend of most the graduation parties around here.Yikes. I would file a police report over the stolen gift card (your funds were stolen and they were not replaced or refunded), file a complaint with the state AG including the police report number and finally file a complaint with Target Corporate. The manager's non-caring attitude could because he doesn't care- or it could be he's in on the side hustle. It is not unheard of for employees & managers to steal from their own stores. (One of our drugstores years ago had employees and management stealing from the store, corporate eventually put 2 and 2 together and the police busted them all.)
Yikes. I would file a police report over the stolen gift card (your funds were stolen and they were not replaced or refunded), file a complaint with the state AG including the police report number and finally file a complaint with Target Corporate. The manager's non-caring attitude could because he doesn't care- or it could be he's in on the side hustle. It is not unheard of for employees & managers to steal from their own stores. (One of our drugstores years ago had employees and management stealing from the store, corporate eventually put 2 and 2 together and the police busted them all.)
@DaveL I'm so sorry you had to go through this aggravation, though I wish you would have posted this as soon as it happened to alert others. Who knows if it's just one location or happening only in your store or state.
I'm grateful you posted about it regardless, so honestly thank you for that. Who knows how many are still out there but now we know what to look out for thanks to you. Kuddos buddy.Yeah, generally I would post when it happens, but I left for Disney the next morning and I had a bit more than I could handle to get done before leaving. Your post only reminded me of the experience, Totally forgot about it by the time I returned. I generally always give gift cards a good look over before buying but was just in a major rush in the store thought nothing of it until home.
UPS (at least my location) has it on convenience though. They just added a self service kiosk so you can scan your returns in yourself and don’t have to wait behind people shipping things out.All Staples Stores Now Accept Amazon Returns
All Staples stores now accept Amazon returns, without the need to box up the items. As with similar partnerships with Kohl’s, Whole Foods, and UPS locations, you’ll generate a barcode within the online return system which they’ll scan at the Staples store and process the return.
From what I’ve been told by Amazon reps these barcode returns are not interchangeable, and you need to generate the proper scanning bar for each location.
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When I first read the title I thought Oh no, Staples is too far! sigh, I can still return at Kohl's and get a Kohl's $5 or $10 off coupon.