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01-16-2021, 10:08 PM
DJK1980
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Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Florida
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captain mal
Here's the thing... is an employee buying product for themselves 'wrong'? I would argue that it's not. Sure, it pisses us off... but in my past experience, that is one of the benefits of working retail. I can remember getting computer games, music, or DVDs before they hit the floor. Heck, I used to work on a truck dock - and I would 'accidentally' open Hasbro boxes back in the day as they were on the way to stores. This is how I used to know when and where product was going to hit. (I never stole anything - but I did see most of the 90's waves before they were in stores) (Biggest temptation I had was probably GNR's Use Your Illusion albums - that I saw a week before they were released... man, I wanted to swipe those so bad)
If you happen to work retail, setting product aside is one of the benefits. The store still gets their money - so they don't care. Only way to solve it is to produce enough product to fill demand. Hard to put blame on some lowly Target employee when its not really their fault at all...
Over the past few weeks I’ve had a few conversations with various target store managers, as well as two separate calls with target corporate customer service, all about the difficulties of finding these figures. Here’s what I learned in regards to Target’s official employee policy:
Employees are absolutely allowed to purchase products, but 2 rules must be followed when purchasing rare collectible items (which these Joe exclusives ARE considered).
First rule, the customer gets first priority, and employees are prohibited from purchasing a collectible within the first 15 minutes of it being available. I assume this 15 minute window is defined by the first 15 minutes that the store is open on the day that they have the item in stock, but I’m not 100% sure if this is the proper translation. I was told that Target is very strict with enforcing this rule, but we all know how “strict” certain stores are with this as clearly inventory is disappearing before stores even open. But clearly, the rule was put in place to give customers a fighting chance to obtain collectibles, but employees can gain the system by “deflecting” inquiries for 15 minutes with all kinds of excuses, then scoop up the figures for themselves.
Second rule, employees MUST be either on break or off the clock in order to make any purchase. This explains why inventory goes missing for hours, then turns to zero without customers buying anything. Employees simply stash the items until their break, then legitimately make the purchase. This one was obvious I think, and supported by the story about the guy waiting for 8 hours before seeing the employee buy the whole case.
So I haven’t put any of this knowledge to use, but PERHAPS if you’re in a situation where you showed up to the store right at opening and you’re getting stonewalled, maybe you throw out that corporate policy and scare an employee into giving in? Worth a shot!
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