How to get free stuff at Target (2357 hits)
Category: Business & FinancialRating: 1.37 on 9 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Bart Cilfone <uberuser.at.cilfone.com> (View user info) at 2001-03-16 00:49:06 EST
Since the beginning of science, man has long sought after the unattainable. Absolute zero, speed of light, perpetual energy, end of the universe... you name it and someone has tried (unsuccessfully) to find it.
This is about to change.
You see, I have found a way to get free stuff at Target.
Just the other day, I went to Target and bought about ten items that cost a veritable shitload (about $150). After I checked out, I brought my bags to the car and drove home. Now, my purchases included about $100 of impulse buys along with about $50 of stuff I actually needed like shampoo, toothpaste, batteries, and so on.
Well, when I got home, I was very gradually unpacking the bags and then I realized that I was missing something. Not only was I missing something, I was missing somethings - shampoo, toothpaste, and batteries! I checked around the apartment to make sure I hadn't misplaced a bag and then I checked the car to make sure the things hadn't fallen out of the bag. In the end, I found nothing.
The only possibility I could think of was that I never took the bag out of the store. For the ten items I bought, the cashier gave me (apparently) four big ass bags. Two would have been plenty, so I though three was overkill. Little did I know there was a fourth.
Anyway, the next day I went back to the store with my receipt and explained the situation to the customer service woman. She looked around for any bag matching my description and when none was found, she told me to go get the missing items. I brought them back to her, she put them in a bag, and off I went. No id required, no form to fill out, nothing.
I was in awe. Immediately, the possibilities seemed endless. How many times could I do this? How expensive does the item have to be before someone takes notice? Will the fountain of youth ever cease to provide its daily rejuvination?
As god is my witness, I will never buy shampoo again. From this point forward, any time I need shampoo, I'm going to bring my receipt back to Target and tell the customer service woman that I never received the shampoo that I bought. If she asks me why it took six months to figure that out, I will tell her that I was pacing myself. If she refuses to budge, I will tell her that I want to talk to her manager. If the manager gives me any lip, I will tell him that I'm going to report his store to corporate headquarters, the Better Business Bureau, the local police, and the IRS.
Then, watch the free stuff roll in. All you schmucks who are searching for perpetual energy, stop your looking now - it's on sale this week at Target.
User Reviews
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2008-10-14 22:18:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
meh
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-10-14 21:56:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In the days before a Bart post was guaranteed 10k hits...
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-11-30 22:53:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The trick to getting something for nothing is to always rely on human error.
The first basic truth of humanity is that sometimes, we fuck up.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-05-08 00:38:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Yeah... anyone in Aus can do this at Bunnings. A buddy of mine works there and he's seen people return stuff from other department stores. How does he know it's from another company? It's branded with the companies logo as exclusive. No questions asked. No hassle here please sir.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-02-26 16:17:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
One of the first posts I read.
Submitted by TimeCop (user info) at 2004-10-23 22:09:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm amazed that this actually works. Usually people are really anal-retentive about items, especially at Wal-Mart.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2004-06-02 23:21:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
haha stupid corporations haha
sigh...
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2003-05-12 23:04:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
man, i clicked this off the most recently viewed, without viewing the author. i was like, man this sounds like something Bart would write. i look at the the author, and lo and behold, it was Bart. funny stuff.
Submitted by ninja <tarendar.at.yahoo.com> at 2003-05-12 22:58:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Target is all that is wrong with today's world, if we all pull together and start ripping them off maybe they will go under, please everyone at least do this once (a week)
Submitted by SantonioSpur (user info) at 2003-05-12 21:05:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
cool