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That's all fine but here's the problem.
The cashiers are not trained properly in coupon usage, coupon verbage, or entering of coupons. Some cashiers are told "if the coupon scans, we take it." A big majority of the time the coupons that don't scan and deduct are target's own coupons. They aren't fraudulent or invalid, they just aren't properly coded.
It makes for a headache of a trip. The downside is that this new CCV screen will slow down the checkout process, irritate managers and cashiers, and leach their good time from their checkout score. That in turn will cause more limits and denials on valid coupons. Which causes more consumer complaints.
Target thought they were unlabeling themselves by doing this but now they've created a bigger problem. Consumers that don't use coupons will opt for a competitive retailer for speedier checkout where a screen isn't prompted on every single coupon. Before any of the updates the coupon & checkout process at target was fast and most cashiers were friendly because it required no extra thought process on their parts. (ie. the register did all the work) Now it's going to be a PITA and more and more coupon consumers will find other outlets for saving money.
Given the Holiday season approaching and Target making these drastic changes, I see lots of problems in the near future.
QUOTE=setsail;33496365]Good catch on the policy change! And I agree, I
don't think it's an unintended side effect, I think it was plan all along. That's just my suspicious nature.
Yeah, neither did I , although I did recognise it wasn't going to jive with their policy . Then there site was down for maintanance yesterday
I guess their issue with so called abuse , was that it wasn't them profiting.
I still think that the consumer has a right to those funds. Surprise !!!!
That's all fine but here's the problem.
The cashiers are not trained properly in coupon usage, coupon verbage, or entering of coupons. Some cashiers are told "if the coupon scans, we take it." A big majority of the time the coupons that don't scan and deduct are target's own coupons. They aren't fraudulent or invalid, they just aren't properly coded.
It makes for a headache of a trip. The downside is that this new CCV screen will slow down the checkout process, irritate managers and cashiers, and leach their good time from their checkout score. That in turn will cause more limits and denials on valid coupons. Which causes more consumer complaints.
Target thought they were unlabeling themselves by doing this but now they've created a bigger problem. Consumers that don't use coupons will opt for a competitive retailer for speedier checkout where a screen isn't prompted on every single coupon. Before any of the updates the coupon & checkout process at target was fast and most cashiers were friendly because it required no extra thought process on their parts. (ie. the register did all the work) Now it's going to be a PITA and more and more coupon consumers will find other outlets for saving money.
Given the Holiday season approaching and Target making these drastic changes, I see lots of problems in the near future.
Yeah, neither did I , although I did recognise it wasn't going to jive with their policy . Then there site was down for maintanance yesterday
I guess their issue with so called abuse , was that it wasn't them profiting.
I still think that the consumer has a right to those funds. Surprise !!!!
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That's all fine but here's the problem.
The cashiers are not trained properly in coupon usage, coupon verbage, or entering of coupons. Some cashiers are told "if the coupon scans, we take it." A big majority of the time the coupons that don't scan and deduct are target's own coupons. They aren't fraudulent or invalid, they just aren't properly coded.
It makes for a headache of a trip. The downside is that this new CCV screen will slow down the checkout process, irritate managers and cashiers, and leach their good time from their checkout score. That in turn will cause more limits and denials on valid coupons. Which causes more consumer complaints.
Target thought they were unlabeling themselves by doing this but now they've created a bigger problem. Consumers that don't use coupons will opt for a competitive retailer for speedier checkout where a screen isn't prompted on every single coupon. Before any of the updates the coupon & checkout process at target was fast and most cashiers were friendly because it required no extra thought process on their parts. (ie. the register did all the work) Now it's going to be a PITA and more and more coupon consumers will find other outlets for saving money.
Given the Holiday season approaching and Target making these drastic changes, I see lots of problems in the near future.
Me too. I can't imagine that they didn't test their programming before rolling out. The automatically adjusting down was intended, getting caught adjusting down $$/x coupons was unintended. jmo
it takes a long time and money to test which they obviously don't ever do very thoroughly. my cuz used to work for doubleclick which does much of the banner ads and his whole entire job was basically to try to break things. i don't think target spends enough money on the coupon aspect of their pos. and obviously marketing and markdowns never communicate w/ each other.
many companies are under pressure to roll things out by a certain deadline and then internal politics and egos delay the work and they don't have enough time to test b4 the rollout. most of the best slickdeals are a result of not enough testing and supervision. my bff used to work in online retail and her company was a front page slickdeal twice. once for $10 off $10 when they first rolled out google checkout. she admitted it was b/c they didn't do enough testing. they cancelled most of the orders but i think the OP of the thread was able to place hundreds of dollars of orders b4 they caught it. the other front page slickdeal was a black friday one, again, no supervision going on during holiday wknd, but she was happy b/c they were trying to unload that dvd and it cost them $4 and it was selling for $6 so it was still profitable. i actually was the one who told her what was going on and she let it ride.
That's all fine but here's the problem.
The cashiers are not trained properly in coupon usage, coupon verbage, or entering of coupons. Some cashiers are told "if the coupon scans, we take it." A big majority of the time the coupons that don't scan and deduct are target's own coupons. They aren't fraudulent or invalid, they just aren't properly coded.
It makes for a headache of a trip. The downside is that this new CCV screen will slow down the checkout process, irritate managers and cashiers, and leach their good time from their checkout score. That in turn will cause more limits and denials on valid coupons. Which causes more consumer complaints.
Target thought they were unlabeling themselves by doing this but now they've created a bigger problem. Consumers that don't use coupons will opt for a competitive retailer for speedier checkout where a screen isn't prompted on every single coupon. Before any of the updates the coupon & checkout process at target was fast and most cashiers were friendly because it required no extra thought process on their parts. (ie. the register did all the work) Now it's going to be a PITA and more and more coupon consumers will find other outlets for saving money.
Given the Holiday season approaching and Target making these drastic changes, I see lots of problems in the near future.
I don't know how I am going to survive planning,travelling with 2 almost 5yr old kids to India next yr...
Setsail, I am very sad, because I looked through about 8 of the inserts I got, and couldn't find that glossy sheet. I still have another 50 or more to go through, so I haven't given up hope yet. What county are you in?
I wanted the house absolutely perfect when I left too. I have eased up. It's still not a mess or anything -- but if the bed isn't made or the toilet isn't freshly scrubbed, I now go right out the door and leave.
I still making packing lists and I generally over pack for our cabin fishing trip. Usually too much food.
This summer I also determined that I normally over pack cloths too. Ya see... I went off and left my fishing shorts at home. I had 3 pair of nice shorts along but wanted to save them for going places. Soooo, I wore the same pair of shorts all week long fishing. Next year, I'm wearing my fishing cloths, sticking some underwear in my purse and calling it good.
I wanted the house absolutely perfect when I left too. I have eased up. It's still not a mess or anything -- but if the bed isn't made or the toilet isn't freshly scrubbed, I now go right out the door and leave.
I still making packing lists and I generally over pack for our cabin fishing trip. Usually too much food.
This summer I also determined that I normally over pack cloths too. Ya see... I went off and left my fishing shorts at home. I had 3 pair of nice shorts along but wanted to save them for going places. Soooo, I wore the same pair of shorts all week long fishing. Next year, I'm wearing my fishing cloths, sticking some underwear in my purse and calling it good.
As for the house cleaning part I am still obsessed about it before leaving..vaccuming,laundy, scrubbing toilets, bed made, everything....
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And, I am having tons of problems with stuff not scanning the same as shelf price. I know I should check everything at the scanner before checkout, but I don't always