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But 50% off (or do you mean 30% then the 20%?) is the awesome part!
We are not huge Chima fans, but the Maula set my son had a wonderful time building.
Has anyone tried it today?
I'm curious to see if it still works or they corrected it as of the past week's snafu.
Assuming you mean Virginia Center Commons, they have it, but at the clearance proce of $69.98.
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I used the cartwheel app to scan one particular doll that was not on clearance and it actually did not connect to the code. I had scanned it because I had heard it had been working on other toys as well, but it did not work on this particular doll. Items that did get the 20% did connect to the code when I scanned it with the app.
I don't see how using the cartwheel deal is taking advantage of Target. Yes, the deal says "excludes Lego". But if it excluded ALL lego, the deal would not work. When searching for Lego on the phone app, a Cartwheel deal was indicated, and following the link provided on the specific Lego item (both new AND clearance), it takes you to the deal which "excludes Lego". There are multiple points where Target is not only allowing the use of the deal, but also promoting the use of the deal. I think if Target really wanted this to not be used, they would have not made the deal work, or at the very least not have advertised the deal on the products themselves.
No one had to do anything "shady" to use the deal...add the deal to cartwheel basket and check out at the register.
I'm not going to lose sleep over a cartwheel glitch. Our family spends enough at Target and I'm not buying to resell.
Target is responsible for how they run their business. When I scan an item and it shows a Cartwheel offer applies, I use it.
So will this mistake take the whole company down? Probably not.
I was a manager at a big box store for a long time. When big box stores (or any store, really) take an unplanned loss like this, there are ripples. I predict higher prices and fewer markdowns on LEGO products in the future, depending on how much money Target lost.
In other words, there's nothing more to lose or additional punishment to dole out. What ripple is there to fear?
Keep in mind, when one added this cartwheel app to their barcode that it says it is not for Lego. When the actual fine print was pulled up (one can pull up fine print for every deal to understand what is actually excluded or to what the deal applies to) , it said absolutely nothing about any exclusions on Lego. The question to me becomes which is correct and what is not. When the actual fine print clearly says nothing about exclusions, AND when one scans the clearance with the app and it says this code actually applies to the clearance set scanned, numerically the odds are better that there was not an exclusion to begin with. Basically, 2 ways it shows no exclusion vs. 1 way it shows an exclusion.
Honestly, I would not have even noticed any exclusion, Except I was having huge issues with cartwheel that day, and was reading everything. I am sure many never saw the exclusion. The other thing, realistically speaking, our store still had discounted Lego on the shelf 40 minutes before expiration. These are sets that because it is clearance are going to get down to the 50% range anyway. Target is not losing money. They are just Lego clearance stock a bit earlier.
As for non-clearanceitems...If this was truly a glitch that Target did not want, they had multiple days to correct the issue. They did not. It was still working 40 minutes before close. I truly do not believe Target was clueless about this. This to means that either a) This was an Easter Egg sale to begin with or b) they concluded that it was actually bringing in sales for them (during a time of years toys are not big sellers) and it was better to keep the sale. C) The amount in sales was negligible.
Basically, I believe Target was well aware and kept it, but it gives them firm deniability as well. It was on several of the deal sites I saw, and the comments mentioned what it worked on.
-A 20% discount is truly not a large discount, and is in range of what sales often are at.
I think everyone has their own way of interpreting, though, and that is fine.
When you made your post the game was on. You should know that by now.
These types of mistakes are what led to the downfall of other large companies. Lack of competition results in higher prices for everyone.