LindaLeigh
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2010
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- 11
Answer: When it's only a 4% discount!
Just wanted to share with everyone what happened today when I went shopping at Target. I purchased a Chi hair straightener for $99.99. As it was the only item I bought during that transaction, the subtotal was $99.99. After the line with the subtotal, was the line listing my REDcard savings. Instead of being $5.00, it was only $4.00! Unfortunately, I didn't notice the error until I got home, so then I had to make another trip back to the store. At customer service, they got out a calculator to figure out that 5% of $99.99 is $4.995, not $4.00! They ended up giving me $0.99 in cash back (the associate claimed that they always round down). I decided not to argue about the $0.01. If it hadn't been for the fact that there was only one item on my receipt, I probably would never have noticed that I was not, in fact, getting the full 5% discount that REDcard holders are supposed to get. It makes me wonder how many other people this is happening to since this is something that is programmed into their system. It may not happen with every transaction, but obviously it happens with some. 1% may not be a lot, but a percent here and a percent there adds up to a lot of extra money for Target! Just wanted to pass the info along so people can double-check their receipts!
Just wanted to share with everyone what happened today when I went shopping at Target. I purchased a Chi hair straightener for $99.99. As it was the only item I bought during that transaction, the subtotal was $99.99. After the line with the subtotal, was the line listing my REDcard savings. Instead of being $5.00, it was only $4.00! Unfortunately, I didn't notice the error until I got home, so then I had to make another trip back to the store. At customer service, they got out a calculator to figure out that 5% of $99.99 is $4.995, not $4.00! They ended up giving me $0.99 in cash back (the associate claimed that they always round down). I decided not to argue about the $0.01. If it hadn't been for the fact that there was only one item on my receipt, I probably would never have noticed that I was not, in fact, getting the full 5% discount that REDcard holders are supposed to get. It makes me wonder how many other people this is happening to since this is something that is programmed into their system. It may not happen with every transaction, but obviously it happens with some. 1% may not be a lot, but a percent here and a percent there adds up to a lot of extra money for Target! Just wanted to pass the info along so people can double-check their receipts!
