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Hey this is totally OT, but I had several bad experiences with Target 
(store in the US). I bought a cable and never opened it, and took it back 
to the same store with the receipt and they refused to refund or store 
credit because it was more than 90 days. I finally, asked to speak to the 
manager and said "Here are hundreds of dollars in receipts I spend in 
Target each month... and I present you with this $13 cable as gift to 
demonstrate how much I disapprove of your policy" - so she takes the 
cable and says thanks and walks away. No "i'm sorry sir",  no "please let 
me explain why we have this policy", much less "well I'll take care of 
this, this time, but don't let it happen again". This was after standing 
in line a number of times, and driving to different Targets - a big huge 
waste of my time. There have been other incidents too - and in each case 
they seem to have an arroganant 'to hell with the customer' attitude.

So I recommend doing annoying but legal things ... moving CDs to the 
clothing department, and clothes to the housewares. Buying more than you 
need, and frequent returns to make more paperwork. I don't condone 
shoplifting or purposefully spilling drinks or cleaning supplies in the 
aisles, opening CD packages but not buying them, etc. But what else can 
you do? If you were to say "I won't shop here anymore" they'll laugh in 
your face - where are you going to go? Walmart?

--- In logic-ot@y..., GAmoore@a... wrote:
> Hey this is totally OT, but I had several bad experiences with 
Target 
> (store in the US). I bought a cable and never opened it, and took it 
back 
> to the same store with the receipt and they refused to refund or 
store 
> credit because it was more than 90 days.

Case for that Nader dude, isn't it? :-). Don't know about the US, but 
here in the Netherlands I think you will have your money back, if you 
return the goods within 30 days. It's regulated by law.
Yoonchi.