Screw Wal-Mart, Shop Target !!!!!

[SiuDude]

How about screw both of them. Target doesn't allow the Salvation Army to collect change infront of it's stores during the holiday seasons.

Actually that is true. They're still not allowed at Target.

 

[DX Rick]

Actually that is true. They're still not allowed at Target.

would I ever tell a lie?

 

[Dizel8]

As for Target not being US owned, well, it might be true, but if so, they have hidden it well. Looking over the stockholders, their financials etc., I see no indication that they are not US held. Snopes apparently agrees:

"The Target Corporation is a publicly held U.S. firm which has been based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army.

More info about Target can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Stores

 

[I.P. Freley]

dig a little deeper......

You might want to follow your own advice.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-target-veterans.htm

Go to the last entry on that page, the 2003 anti-French revision.

Since you're so sure that the French are in charge of Target, why don't you show us your source instead of dancing around the issue? You sure didn't get your information from the New York Stock Exchange or from the Target Corporation.

 

[SiuDude]

As for Target not being US owned, well, it might be true, but if so, they have hidden it well. Looking over the stockholders, their financials etc., I see no indication that they are not US held. Snopes apparently agrees:

"The Target Corporation is a publicly held U.S. firm which has been based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army.

More info about Target can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Stores

From the Wikipedia link you gave us:

"Target has a standard no-solicitation rule at its properties, as it wishes to provide a "distraction-free shopping experience for its guests". Exemptions to this policy were previously made for the Salvation Army to station its traditional red kettles and bell-ringers outside Target stores during the Christmas season. However, the company decided that it would no longer allow the Salvation Army to solicit on Target Stores' properties in 2004 because they believed it was a distraction to their guests and because an increasing number of other nonprofit groups also wanted to be granted exceptions to the "no solicitation" policy to support charity [4]. Many religious organizations objected to this decision, and called for boycotts of Target; however, this has failed as Target's financials over the last year have been setting company records and Target's same-store sales have been outperforming Wal-Mart. Additionally, when Target ousted the Salvation Army bell ringers, Target Corporation said that they planned on seeking an alternate method to donate to the organization. For example, Target donates annually to the United Way (the Salvation Army is a member of the United Way coalition)."

 

[Dizel8]

Am I missing something, Siudude?

Here is what I posted: "As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army."

From the same site:
On November 14, 2005, Target Corporation and the Salvation Army announced [5] a partnership called "The Target/Salvation Army Wish List," where online shoppers will be able to donate goods to the organization by buying them directly from Target.com [6] between November 25, 2005 and January 25, 2006. With this partnership, Target has guaranteed a minimum of $1 million of merchandise to the Salvation Army, making up the difference if the customers don't reach this goal, although the Salvation Army claimed that they typically raised $9 million with the red kettle program in front of Target stores. Annette Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army's northern division, said "It is not going to make up the financial difference...but it is a great opportunity to partner with Target that might lead to other opportunities."

 

[Dizel8]

Am I missing something, Siudude?

Here is what I posted: "As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army."

From the same site:
On November 14, 2005, Target Corporation and the Salvation Army announced [5] a partnership called "The Target/Salvation Army Wish List," where online shoppers will be able to donate goods to the organization by buying them directly from Target.com [6] between November 25, 2005 and January 25, 2006. With this partnership, Target has guaranteed a minimum of $1 million of merchandise to the Salvation Army, making up the difference if the customers don't reach this goal, although the Salvation Army claimed that they typically raised $9 million with the red kettle program in front of Target stores. Annette Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army's northern division, said "It is not going to make up the financial difference...but it is a great opportunity to partner with Target that might lead to other opportunities."

Target has a policy, simple as that, otherwise next thing you know, the Gay and Lesbians Christmas Toy Drive will be out front with their slogan: "Put something hard in their sock this winter"!

 

[GogglesPisano]

Target blows WalMart away. Ther items actually have price tags on them, and their employees speak English.

Not to mention you can easily spot them from the air.

 

[gnx99]

I shop at Target because I refuse to support the white-trash lifestyle that Wal-Mart festers and breeds.

 

[BenderGonzales]

An elitist regional airline F/O.

Boy that's an oxymoron if i've ever heard one. When I was a commuter copilot I was extremely thankful for Wal-Mart (and K-Mart, and Goodwill, and Taco-Bell, etc...)

Must be nice to be independently wealthy.

 

[gnx99]

An elitist regional airline F/O.

Boy that's an oxymoron if i've ever heard one. When I was a commuter copilot I was extremely thankful for Wal-Mart (and K-Mart, and Goodwill, and Taco-Bell, etc...)

Must be nice to be independently wealthy.

You've gotta be kidding. Shopping at Target makes me wealthy!!!! :laugh:

 

[BenderGonzales]

No sir. The following comment makes you sound like an elitist, arrogant, snob.

"I refuse to support the white-trash lifestyle that Wal-Mart festers and breeds."

It's an odd attitude for a commuter F/O to have. But I guess as long as you put on a uniform you can PRETEND you're white-collar.

 

[gnx99]

The " " thing on the interent means your kidding around.

 

[Flybet3]

The " " thing on the interent means your kidding around.

I thought it meant " hey sexy dude, lets bump uglies"

 

[SiuDude]

Am I missing something, Siudude?

Here is what I posted: "As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army."

From the same site:
On November 14, 2005, Target Corporation and the Salvation Army announced [5] a partnership called "The Target/Salvation Army Wish List," where online shoppers will be able to donate goods to the organization by buying them directly from Target.com [6] between November 25, 2005 and January 25, 2006. With this partnership, Target has guaranteed a minimum of $1 million of merchandise to the Salvation Army, making up the difference if the customers don't reach this goal, although the Salvation Army claimed that they typically raised $9 million with the red kettle program in front of Target stores. Annette Bauer, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army's northern division, said "It is not going to make up the financial difference...but it is a great opportunity to partner with Target that might lead to other opportunities."

Yes you are. DXRick said that Salvation Army is no longer allowed to solicit donations in front of Target stores. That's true. And if you'd read the entire quote I posted you'd see this:

"However, the company decided that it would no longer allow the Salvation Army to solicit on Target Stores' properties in 2004 because they believed it was a distraction to their guests and because an increasing number of other nonprofit groups also wanted to be granted exceptions to the "no solicitation" policy to support charity."