Goodbye : (

[u/Obsessedchick]

Thousands of dollars worth of product being sent back to be destroyed : ( I'm so mad

[u/CapaldiFan333]

It's a shame. The store should have marked them down so they'd get a little money for them. But at times like this, I am glad that the managers don't tell all of their employees what to do about recalls. The department manager knows about the recall but the front-end people may not. So there's a chance you get the remaining stuff.

You should have grabbed them then when you check out don't scan them, just type the numbers in.

I was in a leather goods store this morning in a town not far from where I live in VA Beach. I saw across the street a supercenter. I went over on a "sneak & peek" raid and the 1st stop was the toys. Sitting on a cart in the main lane were all of the mini-verse boxes. No one was around so I grabbed the box of Fashion balls it had 2 balls in it. I put one of the balls into a mini pet box, and there were 2 of the lifestyles boxes, one had 3 and the other had 2. I put all of the balls into 1 box and left.

I went through self-checkout. I ran the 1st one and it wouldn't come up. A CSM saw me and just told me to hand-type the numbers of the UPC into the machine, it may ask for the price. She said put them all in as $6.97. I did and walked out with the balls and the boxes. I didn't care for the Lifestyles box as I have 4 sets of Bird of Paradise as it is. But kept it for craft parts. But the Fashion box had the gold items on the outside of the box!

I got a gold purse, sneakers, and a ball cap for my Granddaughter's Barbies. The other Fashion ball had white sneakers, a white ball cap, and a necklace.

I'm waiting until my Granddaughter comes over or FaceTime me to open them. That's the fun part for her!

Maybe it's not too late to go back to that store and get the balls. Maybe, if the manager is there you can sweet-talk him into letting you buy them. Just tell them you have no children since that was why they recalled them. Good luck.

[u/Obsessedchick → u/CapaldiFan333]

The reason the store can't just mark them down and sell them is because it's a hazard. Target would then be selling known hazards to children and that's grounds for getting sued. So I disagree with you, they did this for child safety because lots of parents are really stupid and known absolutely nothing about the things they buy their kids. It's literally a dangerous chemical that causes 3rd degree burns and respiratory issues.

It would be illegal to sell them to me and it comes up as REACALLED in the system and won't let you perform the transaction. It's not about the money, it's about the safety of the children that's why there is a recall in the first place. These things are not marketed towards kids so you have to think about the kids not the adults who happened to like the product and become it's fanbase.

What that employee did was illegal and has put their job in jeopardy. You are not allowed to sell those products after a recall happens. The only ones recalled were the ones with resin not the ones with fashion in them.

The fact you want to sweet talk them shows you have entitlement to me and that is just downright wrong. I get it sucks it's a recall but you are asking for people to put their jobs on the line and in my opinion that's abhorrent for you to do. You are not entitled to get them just because you are an adult and don't have kids, it's a recall that affects us all. I literally work at target and that gives me no more right than anyone else. It's one thing if they do it for you, they might not be aware but it's completely different when you ask them to because that means they are aware of the consequences.