Target

I never thought I'd be leaving negative reviews for Target, but I've had so many bad experiences with them lately!

Let me begin by saying that I've put together at least a dozen pieces of DIY furniture in the last few years, and I've never encountered such flimsy, poor-quality, junky furniture as I have with the items from Target's "Industrial Collection." I ordered the chair, the tall bookcase, and the desk, and all were returned.

The "wood" parts, which of course are not really wood, absolutely reeked of formaldehyde. There were warning stickers on every piece about the danger of breathing it in or even touching it. How is it okay to sell this crap? If you have chemical sensitivities, are pregnant, or if small children will be using these pieces of furniture, I strongly urge you not to buy this stuff. The metal parts were super-thin and could be bent with my bare hands. The hardware, many pieces of which were missing, was made of a cheap, soft alloy and all threaded pieces (screws and bolts) strip easily. But what ultimately made me return everything was the fact that the pieces don't fit together, and holes didn't align in many spots. And I don't mean by just a small amount, like if you push the pieces together you can get it to work. I mean INCHES apart. I spent two hours on the bookcase before realizing that the shelves can't be attached to the upright posts because the holes on the shelf frames are in the wrong spot! This was a terrible experience. It put me off DIY furniture for good.

But what really topped it all off was the horrid customer service. Target refused to pick up the furniture because the pieces weren't in the original boxes. I wasn't about to spend another two or three hours taking everything apart and trying to fit all the parts and pieces of styrofoam back in the boxes! So I had to take this junk back to Target on foot with a hand truck (I live in Chicago and don't have or need a car). Did I mention the closest Target is a mile away? Never, never, never again will I buy anything other than groceries at Target. I'm also convinced that all the good reviews on this "Industrial Collection" stuff are fake.

I'm sure this sounds anal or petty if you're reading this, but one of the things that absolutely drives me nuts is when a cashier asks me: " If I found everything OK."

It's one of the most profoundly inappropriate and stupid questions for a retailer to ask a customer, and here's why:

When that question is asked, it literally means, "did you find everything you brought up to the check-out stand OK."

It should be obvious to anyone that has a mentality of at least one point above plant life, that the customer MUST have found the merchandise they've brought to the check-out stand OK!

Their prices aren't really all THAT competitive either.

I've switched to shopping at Walmart.

At Walmart, the check-out experience is always positive and you don't have to play "20-stupid questions" with the cashier!

Another thing that irritates me (and many others) about Target is that English is NOT REQUIRED to be spoken on the floor. The amigos who work there are almost always speaking Spanish, and sometimes loudly if there is a distance between the two.

It's RUDE and very UNPROFESSIONAL.

A store's job is to sell items and employ workers. It's not to push your politics and ideology. Leave kids alone. Target -stop targeting kids

I ordered my gift cards online because of the delivery date. These cards were to be delivered on 12/9 which was ok but I have to mail these cards out so i didn't have much room for delay. Today is 12/12 and my cards have still not been delivered now I am being told that they are scheduled for delivery today (although the tracking says the number is invalid!) by supervisor Logan, at Target gift cards. As I suspected the cards were not delivered today is 12/13 and they should have been here on 12/9 and of course now the tracking number is no good, Target only tells you after you call and complain that the cards will now take 7 business days. The customer service people refuse to understand that these were gifts to be mailed elsewhere. I know I was told it was to be delivered yesterday to get me off the phone. I am really angry because I could have picked them up at the store but thought I would save time if I got them Wednesday instead of Saturday. The gift cards are not sold through a 3rd party vendor so Target can do what they want. Had I been told that I could not return these cards and that the delivery date would be different I would have not ordered them online. I have been a loyal Target customer for over 21 years, buyers be ware even if its a company you have dealt with for years, it is not the same, the service is now consistently horrible. I might as well shop at the Dollar Tree at least I know what I am getting there. BE CAREFUL TARGET GIFT CARDS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE, NON- CANCELLABLE, NO HELP AT ALL FROM TARGER!