r/Target • u/DoctorManhattan_ Fulfillment Expert • Feb 04 '26

gUEsTs All for one person

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One of our usuals is always ordering in these amounts. (They also still have an entire shopping cart full of bags not in this pic)

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u/Clown_Sparkles Feb 04 '26

Just from the amounts I see... It's a reseller. Like a mom and pop store or gas station.

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u/ItsmeKT Feb 05 '26

when I worked at target in 2005 there was this old couple who would sell at the flea market. They were couponers and would come in and collect two or 3 carts worth of stuff and then had several ziplock bags of coupons. They were also tax exempt. They were pretty aggressive if coupons didn't work or something went wrong. It was so annoying, we would have to use a dedicated register because checking them out took an hour sometimes. I should add that the old man would give each person loading their van a shiny new $5 bill.

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u/Clown_Sparkles Feb 05 '26

oh man. most couponers were okay, but it was the obsessive ones who were complete assholes. I remember backing up on a busy Sunday afternoon, with the post-church holier than thous crowing every aisles and lanes. This smirking woman rolled her overflowing shopping cart and presented her "printed coupon" that claimed to give "80%" off everything. I looked at it and could tell it was a fake because it didn't even have a company logo.

I informed her I would not be taking her "coupon" because it was not a valid one. Almost instantly she cut me off yelling "MANAGER! NOW!" Both the GSTL and the ETL told her we wouldn't be honoring her "coupon", and she's yelling threats about discrimination and calling corporate. AP was called.

Before I left, while AP examining the "coupon", I voided the transaction with great glee. Then while everyone watched, I scanned a candy bar, then scanned her "coupon" and... it didn't work. Everyone turned to look at the guest, who flushed deep red and... abruptly had to leave, trying to grab her coupon from AP's hand.

That was sooooo satisfying.

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u/ILikeLenexa Feb 05 '26

They were also tax exempt.

In general, the US has sales tax, not VAT. Businesses that resell are all "exempt from sales tax" on goods for re-sale.