My bad target store experience,refused to sell me leadfoot

[Shockwave]

Yeah, there's no reason for store employees to be dicks without cause. But I'm thinking Leadfoot probably does have a street date and they were just doing their jobs to enforce it. I tried looking up Leadfoot on Target's website and it's not there. I wonder if they took it down since because of the date.

[BWprowl]

For the most part, if you are a shelf-monkey, you probably do not have better things to do. They get paid by the hour, and at the same rate, regardless of what they are doing. They are paid to facilitate commerce.

And, no, that does not justify rudeness. But, you asking them if they can check for something in the back is not going to keep them from a pressing engagement. And, if it does, well, then maybe they should not be scheduling pressing engagements during their work hours.

As someone who worked as a shelf-monkey for the better part of six years, I know exactly how many better things they have to do, such as their job. It's incredibly annoying to just be trying to get your stocks and par levels in order and your shelves the way they're supposed to be in the time you're allotted, only to have some dumbass 'customer' come up to you and waste your time asking for you to tromp back to a stockroom and check for something you likely don't even have, and then get mad at you when you try to explain that you don't have it. I can only imagine this going double when it's some loser manchild whining about wanting a special red toy car because the dozen-or-so green toy cars on the shelf apparently aren't good enough.

If there's one thing I don't need, it's for the good people of Target and Wal-Mart to be annoyed with me. I'm sure they're already saying stuff about me with how often they see me swing by the toy aisle.

Dude, you just blew my mind.

Why the hell are you self-concious? You want to buy something. Oh noes. I see adults buying far worse and spending their money far more childisly than you or I do on toys. Part of me wonders how much of the stereotypes about us stem from us being unduly ashamed of our hobby. This does not mean we have to be up in people's faces about it. But, if people can be proud drunks and spend money on scratch tickets, (because that makes perfect sense and is not at all sad or pathetic), you and I can buy toys and not feel any shame. Assuming anybody cares, they likely will just think you are buying for a kid.

Like you just explained, some stuff is socially-acceptable for adults to spend their money on, some stuff isn't. I didn't make the rules, but I do try to play by them as best I can while still enjoying the hobby, and the less people I bother while trying to do so, the better.

[Tigermegatron]

Yeah, there's no reason for store employees to be dicks without cause. But I'm thinking Leadfoot probably does have a street date and they were just doing their jobs to enforce it. I tried looking up Leadfoot on Target's website and it's not there. I wonder if they took it down since because of the date.

$29.99 HA Leadfoot was never available on the target.com web site

Target.com offers customers a service on their site. that allows them to type in the item number & their zip code. to check if the item is available at their local target stores.

Here's a link below,it's already got the $29.99 HA leadfoot item number entered in. all you have to do is enter your zip code. it will show you if the item is avaialable or out of stock at your local target stores.
http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/mo ... 87-06-1666

[Onslaught Six]

The amount of collector shame in this thread is almost disturbing. Fuck people who don't like toys.

[Tigermegatron]

The amount of collector shame in this thread is almost disturbing. Fuck people who don't like toys.

I agree,it's none of the store employees business what fans/collectors buy.

like someone else stated in this thread. for all the employees know,we could be buying these TF toys for our kids or younger relatives.

I agree with what others have stated in this thread. I'd rather spend my spare money on toys instead of buying alchol,cigarettes,cigars drugs,prescription over the counter drugs & so forth.

[Dominic]

I know exactly how many better things they have to do, such as their job. It's incredibly annoying to just be trying to get your stocks and par levels in order and your shelves the way they're supposed to be in the time you're allotted, only to have some dumbass 'customer' come up to you and waste your time asking for you to tromp back to a stockroom and check for something you likely don't even have, and then get mad at you when you try to explain that you don't have it.

I never said it was okay for them to pitch a tantrum. But, if they want to buy something, it makes sense to at least check to see if they have reason to give the store their money.

"I was helping a customer" was an all purpose excuse when I worked big box retail.

If the store's manager is an adult, then they will realize that a few minutes spent helping a customer spend money is not going to bring about the apocalypse.

If there's one thing I don't need, it's for the good people of Target and Wal-Mart to be annoyed with me. I'm sure they're already saying stuff about me with how often they see me swing by the toy aisle.

No, you do not need enemies. But, does it really bother you that much if they are talking smack about you? I am sure there are at least a few people at the local Target or K-Mart who call me "that weirdo who buys toys, or more often glares angrily at the empty peg hooks". But, who the hell cares. I care what my boss thinks of me. I care what my clients think of me. I could give a flying shit what the shelf-monkeys and cashiers at Target think of me so long as they are mature and professional.

Like you just explained, some stuff is socially-acceptable for adults to spend their money on, some stuff isn't. I didn't make the rules, but I do try to play by them as best I can while still enjoying the hobby, and the less people I bother while trying to do so, the better.

The particular rules in question have no practical enforcement though.

I used to wonder how much it was my hobby that held me back and how much it was me. Quite frankly, I know plenty of people who are in to gaming/comics/toys who are doing *fine* in their lives. Some have better (much) jobs than I do. More than a few are married or otherwise in relationships. And, among some of those who are not, it is at least partly by choice.

Drinking and gambling might be socially expected, but they also carry a much different stigma than collecting toys.

$29.99 HA Leadfoot was never available on the target.com web site

This is the most hilarous example of staying on topic. Ever. "I still do not have my toy."

Yeah, and you know what? I still do not have my damned Windcharger figure. (This really does bother me more than it should. Maybe I should take up drinking to alleviate this pain.)


Dom
-when did toys become contraband....aside from those Godzilla toys about 10 years back I mean....

[Onslaught Six]

Yeah, and you know what? I still do not have my damned Windcharger figure. (This really does bother me more than it should. Maybe I should take up drinking to alleviate this pain.)

...Did you ask 86 when he was pontificating around that there were pissloads of them down under (on sale, no less!) and he was picking them up for us? Me and a friend have a pair waiting for us whenever he gets around to shipping them.

[Dominic]

I was on a "fuck this, I ain't ordering one from another hemisphere kick" at that point.

I, quite mistakenly, thought that it would be easier to find one locally.

Now, if you and your friend decide to sell yours, lemmee know.


Dom
-blames Hasbro for this.

[Onslaught Six]

It's not ordering, it's trading.

Pretty sure I'm not gonna get rid of mine though.

[Ursus mellifera]

The amount of collector shame in this thread is almost disturbing. Fuck people who don't like toys.

This.