Target Change To Cash Register Software
by atsginger on April 13, 2010 · 0 comments
in Target News
The below post is from WeUseCoupons.com and their forum leader “Magayrose”. Here is what she has to say about her Target shopping experience. You need to know this! I am sure that the registers in the store she used are the newest ones and also have the catalina printers too.
Today I went in to shop and some of my coupons that should totally have matched up didn’t! The dreaded “no matching item screen” came up and when my cashier k1′d it instead of taking the amount off it took him to a screen and an option of scrolling through the transactions to manually tie the coupon to the item!
This small change should help immensely with the issues of people being told they can’t use the coupon because it doesn’t match. How much more matching could the Sun Chips have been to the free coupon they scanned for it but it said it wasn’t there?? It may not seem like much but because they will be forced to look through the items and see that in fact the item is right there they can’t pull that “item not there” line anymore. Another example was the free refill for the power sprayer. It said item not there, scanned through the items, selected the one it applied to and my receipt shows the item and now the coupon for the free item right below it. Normally those would show it at the bottom of the receipt.
Now this change does have its potential draw backs to those who’s stores will push through everything and allow overage. IT IS STORE POLICY TO ADJUST DOWN TO SELLING PRICE. So this new way of doing things may take away any previous overage that you are used to getting. When they scan to attach the coupon it should not allow it since the selling price is lower than coupon value. My cashier tonight knew to adjust them so he didn’t bother scanning them so i did not witness exactly what would happen. Whether or not you may continue to get the overage will be determined when you shop SO DON’T COUNT ON IT!!!
I am actually optimistic about this change. I would strongly suggest, as this is the only problem I can foresee with the change, to print and have with you for all trips, a copy of the current coupon policy stating they must adjust down the coupons.
Again, I really think this will help and the cashier who has been there a long time as well as one of the GSTL’s I spoke with thinks this will be beneficial to all…Time will tell but I wanted to share .
So pay close attention for the next several shopping trips to see how it goes with your coupons.
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