# Target made my day. Thanks Target. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503 "2007-07-28T17:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/1 "2007-07-28T17:40:33Z")
Due to some recent financial issues this week, I’ve realized that I really could benefit from a credit card. I had a bunch of things come up that I need to take care of by next week, and it would just leave me with almost nothing in the bank and no money for fun until my next paycheck. I was planning to go to the bank to get a small loan that I could just pay off in full by next month. Getting a credit card would take too long (waiting for it in the mail and such), so a loan would probably be the best bet. I’ve been putting a lot of thought into my budget and trying to figure out how to move things around and make vacation plans and all that. And no matter what I cam up with, I kept thinking, “Damn, if only I had a credit card. Whatever I spent this week, I could just pay off at the end of the month anyway.” Yeah, I know… sounds obvious. But ever since I’ve been debt free, I’ve never bothered or seen the need for getting a credit card again. But it seems having one for situations like this would be convenient. So, long story short: I made plans to go to the credit union first thing Monday morning to talk about getting a loan. In the meantime, I’m sitting here opening my mail, and it seems Target has taken the liberty of sending me a Target Visa card with a $7000.00 limit. Here it is, in my hand. I never asked for it, never applied for it–nothing. They just sent it to me!! All I had to do was call and activate it. How bad ass is that!? Perfect timing Target!!! Also in my mail was a refund for the half month of cable service I was owed after canceling it. That was $60.00 So, what’s in _your_ mail? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/2 "2007-07-28T19:17:05Z")
::runs to mailbox:: Nope, nothing… ☹ [shakes fists at the sky]Damn you Target! Damn you all to Hell!!![SFATS} ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/3 "2007-07-28T19:20:03Z")
I got a refund check from my car insurance for 4 dollars. Woo-hoo! I can buy a gallon of gas and have enough left over for a soda! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/4 "2007-07-28T19:44:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] So, what’s in _your_ mail? [/QUOTE] Nothing as much fun as you got. I got ads and the hardcopy notice of the electric bill that already been paid online. Congrats on your refund, enjoy the credit card. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/5 "2007-07-28T20:23:01Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] I got a refund check from my car insurance for 4 dollars. Woo-hoo! I can buy a gallon of gas and have enough left over for a soda! [/QUOTE] I got a refund from mine for $50. Who knew relocating and changing insurance agents could be so nice? 🙂 (Why yes, I’d still be saying it if I only got $4. I’m cheap.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/6 "2007-07-28T20:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] So, what’s in _your_ mail? [/QUOTE] No bacon salt, that’s what was in my mailbox today. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/7 "2007-07-28T20:42:00Z")
My law school sent a letter raising my scholarship by $7,500/year due to my excellent academic performance. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/8 "2007-07-28T21:25:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hello Again] My law school sent a letter raising my scholarship by $7,500/year due to my excellent academic performance. Woot! [/QUOTE] You probably win, depending on how much they’ve concurrently raised tuition. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/9 "2007-07-28T21:36:51Z")
OUR bacon salt arrived two days ago. Neener neener! I got nothing, but Papa Tigs got a brilliant piece of mail. The idiot company that provides supplies for his CPAP sent him the wrong filters last week, so he stuffed them into a regular business letter-sized envelope and returned them. So today he gets a 12x14 puffy envelope containing (1) three 1" x 4" foam filters that the insurance company gets charged $32 _each_ for, and (2) a self-addressed stamped envelope for him to return the wrong filters in. :smack: He’s debated changing supply companies, but since this was episode #4,392 of them doing something supremely dumb, we’ve decided the entertainment value far outweighs the occasional inconvenience! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/10 "2007-07-28T21:59:55Z")
A $10 gift card from Victoria’s Secret because August is my birthday month. And Monday my new cell phone is coming in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/11 "2007-07-28T22:06:36Z")
Nothing personally for me. My sister got a letter from her boyfriend in prison, and a checkup notice for her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/12 "2007-07-28T22:32:23Z")
Nearly two yrs after I moved out of an apt (To marry my house owning wife) I was owed a refund for $380 on a damage deposit that i had (for no reason) had not been refunded. I Fought it to the point of “take me to court… if its worth it to you” 21 months later, a cheque arrived… ($366) class action suit against former landlord…original amount they owed me was $380… even with interest and averaged out legal fees, it was a nice surprise, plus VERY pleasurable to know slumlord finally got his… FML ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/13 "2007-07-28T22:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] So, what’s in _your_ mail? [/QUOTE] A rejection letter from a company that seemed shady during the interview anyway and another advertisement extolling the virtues of owning a second home in South Carolina. I must need vitamins as I’m getting plenty of irony and feel beaten about the head and shoulders with minerals… ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/14 "2007-07-28T23:00:09Z")
I got notification that my cable company is going digital, and the basic rate goes up 10 clams a month, and I have to replace all my TV sets or pay them three dollars each per month to rent decoder boxes, (and no doubt sign a contract prohibiting me from using a third party decoder box). You guys have all the fun! ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/15 "2007-07-28T23:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=seenidog] I got notification that my cable company is going digital, and the basic rate goes up 10 clams a month, and I have to replace all my TV sets or pay them three dollars each per month to rent decoder boxes, (and no doubt sign a contract prohibiting me from using a third party decoder box). You guys have all the fun! [/QUOTE] My cable company is doing the same. I told them to disconnect it. If I have to go through all that trouble, I might as well go with dish, which will get me more channels for the same price. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/16 "2007-07-28T23:05:55Z")
Got nuthin ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/17 "2007-07-28T23:10:13Z")
An El-Rayo X T-shirt and a Twango Bango CD. ---
**Author:** ![KittyCat444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KittyCat444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittyCat444)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/18 "2007-07-28T23:21:26Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] Nearly two yrs after I moved out of an apt (To marry my house owning wife) I was owed a refund for $380 on a damage deposit that i had (for no reason) had not been refunded. I Fought it to the point of “take me to court… if its worth it to you” 21 months later, a cheque arrived.. ($366) class action suit against former landlord…original amount they owed me was $380.. even with interest and averaged out legal fees, it was a nice surprise, plus VERY pleasurable to know slumlord finally got his… FML [/QUOTE] How come you didn’t get the whole $380 plus interest? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/19 "2007-07-29T00:04:49Z")
I got the television/internet/phone bill (all on the same cable). I am awaiting a cable from Samson Cables of Utah, which will allow me to connect an RS-232 9-pin serial cable to my HP48 calculator, and then transfer programs to and from it via serial transfer using the Kermit protocol… I will then buy an RS-232-to-USB adaptor and plug it into my Mac. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503/20 "2007-07-29T00:15:09Z")
[QUOTE=KittyCat444] How come you didn’t get the whole $380 plus interest? [/QUOTE] I’m guessing that the 366 and the 380 are different things. The class-action suit was the 366, which he’s chalking up as payment of the 380, even though it isn’t. Edited to add: Wow, Target made your day? They really DO have everything at that store! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-made-my-day-thanks-target/413503.md?page=2)