Earthrise seeker 2 pack (Thundercracker and Skywarp) found at Target

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Verkk, Jun 12, 2020.

  1. MWG

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    Had you already paid for them? If so you have plenty of reason to fuss. However, if not someone may have requested them (maybe in-store) and got whatever stock was left before Target employees managed to pull your order.

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    Seems unfair, but if you were say first to get to the store after it opened looking for the two pack and saw three of them behind the counter but they wouldn't let you have it because people who aren't even there just called ahead and asked for it to be held special for them, would you still think it was backwards thinking? Because that's the situation you run into when these stores hold high demand items for customers, and why unfortunately they can't always do it.
     
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    I dunno. You have a point. Best solution is to get enough stock to cover everybody in the area. Not just 1 case.

    I was just thinking with the pandemic they would want to help a customer buy it instead of making them keep checking back every day. Whenever I ask them about a specific item they always say they don't know anything at all & they get trucks every single day so you need to keep checking back. But then another employee tells me they only get 2 or 3 trucks per week. So just like with everything else, I don't know what to believe.
     
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  4. 03Mach1

    03Mach1 Logic has been replaced with blind ignorance.

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    Associates at a big box stores like Target, Walmart and Sam's know significantly less about new release/exclusive toys than the Fandom.

    Its just the way it is.
     
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    Because they aren’t sales experts hired to convey product information for the thousands of products they carry to customers. They are hired to keep the aisles stocked and neat.
     
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    Yeah I know all that. I'm just sayin with the pandemic & social distancing you'd think they'd hold an item for at least 1 hour so you don't have to keep exposing yourself to the virus every day. Of course with everything reopened now it doesn't matter. I guess, I dunno, whatever! My sig says it all. lol
     
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    Sure, but more often than not every store getting enough for stock initially so that everyone in the area who might want one can get one sadly isn't always possible.

    As for the pandemic, I think the stores are doing their best to keep everything as sanitary as possible. But for now there isn't much else that can be done about that.

    Also typically regular Targets get at least 3 trucks a week, but large Super Targets can get one every day. Christmas time all stores get more trucks than that, and then you also have some smaller items and grocery items that can arrive on different individual shipments throughout the week (though toys wouldn't usually come on any such shipment). The days are usually set, for instance the one near me gets trucks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but like everything it's subject to change.


    But again, you might get two calls at the same time from two different people to hold the same high demand item, so which one gets it then? (And believe me, that can and does happen.) It's just better for stores to not hold these kind of items, maybe just limit it one per customer, but that's the only fair solution.
     
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    Just got my 2 Pack today. They're Awesome :D 
     
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    Anybody able to help me set up the app for notification on this set? On the site using browser, there's a button right there to get email notifications. I read someone said the app notifications are better as the email ones come through after the item has already sold out. Yet, I can't find a notification button on the listing page for the 2-pack.
     
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    If you're logged in on the app, you'll automatically get it via app notifications if you click the notify button on the site (again, if you're logged in). Sometimes certain options disappear on the app and I don't know why.
     
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    They've been restocking at a little after 1 AM PST the past couple nights so I was refreshing and actually got one. I never even got an alert that they were in stock. Of course they were gone after I checked out.
     
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    Of course I missed it lol
     
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    YES Just got an order in!
    Finally!
     
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    Managed to order one for in-store pickup (since one store in the area is showing it as available), hopefully they don't manage to screw it up (they are already charging my card).

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    Same.

    After I placed my order, PopFindr indicated that the store’s inventory had decreased by one unit, so I’m cautiously optimistic.

    As the Zen Master would say, “We’ll see...”
     
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    Success!
     
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    I was able to snag one as well! :cry 
     
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    Just got two packs on the app. One for me and one for a local friend.
     
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    missed it for like the 5th time oh boy :rolleyes:  i wonder if i will ever get this
     
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    That would be a nightmare of inventory management. If the associate pulls the item and holds it in the pickup area, then gets busy and forgets about it or doesn't have time to put it back, it will create another issue when a different customer comes in to purchase it.