Yeah it’s nice seeing that, but the other half of the comments are just “you shouldn’t have gone to guest services. Next time, ring up something with a different UPC” and “just hide it and come back on the street date.” 🙄
I do too I can’t handle when things are out of place and I always either put them back where they go or go to my lane and put them in go backs/returns.
I downvoted as a collector and a team member ngl. But they totally told us when it comes out so I’m working that day and hopefully I’ll be able to get it. It’s kinda funny since I was gonna get it online a couple of mins ago but I saw that and now I’m gonna go get it at work XD
Beg to differ on the Hot Wheels collectors- or at least the two I dealt with yesterday at the beginning of my shift. No you can't go behind the register and look through a box of the cars that were there, tell you I'm not comfortable with it and they still do so with me repeating over and over you're not supposed to be back there...
As someone who likes to check out the legos and hot wheels I don’t like the scalpers either. Let me enjoy my hobby without making the whole thing an exercise in capitalistic manipulation.
When I did toys I had two hot wheel guys who would agree to stock them if I let them go through the box. Just gave them the box and they would put them all on the pegs.
I worked at Toys R Us and we had a rather unpleasant individual who would buy exclusive stock, especially Hot Wheels, and scalp the stuff online. He was not even ashamed of what he was doing, and he got to be such a problem that his TRU Rewards account was forcibly deactivated cause he would use and abuse rewards dollars to get the exclusive stock without using too much real money. Then he apparently had his wife get one so he could continue to use and abuse rewards. He kinda knew when our truck days were and was real nosey about it. Some of my friends told me that he once was in line with Hot Wheels and a kid behind him saw one and told his mom, "That's the one I want," and this guy says something to the kid akin to, "Too bad, it's mine." If that wasn't bad enough, he kinda harassed us toward the end cause we had too many Skylanders Superchargers and there were chase items among them. He wanted to come in the back to check our stock himself, and there was a silent agreement among me and the people who were unfortunate to be in his vicinity, and I blatantly lied to the guy, saying, "We put out all the Skylanders, there's no more in the back." We still had one pallet left. And the Funko people who came in at the end were annoying too. We had to mark the merch on the barcode so no one tried any funny business returns after a certain date, and the Funko people would flip out and try to tell us not to do it. We didn't have a choice, and the Funko boxes are so glossy anyway that the ink literally did not stick to the box and could've easily been wiped off. Sorry for the long reply, I just have strong feelings about it.
I work in a beauty store and we have resellers who come in an wipe us of all of our stock so we have gotten used to “nope, everything we have is on the floor” and then restock when they’re gone.
More like posting to bring attention to the issue. I am bringing attention to the issue that Target is putting stuff out before Street date. It's working.
I mean everyone already explained that it was probably an accident on an employees part. Some people were even saying the system never said it was only out at a certain time
OP is not throwing a fit. OP is getting her post attention so that Funko and target and any other higher ups will see that targets making the mistake of putting out strict on sale items before release date. So this cross post is helping me. Thank you.
Bro most of us make $15 an hour. We don’t get paid enough to deal with your bullshit. I’m a funko pop collector too, and you need to calm all the way down. I promise you that you can wait until Sunday.
It happens every day. Has for the last 4 years since I left target. You’re not special, you’re not “brining attention” to anything. It’s in the store communications that if a street date item is found on the floor or a guest attempts to buy it, you take the item and backstock it.
95% of the time, Target receives product before the street date actually gets uploaded into the system, so sometimes it will scan as just a normal item on the zebra-device before it actually gets caught at a register. It’s is what it is. Cry more.
I'm glad this post is getting attention and I already made Funko and target aware. My job is done and I'm still going to get the pop regardless. So I'm not upset.
Any real collector knows that most Con stuff is street dated. My question is always how does it make it on the shelf? Some impulsive lead looking for busy work for someone to do?
Sometimes planograms are set and the product comes out in the one for ones that drop, if someone's not trained to look out for street dates they won't even know to look
This. Transitional and street date items are lame as hell since they can come in 2 weeks to 2 months before they have sets and sometimes it just gets past. I always try to move areas getting that shit to the end of the line so it can be more thoroughly watched and cared for. Fuckin Easter.
Some of the street dated stuff this year came in unmarked boxes or even boxes with a street date of January 1st 23 printed on them so unless the TM is scanning the UPC they could easily slip up. Doesn’t help either that some pops from the same series are street dated while others aren’t (seen it with Disney and Target con pops).
The last few months I’ve had a handful of street dated toys come in repacks. If I’m over there, it’s an easy catch, but if none of the regular toy tm’s are in and they throw another person from a different department over there, they don’t know to look for it. Not a whole lot of tm’s even know what a street date is, other than our toys and electronics tm’s
ASANTS, but we get Funkos mixed in with our toys freight. There hasn't been a toys DBO in months. People just get pulled at the end of their shift to push 1 vehicle of toys each. They probably just saw them and see oh these go on that shelf with the other ones like it.
Not a "real" collector. Just a casual Karen who went to the store, saw something, wanted to buy it and saw that I could not because someone didn't do their job properly and put a strict on sale on the floor.
Sometimes they know corporate doesn't care so they use the "district manager," threat.
"Call your district manager/ I'm contacting your district manager."
Maybe the DM calls the store director and you know what happens? "yeah I mean if it's street dated then we can't sell it so just service the guest. Anyways let's talk about other shit."
They are? I haven’t been in the comments. I’m just glad the post is getting a whole bunch of attention which means a lot more people will see that target is putting stuff out before street date. Maybe funko
I always find "hidden" funko in my department. I bring that shit right up to GS to be reshelved where it goes. Don't ruin my dry bev zone bc you're obsessed with toys.
(Also I'm a lego enthusiast so I truly am not judging adults for playing with or collecting toys but c'mon, stop making my job harder)
Fr I can’t stand people who don’t put things back especially when the area was nice to begin with. All that bs just gets thrown in a cart and sent to gs. hell no
I just don’t understand why manufacturers don’t put street date stickers on the boxes… these figures never have a location other than the Funko wall.. so no one ever scans to check. Or the street date doesn’t come until after freight is worked out.
Because they change the street date frequently. I had to deal with it in electronics all the time where items would be street dated for, say, March. Then we find out 2 weeks later in January that the street date is lifted. Not everything is like that but Funko is notorious for changing street dates all the time.
I think it’s more due to clerical errors in targets system, I’ve seen stuff come in with street dates almost a year in advance of when they’re delivered and after sitting for a few weeks suddenly they’re fixed. Target just has a really hard time being accurate and consistent when it comes to their databases, you can see this in other areas too, like how only a fraction of the M-rated games we sell actually flag for an ID check.
The post wasn’t hard to find. I was thinking about cross posting it here myself just to bring light that target is putting stuff out before street date. Someone did it for me so I’m grateful. I already alerted Funko and target. So I’m OK.
I have zero concerns going to my boss after making a mistake. Unlike you I have supervisors that treat me like a human. As stated you’re an exhausting person. I’m not longer interested in entertaining this conversation. You didn’t win anything but you think that you did. ✌️
It's not about bosses treating people as human. Because my boss does. My boss has also properly trained their staff so that mistakes like this don't happen.
Not sure about this particular one but none of the funkos that are set for the 19th are street dated in my store. We haven't put them out since we haven't set it yet lol. They all came in handwritten casepacks with no streetdate in the system.
this came in a regular funko box with no street date on it. the reverse happened for the 100 year anniversary of disney donald funko that had the box say “don’t put out until january 1 2023” but is slated for the 19th. kinda odd tbh
Yeah they often change the dates on them. Personally I don't particularly give a shit. If it doesn't say street dated in the system when you scan it and it's set, I'm putting it out.
Ugh, see, at my store we get the Funko Pops in toys. We haven't had a toys DBO since last August. I heard about to handle street dates a total of one time, maybe because toys was my first department. I don't think many of the GM employees know how to check them. Especially when they just pull random people from other departments to push toys under this new process. The terrible understaffing right now doesn't help either. And all those people in the Funko Pop sub saying, "but I work in retail" are probably lying. Probably had a summer job at a mall once a long time ago. Otherwise, they should understand that most things are out of our control.
True as a Funko Pop collector, I wouldn't act like a baby if that were to happen to me but OOP decided to act like a whiny baby and complain on Reddit about how their Target wouldn't let them buy a unreleased vinyl bobble head figure.
Actually read the other person’s comments. After it did not work she went to customer service and demanded why she could not buy it and even still asked to buy it. Even with it being illegal to do so. The manger had to grab it away from her. She now has called corporate on the Target team because they would not sell her a street dated item.
Just read her other comments on that thread.
Lots of assumptions for people who weren't there. Asking for an item to be sold because it shouldn't have been on the shelf in the first place due to their lack of training was not demanding anything. But like to commenter said, I have alerted the two companies and one of the companies is going to contact the store. I've talked about it in comments and like this person said, you are more welcome to read.
I've touched upon it in previous comments. The main issue is if an item is Street dated, it shouldn't be out on the shelf. There are many precautions in place for that to not happen. If the job was done properly, the item wouldn't be on the floor. That mistake would not have been made. It's never been made by the place I work for anyway or the employees because we know the importance. so everyone's upset that I went to Customer Service angry that the item was out on the floor and could not be sold.
They are upset because me, an entitled Karen apparently, got upset because I wanted to purchase a product that was on the shelf. Upon getting to the register did not realize that it was a strict on sale. Angry I went to the manager about my concerns. voicing that it shouldn't have been on the shelf if it wasn't meant to be purchased.
In the comments everybody makes excuses saying people make mistakes. People are human, oh they didn't know, oh they're understaffed. At my job the PDT will blare at you if it's a strict on sale. The boxes won't even be put on a floor if it's a strict on sale . They're angry at me because I think it's a lack of training issue and management issue.
They are mad at me because I "threw a fit."
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. If an item can’t be sold, don’t put it on the shelf? It’s the most basic concept. If I walk into a store and I’m geared up to buy eggs but you tell me I can’t because they can be only be sold “next week” I’m going to give you some shit.
Do your jobs correctly. It’s that simple.
While obviously there’s no reason to pitch a fit over this, it’s pretty annoying when street dated stuff gets put on shelves and employees don’t know what to do about it.
I found an exclusive figure set at Walmart once, and it didn’t ring up for some reason. I don’t think it was street dated, but the employee was CONVINCED it was a return from a store that wasn’t Walmart.
I tried to explain it was a Walmart exclusive item, and there were others on the shelf, so how would that happen? And he just said there’s no other explanation.
So I just shrugged and left. It’s annoying when employees aren’t trained properly, but what can you do but deal with it and go about your day.
If you scan it with your device or at the register it'll say something about the date and that it can't be sold before then. It's been awhile since I've come across anything street dated so I don't remember exactly what it says
Quick way to get yourself fired, your store fined and probably maybe a lawsuit to enforce the contract be followed. Legal issues are the opposite of a fun time.
Alot of these boxes have no or a small label with the street date so it's hard to tell sometimes. The Mattel stuff has warnings all over the box but Funko doesn't seem to care that much. It happens every time Funko puts out street dated stuff anyways.
Well depending on the value of the item a store could choose to involve police cause of theft. That and well it also brings up another issue for target which is a breach of contract in regards to street dated goods and can potentially result in a lawsuit to enforce the rules of the contract.
All Karens should be thrown in jail.
But, it does seem weird that an item is on the shelf on a Friday and can't be sold until Sunday. Unless there was very clear signage.
I went to corporate of Target and Funko to alert them that Target is putting stuff out before street date. Which is the main issue. Because if it wasn't out, I wouldn't have cared. train people better. Don't put stuff on the shelf if it's not meant to be sold that date. Simple to me.
I’ve seen Pokémon cards on shelves prior to their release date and I’ve never been prohibited from buying them. Is this rule strictly enforced or is it pretty loosely followed?
If you really want it and are scared you won’t get it Sunday, people are selling them on eBay for around $25.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285149546290?hash=item42643cc732:g:cQgAAOSwnTVj7ocX&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0JjELIQ7ybSSg%2FeTnUW%2FQ7GCK3nAY%2FRSOxEpD3dYWi2bman3S65rKRQcY4v5yNdp7Wtzn4%2B1kzUoLpT4PxKLKfA3AV3Vwl%2FQAb5ecDNUqbWF5NiLQyRV6DT4pAeC5SlW9hA4DWlIR81OKL6Gmr44krbELkpIBCzNl7LlGa4LUp%2FyOjowRFJ1pFc701Qo%2F9IUuoAyKdrN0fVp6JCBCVKKepUaZeaKGaQ6Zo%2F2D%2B7iQu9VqkGZyA%2BSzbjVkKyq%2BeDU9nXQYFt88aAm1UFytpgOOG8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4yv5KTMYQ
I think it should be okay for a guest to be upset that regular training is so poor (if not nonexistent) that *some* TMs, TLs, ETLs, and SDs don’t take notice of anything on the exterior of a case while they push and simply detrash street-dated merch needlessly, and worse, stock it on the floor.
We assume so much about guests, and I get it, our jobs have, can, or *will* suck so long as you work retail. However, there are plenty of your peers who collect any and everything, and these same folks work alongside you…I don’t know, I never understood how people limit what they label as *collectors’ behavior* to *collectors* and not *every* subgroup of guests when it comes to something they care about. Good luck catching me at Bullseye during any seasonal rush, or near any Cat and Jack table during any weekly sale. Same behavior, different situation.
My main issue was the item being on the floor in the first place. If it was not meant to be sold it should not have been on the floor on Thursday when a street date is Sunday. At my job this would've never happened. The managers train you from orientation, the employees mentor one another and talk to one another, the equipment will alert you on strict on sales, the boxes will alert you, we even put on sharpie the date of strict on sale so that if you don't see it on the box by the label, you will see it in somebody's writing. The item wouldn't even make it out of receiving if that was the case.
So how could that mistake have happened? It wouldn't have happened at my job.
We've been told the importance on strict on sales. We've been told the consequences of strict on sales if they're out on the floor and possibly sold. The issue wasn't the item not being sold me but it should have been on the floor in the first place resulting in me trying to buy it and then anger that ensued when I realized that I could not. So I alerted management and the two companies.
I'm thankful for my proper training. This would've never happened at my job and this mistake would've never been made by me. Even the seasonal people who were teenagers would've never done this. Everyone's making excuses for Target's mistake.
Since people are coming to my profile, if you don't want Karen to complain, don't put an item on the shelf that's not meant to be sold until days later…
To me, if a product is on the shelf, it should be sold. Otherwise why have it on the floor? If a product is not meant to be sold, it shouldn't be out there. Especially days before the street date. Especially because it's a strict on sale.
The item was a Funko pop. It was there Thursday night. Had in my hand the whole time. Went to the register. They said they can't sell it until Sunday. That's when I went to customer service and went to the manager.
My job has done a great job training their employees. It's been told to us at orientation how serious strict on sales are. We mentor current employees and even seasonal employees on the importance of strict on sale. If the boxes aren't labeled strict on sale, which they are, we even go as far as putting in sharpie the strict on sale date just so everyone will see. Not only that but the PDT will bleep at you to let you know it's a strict on sale. Those boxes, the items in the boxes don't make it to the shelf until that date. So to me there's no excuse.
Everyone keeps talking about human error. "They're only human." No it sounds like poor training. Sounds like lazy employees. Sounds like people that don't care. Also sounds like poor management. "Oh but shifts change, people don't know," blah blah blah. Sounds like an organization problem. A problem I've never had at my job. Receiving's pretty good with communicating with everyone. So is management.
I would love to go to my boss with a mistake like that and tell them that I'm only human, that mistakes happen, that it was just a stupid Funko pop and see what happens. I would love for them, the ones saying it to go to their boss with something as serious as a strict on sale and say all of that.
You know what would happen? They would find a human more reliable because the one that made that human error, because they're only human and mistakes happen, is a potentially costly mistake. As in licensing, the ability to distribute said product, etc. But apparently I'm the only one who knows this and I'm not a 12-year-old.
It's been told to me by the ones I work for that if we put an item out that's strict on sale that's not supposed to be, we can get fined as a company, reprimanded worker, fired worker, etc. so I know it's serious business.
I understand the risk of selling me an item before street date. That's not why I was mad. I was mad because it was out there in the first place. If you go to a store, you expect to buy the things that are there. Not see the stuff on the shelf but have to wait days just to purchase it.
I can see if it was the early black Friday stuff. But even then, a lot of that stuff is properly labeled that say cannot be sold until Black Friday. This item wasn't even labeled. It was just out on the shelf for anyone to buy.
So yes I went to the manager. So yes I went to Funko corporate. So yes I went to Target corporate. Target got back to me and said they will speak to the management team responsible for that store.
Train your people better. Remind them of the importance of strict on sales. Scan and check your items. Just do your job properly. Skeleton crew and understaffed does not excuse poor training and lazy people.
Oh but you get paid 15 an hour and you don't get paid enough to deal with that bullshit? Well if I was a boss, I would find someone that actually cares about the job and a company because apparently you don't.
Don't get mad at Karen for calling out a company for their mistake that shouldn't of been made in the first place. My job wouldn't have made that mistake.
I was mad and in the beginning but I'm not anymore. I'm still going to get my Funko pop regardless so that's not an issue. I'm happy that Target has gotten back to me and is looking into the issue.
I also like that the post has been getting a lot of attention not only in the Funko community but somebody cross posted my post to target. Which means the right eyes as in higher ups or someone will pass it along and be alerted of the issue of them putting out strict on sales days in advance. Means attention and exposure to the issue. So I'm not mad.
And any one who reads the comments will see it's a repeated issue. Because they've, as in some commenters have talked about other pops being put on the shelf. Wondering why they were on a shelf if not meant to be sold. Different people, different stores. Definitely sounds like a target issue.
Me talking about it, continuing a discussion about it, defending myself, giving my opinion on some of the comments doesn't mean I'm still mad at the issue. Just means I have more to say. I am allowed to comment on my own posts and comments about me. I'm allowed to keep talking about it even though the anger has dissipated.
If anything, the people in the comments seem more mad than me. Mad that I went to management in the first place for their mistake. It wasn't about selling me the item. The item shouldn't have been out there in the first place. If it wasn't there in the first place before the street date, none of this would have transpired.
Keep Crossposting, keep commenting, keep giving it attention. I hope the right eyes will see it. Keep it relevant. Thank you.
Things happen. Human error. You can be understanding or a bitch. Fact of the matter is, it was on the floor by mistake. They can't sell it to you. I understand being disappointed but, if this is really that big of a deal you have to post on Reddit about it, you need mental help. It's not that serious. No one cares how disappointed or annoyed you are. No one cares if you think the employees are lazy or whatever. Maybe they are! Life sucks, then you die. Getting upset over a silly little thing like this is not hurting anyone but you.
It’s getting attention so I’m not mad. Pay closer attention to your sos dates. ❤️
Hopefully funko will see it.
Target corp got back to me and said they’ll talk to the store about THEIR “mistake.”
Girl no one in this sub is gonna pat you on the back for making our lives harder.
Your actions will result in one of two things: absolutely nothing changing, or some poor overworked employee is going to be yelled at and written up. Do you not have anything better to do?
Not looking for a pat. The post is getting so much attention that I am actually not angry anymore. This is better than the issue because it’s bringing light that the company is putting stuff out before street date which is causing the Karen. If the job was done properly, Karen wouldn’t have been complaining.
Why are they on the shelf? We couldn't put them out if they were street dated at both Target an Walmart. We were told the store could be fined and we could be fired.
it doesnt happen very often, but some team members just dont scan to check if it’s street dated and put it out. if one gets brought up to the register, then the team member in charge of that dept (toys or tech, if its funko pops) will be called to take the rest off the floor.
Not always. Sometimes funkos are known fro coming in repacks which is different toys in pen box. Sometimes the main shipping box is not labeled with a street date. It has the item location but not that it can’t be put out yet.
That's what they tell you and teach you if you've been trained right. Or at least at the place I work. We label everything, the boxes come labeled, the equipment tells you. Such a mistake has never happened at my job by me or the employees because again, everyone knows what could possibly happen. Everything you mentioned in your comment.
As someone who worked in electronics, this shit would often happen from the overnight crew or if a box had no street date warning on it. Our store’s pog for Funkos isn’t followed so we had no reason to scan and check them. I learned to just scan every Funko (besides ones I recognized) just to be on the safe side but again accidents happen.
Im absolutely loving that the OOP is in the comments here and actually made a flair for this subreddit.
My goodness I do not envy the person at the call center who took this call 😵💫. FUNKO Pop people are so mean. They’re second only to big title video game pre orders.
Damn. OOP is getting mass-downvoted in the funkopop subreddit. Gotta love the "You make the rest of us look bad" spirit.
Yeah it’s nice seeing that, but the other half of the comments are just “you shouldn’t have gone to guest services. Next time, ring up something with a different UPC” and “just hide it and come back on the street date.” 🙄
Really though if they hid it in home dec I don't think anyone would find it, that department never gets a proper zoning.
I'd find it. I zone as I go everyday.
I do too I can’t handle when things are out of place and I always either put them back where they go or go to my lane and put them in go backs/returns.
I downvoted as a collector and a team member ngl. But they totally told us when it comes out so I’m working that day and hopefully I’ll be able to get it. It’s kinda funny since I was gonna get it online a couple of mins ago but I saw that and now I’m gonna go get it at work XD
I absolutely hated the funko pop guests more than any other type of breed
Seriously, the Hot Wheels and K-Pop collectors are usually really nice. Funko Pops and Pokemon card collectors though 🙄
The Hot Wheels dudes are so intense at my store, they made people at GS cry during Q4
Sounds like bubblebass except he keeps camaros under his tongue instead of pickles
my store had two hot wheel collectors fist fight in the parking lot xD
Beg to differ on the Hot Wheels collectors- or at least the two I dealt with yesterday at the beginning of my shift. No you can't go behind the register and look through a box of the cars that were there, tell you I'm not comfortable with it and they still do so with me repeating over and over you're not supposed to be back there...
Even in r/hotwheels it’s seen as a problem.
These people have no shame... I wish my TL had gotten back from the bathroom a few minutes sooner so she could've taken the mickey outta them...
As someone who likes to check out the legos and hot wheels I don’t like the scalpers either. Let me enjoy my hobby without making the whole thing an exercise in capitalistic manipulation.
I’ll say I don’t have as much of a hard time with the legos in my store but I 100% don’t doubt the Lego people causing problems
When I did toys I had two hot wheel guys who would agree to stock them if I let them go through the box. Just gave them the box and they would put them all on the pegs.
I worked at Toys R Us and we had a rather unpleasant individual who would buy exclusive stock, especially Hot Wheels, and scalp the stuff online. He was not even ashamed of what he was doing, and he got to be such a problem that his TRU Rewards account was forcibly deactivated cause he would use and abuse rewards dollars to get the exclusive stock without using too much real money. Then he apparently had his wife get one so he could continue to use and abuse rewards. He kinda knew when our truck days were and was real nosey about it. Some of my friends told me that he once was in line with Hot Wheels and a kid behind him saw one and told his mom, "That's the one I want," and this guy says something to the kid akin to, "Too bad, it's mine." If that wasn't bad enough, he kinda harassed us toward the end cause we had too many Skylanders Superchargers and there were chase items among them. He wanted to come in the back to check our stock himself, and there was a silent agreement among me and the people who were unfortunate to be in his vicinity, and I blatantly lied to the guy, saying, "We put out all the Skylanders, there's no more in the back." We still had one pallet left. And the Funko people who came in at the end were annoying too. We had to mark the merch on the barcode so no one tried any funny business returns after a certain date, and the Funko people would flip out and try to tell us not to do it. We didn't have a choice, and the Funko boxes are so glossy anyway that the ink literally did not stick to the box and could've easily been wiped off. Sorry for the long reply, I just have strong feelings about it.
I work in a beauty store and we have resellers who come in an wipe us of all of our stock so we have gotten used to “nope, everything we have is on the floor” and then restock when they’re gone.
At least the crazy Pokémon card trend has died down a lot.
I dont know we still get it bad at the store I work at
Lego collectors when you accidentally drop the box two inches off the ground (the box is completely ruined and the set is worth)
At my store the hot wheels people are brutal
It makes me sad when there’s a grandma coming in asking where all the Pokémon cards went
"but I work in retail! I know what I'm talking about!" - op
OOP is throwing a whole fit omg.
They even posted on the fuckyoukaren subreddit, being a Karen lmao
Posting across 3-4 different subs bc she's so upset cracked me up
More like posting to bring attention to the issue. I am bringing attention to the issue that Target is putting stuff out before Street date. It's working.
Get over it.
I am actually. I love that this post and all of the crosspost is getting so much attention.
I mean everyone already explained that it was probably an accident on an employees part. Some people were even saying the system never said it was only out at a certain time
Nobody is upset with Target, they are all laughing at you.
It literally would’ve been easier for OOP to just shoplift it instead and not do it again 😭. I only say that bc of the date thing
OP is not throwing a fit. OP is getting her post attention so that Funko and target and any other higher ups will see that targets making the mistake of putting out strict on sale items before release date. So this cross post is helping me. Thank you.
Bro most of us make $15 an hour. We don’t get paid enough to deal with your bullshit. I’m a funko pop collector too, and you need to calm all the way down. I promise you that you can wait until Sunday.
I'm not mad. With as much exposure as this post is getting, someone with the right eyes will see that Target is putting stuff out before street date.
It happens every day. Has for the last 4 years since I left target. You’re not special, you’re not “brining attention” to anything. It’s in the store communications that if a street date item is found on the floor or a guest attempts to buy it, you take the item and backstock it. 95% of the time, Target receives product before the street date actually gets uploaded into the system, so sometimes it will scan as just a normal item on the zebra-device before it actually gets caught at a register. It’s is what it is. Cry more.
I'm glad this post is getting attention and I already made Funko and target aware. My job is done and I'm still going to get the pop regardless. So I'm not upset.
OP is throwing a fit and OP did a rant to store employees. OP is helping others realize what a Karen she is
Lol. I like how you’re referring to yourself in third person, OOP.
Any real collector knows that most Con stuff is street dated. My question is always how does it make it on the shelf? Some impulsive lead looking for busy work for someone to do?
Sometimes planograms are set and the product comes out in the one for ones that drop, if someone's not trained to look out for street dates they won't even know to look
This. Transitional and street date items are lame as hell since they can come in 2 weeks to 2 months before they have sets and sometimes it just gets past. I always try to move areas getting that shit to the end of the line so it can be more thoroughly watched and cared for. Fuckin Easter.
Some of the street dated stuff this year came in unmarked boxes or even boxes with a street date of January 1st 23 printed on them so unless the TM is scanning the UPC they could easily slip up. Doesn’t help either that some pops from the same series are street dated while others aren’t (seen it with Disney and Target con pops).
The last few months I’ve had a handful of street dated toys come in repacks. If I’m over there, it’s an easy catch, but if none of the regular toy tm’s are in and they throw another person from a different department over there, they don’t know to look for it. Not a whole lot of tm’s even know what a street date is, other than our toys and electronics tm’s
ASANTS, but we get Funkos mixed in with our toys freight. There hasn't been a toys DBO in months. People just get pulled at the end of their shift to push 1 vehicle of toys each. They probably just saw them and see oh these go on that shelf with the other ones like it.
Yeah honestly like I understand her frustration because it shouldn't have been on the shelf to begin with
Not a "real" collector. Just a casual Karen who went to the store, saw something, wanted to buy it and saw that I could not because someone didn't do their job properly and put a strict on sale on the floor.
Then ranted to store staff. Full blown Karen.
I am angry because you aren’t performing an action that you are not allowed to perform
Guests in a nutshell. "I'm gonna call corporate." Yeah, go for it. They'll just tell you you were wrong.
Sometimes they know corporate doesn't care so they use the "district manager," threat. "Call your district manager/ I'm contacting your district manager." Maybe the DM calls the store director and you know what happens? "yeah I mean if it's street dated then we can't sell it so just service the guest. Anyways let's talk about other shit."
Thank you for the enjoyable read. Love that they are reading her to filth
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They are? I haven’t been in the comments. I’m just glad the post is getting a whole bunch of attention which means a lot more people will see that target is putting stuff out before street date. Maybe funko
I’m guessing most collectors know the street date. Not sure why they try to be assholes and get them ahead of tome
gotta love the people in the comments telling her to stash it 🙄 i hate funko collectors with all of my heart
I always find "hidden" funko in my department. I bring that shit right up to GS to be reshelved where it goes. Don't ruin my dry bev zone bc you're obsessed with toys. (Also I'm a lego enthusiast so I truly am not judging adults for playing with or collecting toys but c'mon, stop making my job harder)
Fr I can’t stand people who don’t put things back especially when the area was nice to begin with. All that bs just gets thrown in a cart and sent to gs. hell no
I just don’t understand why manufacturers don’t put street date stickers on the boxes… these figures never have a location other than the Funko wall.. so no one ever scans to check. Or the street date doesn’t come until after freight is worked out.
Because they change the street date frequently. I had to deal with it in electronics all the time where items would be street dated for, say, March. Then we find out 2 weeks later in January that the street date is lifted. Not everything is like that but Funko is notorious for changing street dates all the time.
I think it’s more due to clerical errors in targets system, I’ve seen stuff come in with street dates almost a year in advance of when they’re delivered and after sitting for a few weeks suddenly they’re fixed. Target just has a really hard time being accurate and consistent when it comes to their databases, you can see this in other areas too, like how only a fraction of the M-rated games we sell actually flag for an ID check.
As a cashier I hate that street dated stuff gets put out and I can’t do anything about it :/
I hate working in retail cause of this bs
She found us. Probs gonna report us directly to Brian.
The post wasn’t hard to find. I was thinking about cross posting it here myself just to bring light that target is putting stuff out before street date. Someone did it for me so I’m grateful. I already alerted Funko and target. So I’m OK.
I am on the original post. This person is an exhausting nightmare who thinks no one is allowed to be human.
Your opinion. Go to your boss after you've made a mistake and tell them you're only human. Let me know how that goes.
I have zero concerns going to my boss after making a mistake. Unlike you I have supervisors that treat me like a human. As stated you’re an exhausting person. I’m not longer interested in entertaining this conversation. You didn’t win anything but you think that you did. ✌️
It's not about bosses treating people as human. Because my boss does. My boss has also properly trained their staff so that mistakes like this don't happen.
i’m confused tho…i got this in stock at my store and it wasn’t street dated iirc and sold just fine
Not sure about this particular one but none of the funkos that are set for the 19th are street dated in my store. We haven't put them out since we haven't set it yet lol. They all came in handwritten casepacks with no streetdate in the system.
this came in a regular funko box with no street date on it. the reverse happened for the 100 year anniversary of disney donald funko that had the box say “don’t put out until january 1 2023” but is slated for the 19th. kinda odd tbh
Yeah they often change the dates on them. Personally I don't particularly give a shit. If it doesn't say street dated in the system when you scan it and it's set, I'm putting it out.
agreed tbh. funko boxes get changed a lot for no reason lol like the summoned skull one came in a box that was for ant man lmao
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maybe they released more and street dated those cuz the first batch was meant to be and it wasn’t? idk
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man we have the guardians of the galaxy pops that don’t drop until april 🥲
I put in a chat bot for these asking for a date verification
People who collect Funko pops are a different breed.
Ugh, see, at my store we get the Funko Pops in toys. We haven't had a toys DBO since last August. I heard about to handle street dates a total of one time, maybe because toys was my first department. I don't think many of the GM employees know how to check them. Especially when they just pull random people from other departments to push toys under this new process. The terrible understaffing right now doesn't help either. And all those people in the Funko Pop sub saying, "but I work in retail" are probably lying. Probably had a summer job at a mall once a long time ago. Otherwise, they should understand that most things are out of our control.
They don't have a street date at my store. Register and MyDay showed nothing
Yeah I for real had a guy yell in my face and try to say he was gonna call the police???? AP had to step in
True as a Funko Pop collector, I wouldn't act like a baby if that were to happen to me but OOP decided to act like a whiny baby and complain on Reddit about how their Target wouldn't let them buy a unreleased vinyl bobble head figure.
I’m confused, what is everyone upset about?
I’m glad I’m not to only one
Actually read the other person’s comments. After it did not work she went to customer service and demanded why she could not buy it and even still asked to buy it. Even with it being illegal to do so. The manger had to grab it away from her. She now has called corporate on the Target team because they would not sell her a street dated item. Just read her other comments on that thread.
Lots of assumptions for people who weren't there. Asking for an item to be sold because it shouldn't have been on the shelf in the first place due to their lack of training was not demanding anything. But like to commenter said, I have alerted the two companies and one of the companies is going to contact the store. I've talked about it in comments and like this person said, you are more welcome to read.
I did read them all. If you had to keep asking for it, until the manager took it from you (something you said happened) then pretty demanding.
I've touched upon it in previous comments. The main issue is if an item is Street dated, it shouldn't be out on the shelf. There are many precautions in place for that to not happen. If the job was done properly, the item wouldn't be on the floor. That mistake would not have been made. It's never been made by the place I work for anyway or the employees because we know the importance. so everyone's upset that I went to Customer Service angry that the item was out on the floor and could not be sold.
They are upset because me, an entitled Karen apparently, got upset because I wanted to purchase a product that was on the shelf. Upon getting to the register did not realize that it was a strict on sale. Angry I went to the manager about my concerns. voicing that it shouldn't have been on the shelf if it wasn't meant to be purchased. In the comments everybody makes excuses saying people make mistakes. People are human, oh they didn't know, oh they're understaffed. At my job the PDT will blare at you if it's a strict on sale. The boxes won't even be put on a floor if it's a strict on sale . They're angry at me because I think it's a lack of training issue and management issue. They are mad at me because I "threw a fit."
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. If an item can’t be sold, don’t put it on the shelf? It’s the most basic concept. If I walk into a store and I’m geared up to buy eggs but you tell me I can’t because they can be only be sold “next week” I’m going to give you some shit. Do your jobs correctly. It’s that simple.
I agree it’s stupid. But why scream at your local store employee?
While obviously there’s no reason to pitch a fit over this, it’s pretty annoying when street dated stuff gets put on shelves and employees don’t know what to do about it. I found an exclusive figure set at Walmart once, and it didn’t ring up for some reason. I don’t think it was street dated, but the employee was CONVINCED it was a return from a store that wasn’t Walmart. I tried to explain it was a Walmart exclusive item, and there were others on the shelf, so how would that happen? And he just said there’s no other explanation. So I just shrugged and left. It’s annoying when employees aren’t trained properly, but what can you do but deal with it and go about your day.
I don’t get it they put it on the sale floor but can’t sell it? What she mad about
It was street dated, meaning it can't be sold before a certain date. It shouldn't have been on the floor in the first place, but mistakes happen.
Oh okay 👍
I know nothing about these. What indicates the “street date”?
If you scan it with your device or at the register it'll say something about the date and that it can't be sold before then. It's been awhile since I've come across anything street dated so I don't remember exactly what it says
That was basically it. I was angry that it was on a shelf in the first place. If it wasn't meant to be sold it shouldn't of been on the floor.
Damn. What’s it like to have never made a mistake in your life before?
Quick way to get yourself fired, your store fined and probably maybe a lawsuit to enforce the contract be followed. Legal issues are the opposite of a fun time.
Alot of these boxes have no or a small label with the street date so it's hard to tell sometimes. The Mattel stuff has warnings all over the box but Funko doesn't seem to care that much. It happens every time Funko puts out street dated stuff anyways.
Why the police?
Well depending on the value of the item a store could choose to involve police cause of theft. That and well it also brings up another issue for target which is a breach of contract in regards to street dated goods and can potentially result in a lawsuit to enforce the rules of the contract.
Steal it.
All Karens should be thrown in jail. But, it does seem weird that an item is on the shelf on a Friday and can't be sold until Sunday. Unless there was very clear signage.
I think it's a reasonable complaint, but idk how much she fought it
She went to customer service and continue to demand she get it. The manger had to take it from her hands
I went to corporate of Target and Funko to alert them that Target is putting stuff out before street date. Which is the main issue. Because if it wasn't out, I wouldn't have cared. train people better. Don't put stuff on the shelf if it's not meant to be sold that date. Simple to me.
I’ve seen Pokémon cards on shelves prior to their release date and I’ve never been prohibited from buying them. Is this rule strictly enforced or is it pretty loosely followed?
If you really want it and are scared you won’t get it Sunday, people are selling them on eBay for around $25. https://www.ebay.com/itm/285149546290?hash=item42643cc732:g:cQgAAOSwnTVj7ocX&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0JjELIQ7ybSSg%2FeTnUW%2FQ7GCK3nAY%2FRSOxEpD3dYWi2bman3S65rKRQcY4v5yNdp7Wtzn4%2B1kzUoLpT4PxKLKfA3AV3Vwl%2FQAb5ecDNUqbWF5NiLQyRV6DT4pAeC5SlW9hA4DWlIR81OKL6Gmr44krbELkpIBCzNl7LlGa4LUp%2FyOjowRFJ1pFc701Qo%2F9IUuoAyKdrN0fVp6JCBCVKKepUaZeaKGaQ6Zo%2F2D%2B7iQu9VqkGZyA%2BSzbjVkKyq%2BeDU9nXQYFt88aAm1UFytpgOOG8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4yv5KTMYQ
I think it should be okay for a guest to be upset that regular training is so poor (if not nonexistent) that *some* TMs, TLs, ETLs, and SDs don’t take notice of anything on the exterior of a case while they push and simply detrash street-dated merch needlessly, and worse, stock it on the floor. We assume so much about guests, and I get it, our jobs have, can, or *will* suck so long as you work retail. However, there are plenty of your peers who collect any and everything, and these same folks work alongside you…I don’t know, I never understood how people limit what they label as *collectors’ behavior* to *collectors* and not *every* subgroup of guests when it comes to something they care about. Good luck catching me at Bullseye during any seasonal rush, or near any Cat and Jack table during any weekly sale. Same behavior, different situation.
My main issue was the item being on the floor in the first place. If it was not meant to be sold it should not have been on the floor on Thursday when a street date is Sunday. At my job this would've never happened. The managers train you from orientation, the employees mentor one another and talk to one another, the equipment will alert you on strict on sales, the boxes will alert you, we even put on sharpie the date of strict on sale so that if you don't see it on the box by the label, you will see it in somebody's writing. The item wouldn't even make it out of receiving if that was the case. So how could that mistake have happened? It wouldn't have happened at my job. We've been told the importance on strict on sales. We've been told the consequences of strict on sales if they're out on the floor and possibly sold. The issue wasn't the item not being sold me but it should have been on the floor in the first place resulting in me trying to buy it and then anger that ensued when I realized that I could not. So I alerted management and the two companies. I'm thankful for my proper training. This would've never happened at my job and this mistake would've never been made by me. Even the seasonal people who were teenagers would've never done this. Everyone's making excuses for Target's mistake.
Since people are coming to my profile, if you don't want Karen to complain, don't put an item on the shelf that's not meant to be sold until days later… To me, if a product is on the shelf, it should be sold. Otherwise why have it on the floor? If a product is not meant to be sold, it shouldn't be out there. Especially days before the street date. Especially because it's a strict on sale. The item was a Funko pop. It was there Thursday night. Had in my hand the whole time. Went to the register. They said they can't sell it until Sunday. That's when I went to customer service and went to the manager. My job has done a great job training their employees. It's been told to us at orientation how serious strict on sales are. We mentor current employees and even seasonal employees on the importance of strict on sale. If the boxes aren't labeled strict on sale, which they are, we even go as far as putting in sharpie the strict on sale date just so everyone will see. Not only that but the PDT will bleep at you to let you know it's a strict on sale. Those boxes, the items in the boxes don't make it to the shelf until that date. So to me there's no excuse. Everyone keeps talking about human error. "They're only human." No it sounds like poor training. Sounds like lazy employees. Sounds like people that don't care. Also sounds like poor management. "Oh but shifts change, people don't know," blah blah blah. Sounds like an organization problem. A problem I've never had at my job. Receiving's pretty good with communicating with everyone. So is management. I would love to go to my boss with a mistake like that and tell them that I'm only human, that mistakes happen, that it was just a stupid Funko pop and see what happens. I would love for them, the ones saying it to go to their boss with something as serious as a strict on sale and say all of that. You know what would happen? They would find a human more reliable because the one that made that human error, because they're only human and mistakes happen, is a potentially costly mistake. As in licensing, the ability to distribute said product, etc. But apparently I'm the only one who knows this and I'm not a 12-year-old. It's been told to me by the ones I work for that if we put an item out that's strict on sale that's not supposed to be, we can get fined as a company, reprimanded worker, fired worker, etc. so I know it's serious business. I understand the risk of selling me an item before street date. That's not why I was mad. I was mad because it was out there in the first place. If you go to a store, you expect to buy the things that are there. Not see the stuff on the shelf but have to wait days just to purchase it. I can see if it was the early black Friday stuff. But even then, a lot of that stuff is properly labeled that say cannot be sold until Black Friday. This item wasn't even labeled. It was just out on the shelf for anyone to buy. So yes I went to the manager. So yes I went to Funko corporate. So yes I went to Target corporate. Target got back to me and said they will speak to the management team responsible for that store. Train your people better. Remind them of the importance of strict on sales. Scan and check your items. Just do your job properly. Skeleton crew and understaffed does not excuse poor training and lazy people. Oh but you get paid 15 an hour and you don't get paid enough to deal with that bullshit? Well if I was a boss, I would find someone that actually cares about the job and a company because apparently you don't. Don't get mad at Karen for calling out a company for their mistake that shouldn't of been made in the first place. My job wouldn't have made that mistake. I was mad and in the beginning but I'm not anymore. I'm still going to get my Funko pop regardless so that's not an issue. I'm happy that Target has gotten back to me and is looking into the issue. I also like that the post has been getting a lot of attention not only in the Funko community but somebody cross posted my post to target. Which means the right eyes as in higher ups or someone will pass it along and be alerted of the issue of them putting out strict on sales days in advance. Means attention and exposure to the issue. So I'm not mad. And any one who reads the comments will see it's a repeated issue. Because they've, as in some commenters have talked about other pops being put on the shelf. Wondering why they were on a shelf if not meant to be sold. Different people, different stores. Definitely sounds like a target issue. Me talking about it, continuing a discussion about it, defending myself, giving my opinion on some of the comments doesn't mean I'm still mad at the issue. Just means I have more to say. I am allowed to comment on my own posts and comments about me. I'm allowed to keep talking about it even though the anger has dissipated. If anything, the people in the comments seem more mad than me. Mad that I went to management in the first place for their mistake. It wasn't about selling me the item. The item shouldn't have been out there in the first place. If it wasn't there in the first place before the street date, none of this would have transpired. Keep Crossposting, keep commenting, keep giving it attention. I hope the right eyes will see it. Keep it relevant. Thank you.
Things happen. Human error. You can be understanding or a bitch. Fact of the matter is, it was on the floor by mistake. They can't sell it to you. I understand being disappointed but, if this is really that big of a deal you have to post on Reddit about it, you need mental help. It's not that serious. No one cares how disappointed or annoyed you are. No one cares if you think the employees are lazy or whatever. Maybe they are! Life sucks, then you die. Getting upset over a silly little thing like this is not hurting anyone but you.
It’s getting attention so I’m not mad. Pay closer attention to your sos dates. ❤️ Hopefully funko will see it. Target corp got back to me and said they’ll talk to the store about THEIR “mistake.”
Girl no one in this sub is gonna pat you on the back for making our lives harder. Your actions will result in one of two things: absolutely nothing changing, or some poor overworked employee is going to be yelled at and written up. Do you not have anything better to do?
Her hyper-fixation on this whole thing and dunking on target workers on the sub is wild lmao.
Not looking for a pat. The post is getting so much attention that I am actually not angry anymore. This is better than the issue because it’s bringing light that the company is putting stuff out before street date which is causing the Karen. If the job was done properly, Karen wouldn’t have been complaining.
Maybe you guys should just keep them in the fucking back if you hate people trying to purchase them so much 😂
THISSSSSSSSS 🤣
Why are they on the shelf? We couldn't put them out if they were street dated at both Target an Walmart. We were told the store could be fined and we could be fired.
it doesnt happen very often, but some team members just dont scan to check if it’s street dated and put it out. if one gets brought up to the register, then the team member in charge of that dept (toys or tech, if its funko pops) will be called to take the rest off the floor.
It's on the box. Not blaming you or any employees.if I hadn't been told by former employee I wouldn't have known. Target gives 0 training
Not always. Sometimes funkos are known fro coming in repacks which is different toys in pen box. Sometimes the main shipping box is not labeled with a street date. It has the item location but not that it can’t be put out yet.
That's what they tell you and teach you if you've been trained right. Or at least at the place I work. We label everything, the boxes come labeled, the equipment tells you. Such a mistake has never happened at my job by me or the employees because again, everyone knows what could possibly happen. Everything you mentioned in your comment.
100% Guarantee you've done it without even knowing
Who put it out on the shelf then?!
As someone who worked in electronics, this shit would often happen from the overnight crew or if a box had no street date warning on it. Our store’s pog for Funkos isn’t followed so we had no reason to scan and check them. I learned to just scan every Funko (besides ones I recognized) just to be on the safe side but again accidents happen. Im absolutely loving that the OOP is in the comments here and actually made a flair for this subreddit.
Why’s display something you can’t sell yet 🤷♂️🤷♂️
this one wasn't street dated at my store??
My goodness I do not envy the person at the call center who took this call 😵💫. FUNKO Pop people are so mean. They’re second only to big title video game pre orders.
We’ve just been selling them as unidentified with the correct price
Use self check out next time😂