Returning Target stuff to Walmart?

Is it June yet?

I bought Similac Sensitive at Target because it was on sale, plus I had coupons.  Now, the doc wants me to switch to a hypoallergenic formula.  I don't have the receipt for the formula and I don't want this to count against the $70 max receipt-less return at Target.  I should be able to exchange the formula at Walmart without a problem, right?

DiAnne82

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

LukeAndAmanda

I did that when we had to switch to Nutramigen....it worked fine for us. DH bought it, which explained why it came from Target. Walmart is way closer to our house. Totally a DH move.

VAannie

If you're just exchanging, you should be able to do that at Target without a receipt and it is an exchange, not a return, so shouldn't count against you.  

FWIW, no, it wouldn't work because Target's items won't scan in on Wal-Mart's system. 

clee2009

Did you use your debit/credit card to make the purchase? I never have a reciept for Target returns. I just give them my debit card and they are able to find my purchase that way. Makes it so much easier because I am always losing my receipts.

Gramyson

they don't return formula without a receipt. 

jamie4duke

VAannie:

If you're just exchanging, you should be able to do that at Target without a receipt and it is an exchange, not a return, so shouldn't count against you.  

FWIW, no, it wouldn't work because Target's items won't scan in on Wal-Mart's system. 

The UPC codes are the same no matter if it is Target or Walmart...they are printed by the manufacturer of the product.

Cosmogrrl

I don't know about formula, but I once tried to return something to Wal-Mart from another store, and it wouldn't scan. Of course leave it to Wal-Mart to have their own UPC codes... Don't they pretty much own the world, at least when it comes to general goods?

FWIW, I didn't know it didn't come from Wal-Mart, because my mom bought it for me and said it was from there. When they won't exchange it, she said "Oh wait, maybe I bought it somewhere else..." Thanks Mom LOL 

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jamie4duke:

VAannie:

If you're just exchanging, you should be able to do that at Target without a receipt and it is an exchange, not a return, so shouldn't count against you.  

FWIW, no, it wouldn't work because Target's items won't scan in on Wal-Mart's system. 

The UPC codes are the same no matter if it is Target or Walmart...they are printed by the manufacturer of the product.

 This is what I was thinking. 

VAannie

jamie4duke:

VAannie:

If you're just exchanging, you should be able to do that at Target without a receipt and it is an exchange, not a return, so shouldn't count against you.  

FWIW, no, it wouldn't work because Target's items won't scan in on Wal-Mart's system. 

The UPC codes are the same no matter if it is Target or Walmart...they are printed by the manufacturer of the product.

Individual stores can "recode" the UPC codes if they want to.  

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DiAnne82:

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

I don't mind ripping off Walmart a little bit.  They rip off their employees.  They've got it coming.  hahaha

bethCT

DD refuses to take a pacifier, so we took the unopened ones my mom bought at Target and returned the to Walmart no problem.

skoorbnibor

it is very dishonest. ]

and yes, formula must have a receipt. That is a government policy, not target or walmart

DiAnne82

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DiAnne82:

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

I don't mind ripping off Walmart a little bit.  They rip off their employees.  They've got it coming.  hahaha

Wow, seriously?? 

RandZB

I don't know the rules when it comes to formula (at the Walmart I go to, they keep it locked up), but if Walmart sells it, they will take it back for store credit.  If they don't sell the particular brand or style or whathaveyou, it won't scan.  Walmart doesn't recode the UPCs.  They also don't rip off their employees.  They pay much more than any other cashier gig would, more than Target does.  Employees also get 10% off non-grocery purchases.  Walmart's not my favorite store in the world, but it's not like it was founded and run by Hitler. 

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DiAnne82:

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DiAnne82:

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

I don't mind ripping off Walmart a little bit.  They rip off their employees.  They've got it coming.  hahaha

Wow, seriously?? 

Seriously. 

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RandZB:

I don't know the rules when it comes to formula (at the Walmart I go to, they keep it locked up), but if Walmart sells it, they will take it back for store credit.  If they don't sell the particular brand or style or whathaveyou, it won't scan.  Walmart doesn't recode the UPCs.  They also don't rip off their employees.  They pay much more than any other cashier gig would, more than Target does.  Employees also get 10% off non-grocery purchases.  Walmart's not my favorite store in the world, but it's not like it was founded and run by Hitler. 

Did you hear about the unpaid OT they were forcing employees to take?  Riiiip off.  And don't get me wrong, I do a lot of shopping at Walmart (groceries).  I know that they don't actually pay for what's on their shelves unless it actually sells, so by exchanging formula there, they won't be hurt profit-wise anyway.  2 cans going in, 2 cans going out. 

Sunkiss028

VAannie:

If you're just exchanging, you should be able to do that at Target without a receipt and it is an exchange, not a return, so shouldn't count against you.  

FWIW, no, it wouldn't work because Target's items won't scan in on Wal-Mart's system. 

I would think this would work. I know for a fact items at all stores don't have the same UPCs whether its put on by the manufacturer or not-items won't scan the same at all stores.

DiAnne82

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DiAnne82:

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DiAnne82:

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

I don't mind ripping off Walmart a little bit.  They rip off their employees.  They've got it coming.  hahaha

Wow, seriously?? 

Seriously. 

I guess the way I look at things just b/c someone did something wrong doesn't give you the right to be dishonest to them.  

RandZB

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Did you hear about the unpaid OT they were forcing employees to take?  Riiiip off.  And don't get me wrong, I do a lot of shopping at Walmart (groceries).  I know that they don't actually pay for what's on their shelves unless it actually sells, so by exchanging formula there, they won't be hurt profit-wise anyway.  2 cans going in, 2 cans going out. 

Never said they were perfect.  I work in employment law, and we see tons of unpaid overtime cases.  The vast majority of corporations are waaaaaay worse than Walmart, but you never hear about them in the news.  Walmart is always the bad guy, the Evil Empire, and it's just getting old.  In the interest of full disclosure, my husband is an executive with Walmart, but I was very much pro-Walmart before we even met.  They've got a good business model, and as a capitalist I appreciate that. 

LukeAndAmanda

I don't know what their policy is...

But I did take one large can of Enfamil Lipil (that was purchased at Target), back to Walmart. They gave me cash, and I went back and got a can of Nutramigen becaues that's what we needed. So either someone broke the rules, or it's possible. Not sure.

Hippinski

Knowingly returning something to a store that you didn't purchase it at is called fraud.  Take it back to the store you bought it at.  Easy enough.

AmandaHearn

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DiAnne82:

Isn't that dishonest since you know it came from Target? I couldn't do that, but that's just me.

I don't mind ripping off Walmart a little bit.  They rip off their employees.  They've got it coming.  hahaha

I agree with this being dishonest and am appalled that anyone would think it's 'okay' to rip off anyone because they do it to other people.  Wrong is wrong, no matter what.