http://blog.giftcardrescue.com/circuit-city-may-go-out-of-business-by-11609/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.giftcardrescue.com/circuit-city-may-go-out-of-business-by-11609/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Circuit City going out of business - will honor gift cards through March | Gift Card Blog Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:28:40 +0000 http://www.giftcardblogger.com/?p=374#comment-364 [...] that is will close all remaining stores after the company failed to find a buyer. As referenced in this post, the company was looking for a buyer after it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, [...] [...] that is will close all remaining stores after the company failed to find a buyer. As referenced in this post, the company was looking for a buyer after it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, [...]

]]> http://blog.giftcardrescue.com/circuit-city-may-go-out-of-business-by-11609/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Rich Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:58:30 +0000 http://www.giftcardblogger.com/?p=374#comment-363 I purchased Target gift cards as gifts for my employees. After the holiday, one of the recipients went to redeem at Target and found there was no balance on the card. I called the store and spoke to security. They asked that I bring in the receipt and card for review. Their security tape showed that the card was redeemed the same day in the same aisle, five transactions after I purchased the card. The AP (security associate) treated me as if I tried to pull a scam and at one point threatened to call security to have me removed from the store. Eventually, they reissued credit on the card, after telling me the card had been redeemed and they are under no obligation to reissue the credit. At no time did he claim that it could have been an internal theft problem. During the whole experience, I was treated as if I was a crook and the only reason they issued credit was that they could not prove the cause. They also claimed that I dropped the card and someone picked it up and used it. How is that possible if my employee (that lives over 50 miles from the store) and I had the card in our possession the whole time? I will NEVER buy a gift card nor shop at Target again… I purchased Target gift cards as gifts for my employees. After the holiday, one of the recipients went to redeem at Target and found there was no balance on the card. I called the store and spoke to security. They asked that I bring in the receipt and card for review. Their security tape showed that the card was redeemed the same day in the same aisle, five transactions after I purchased the card. The AP (security associate) treated me as if I tried to pull a scam and at one point threatened to call security to have me removed from the store. Eventually, they reissued credit on the card, after telling me the card had been redeemed and they are under no obligation to reissue the credit. At no time did he claim that it could have been an internal theft problem. During the whole experience, I was treated as if I was a crook and the only reason they issued credit was that they could not prove the cause. They also claimed that I dropped the card and someone picked it up and used it. How is that possible if my employee (that lives over 50 miles from the store) and I had the card in our possession the whole time? I will NEVER buy a gift card nor shop at Target again…

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