The time a Target employee told me to buy the floor model blender

I was at Target in Denver looking at blenders and this worker walks up and says 'honestly, just get the floor model, it's half off and still works fine.' So I grabbed it for $35 instead of $70. Got it home, plugged it in, and the lid flew off on the first smoothie attempt. Took it back and they gave me a brand new one anyway, so I guess her advice was half right. Has anyone else taken a random employee's shortcut advice and had it backfire?

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ray_mitchell1mo ago

So did the employee give you the side-eye when you walked back in with the lid in your hand? That's classic Target employee trickery right there. They get a commission on getting rid of floor models, I swear. You basically paid $35 for a used blender and a free trip back to the store. At least you ended up with a working one. Maybe next time just buy the display TV and hope the same thing happens.

hill.troy1mo ago

Wait, do Target employees actually get commissions on floor models or is that just a running joke? I've always kinda wondered if they're trying to dump those or if it's just bad luck.

jesse29012d ago

Wait, there are actually people out there who believe Target employees get commissions on floor models? That's wild to me. I've never heard anything like that before and I've bought floor models from there a few times. The employees always seem annoyed when I ask about them, not eager to sell one. They have to go find a manager to mark it down and it's always this whole production. I think ray_mitchell was just joking around, right? Because if Target actually paid commissions on floor models, every employee in electronics would be shoving them at you the second you walked in. Did that guy really think the employee was trying to trick him into a sale?