Monday, May 18, 2009

Boulder Pledge: Target

I thought they were one of the good guys. I was treated rudely at the food avenue a couple of weeks ago, and I sent complaint through the web form. I got the auto-ack from them where they basically they were dev/null’ing my complaint, which isn’t good. And then this showed up in my inbox today:

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Needless to say, I’m taking the Boulder Pledge on Target, and I will never shop there again. Period. It’s one thing to be rude to your costumers. It’s another thing to spam them.



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