[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

No clue how it works, I’ve never had to deal with street dates in my career. It makes no sense for toys from my perspective. I’m sure Target hires team members, leads, and managers routinely like any other retailer. I’m sure they all aren’t taught about the “dire importance” of street dated toys during on-boarding. If you’re coming in from the grocery world then they are completely foreign. It’s just one more layer of complication for a retail that isn’t necessary in my opinion. I’m not sure who it really benefits.

Ahhh, ok. I thought there was something uniform in the way of rules for this sort of thing and some employees were just ignoring a greater precept - i.e. 'street dates are to be interpreted on a case-to-case basis and we can sell if we so choose'. It makes sense that different segments of retail would function independently of one another; there's no prevailing rubric running throughout the space.

Agreed on the foolishness of toy street dates in general. However, I do see the benefit to any retailer in having rabid fans like ourselves visiting their stores 2-4 times a week for an impossible to find toy. Spontaneous sales can and often are generated, with people picking up items needed by themselves or loved ones while there. Pick-ups for wives, children, girl/boy-friends, etc adds up to big bucks over time. This is also exactly the reason I believe that the Walmarts, Targets, Walgreens, and Gamestops are all too happy to broker with Hasbro for exclusives.

Annoying for sure...as if it weren't enough to contend with re-sellers/"scalpers"...