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Jul 18th 2007, 6:24 am

Gothchick

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whats a raincheck?

hi

Know it sounds really thick, but my philosophy is that if you don't know ask.
Just reading the target website
http://www.target.com.au/html/services/services2.htm
and it keeps mentioning getting a raincheck, what does that mean?
Probably quite an obvious answer, but hey I'm feeling particularly thick today!!!

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Jul 18th 2007, 6:31 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

I think its the same as putting stuff on lay by, not totally sure though!!

Jul 18th 2007, 6:33 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by Gothchick

Thanks,

Gothchick

Means that if they have run out of whatever the item is you can ask them to get one in for you and get it at the catalogue price

Jul 18th 2007, 6:33 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by Gothchick

Thanks,

Gothchick

strangely enough it's on Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_(Australia)

Quote:

Raincheck: In accordance with government requirements, Target offers the Raincheck service, which allows the customer to leave their desire for unavailable stock with the store, and, upon its dispatch from the respective Target Distribution Centre, the customer is notified via post. The customer is not required to pay for this service and no fees are charged by the store.

Jul 18th 2007, 6:33 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by Gothchick

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Gothchick

a raincheck, is if something is not in stock, they will order it for you and put it aside at the price that it is currently being offered at (me thinks

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Jul 18th 2007, 6:35 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by Sleeping Beauty

a raincheck, is if something is not in stock, they will order it for you and put it aside at the price that it is currently being offered at (me thinks

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it's a government requirement here, but it's the first time i've heard the term

Jul 18th 2007, 6:39 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by Teliko21

Means that if they have run out of whatever the item is you can ask them to get one in for you and get it at the catalogue price

ok that clears it up then,

Jul 18th 2007, 6:41 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by kez81

I think its the same as putting stuff on lay by, not totally sure though!!

Is lay-by where they have it and put it aside for you to pay for later (eg buy Xmas presents now)?

Jul 18th 2007, 6:47 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Is lay-by where they have it and put it aside for you to pay for later (eg buy Xmas presents now)?

In effect yes.
You pay a bit towards it, get a receipt and its put aside. The you get given a certain amount of time to pay it off. Its really popular
The raincheck I'd never heard of

Jul 18th 2007, 6:47 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Is lay-by where they have it and put it aside for you to pay for later (eg buy Xmas presents now)?

Yeh it is havent done it yet but a friend told me as all the toy sales are on you can actually put them on lay by till xmas which is pretty good.

Jul 18th 2007, 7:02 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

This was a handy aspect of lay-by I discovered.

I needed 4 duvet covers that looked the same. I went to one Target and they only had 2. I went to the lay-by counter and they rang another store who had 2. The other store put them on lay-by for 3 days (no deposit required) and I picked them up the following day when I was passing.

Jul 18th 2007, 7:19 am

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Re: whats a raincheck?

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Originally Posted by kez81

Yeh it is havent done it yet but a friend told me as all the toy sales are on you can actually put them on lay by till xmas which is pretty good.

we've done it this year, fab is all i can say. i go in every week and pay something off. my sister did it last year before we came out, and i thought "buying stuff on tick, humph, there's no way i would do that". and here i am doing it