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Policy Should Work Both Ways Following is a copy of the letter HOA President Kathy Miramontes sent to Target after her neighborhood was covered with flyers. Dear Target, You have a "Target Solicitation Policy," which I read on your website, listed below. HOWEVER, you do not appear to have a problem sending unsavory-looking people into our neighborhood to distribute YOUR solicitation materials. I am the president of an HOA in Mission Viejo, CA. Today, Sunday, and at approximately 9:30 a.m., I heard someone talking outside my window. I opened the window and saw two shaven-head, Hispanic males with natural-colored sacks hanging from their necks. They were going door-to-door distributing flyers in my community. Why does your no-solicitation policy only work for Target and NOT for the communities you wish to retain as customers? This particular flyer was for a Target in Foothill Ranch, CA. I did use that particular Target often, but I will no longer frequent that location. Our association pays someone to walk our property to pick up your flyers because our homeowners have agreed they do NOT want ANYONE coming into our community distributing trash that winds up on the ground as waste. Why do you not follow your own policy and prevent this from happening to the very people you want to frequent your stores as customers? http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD032d001336 I am requesting an apology to my community within 10 days and a promise from Target this will never happen again. If not, I will send out a notice to our homeowners to use other retailers, such as Wal-Mart, rather than Target when making their purchases. When our homeowners find out Target is costing them money to clean up our property, they will be most happy to discontinue purchasing from their local Target stores. Please confirm you have received my email with other than a “canned” response. Thank you, |
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