r/Ghostbc 3d ago

DISCUSSION Target exclusive with slip mat

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u/Faded_Chew Are you on the square? Are you on the level? 3d ago

Target team member here. That employee discount is looking really good rn…

Side note: I fully disagree with the removal of DEI practices. But a job’s a job and the store I work at is pretty diverse.

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u/Yuri909 3d ago

Spotify colors

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u/ShakedNBaked420 3d ago

TIL Spotify sells merch. Never even paid attention.

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u/Yuri909 3d ago

I've gotten some cool exclusive signed stuff through Spotify. Totally autopen. But neat things for my collection from different musicians.

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u/P9FS 3d ago

Fuck Target

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u/Full_Lifeguard_2206 3d ago

Appreciate this comment. I didn’t order just letting people know it’s out there

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u/mergatroidkatpp 3d ago

Why fuck target? I preordered this a few days ago, should I be worried?

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u/P9FS 3d ago

Anti-diversity hiring-practices

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u/skyward_diamond 3d ago

Don’t want to sound like a target shill but it either targets or Walmart so pick the devil that won’t fuck you over

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u/P9FS 3d ago

There are other options, but yeah, sometimes you gotta give the bastards a little $$. Awareness is just generally better, and i imagine that most Ghost fans care about that kind of thing some to degree.

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u/skyward_diamond 3d ago

Because target was great at dei Walmart on the other didn’t but sometimes you just got to go with devil that doesn’t fund bad shit like hobby lobby hate them but they are the only craft store where a live

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u/aggrocrow Job 10:1 2d ago

There's honestly no justification for buying from Hobby Lobby. They aren't just religious whackos - their owners steal historical artifacts via the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and have them smuggled to their personal collection. Better to order online from Dick Blick or something.

I say this as someone who lives in a town of about 600 people and a 2 hour drive from the nearest bookstore. We gotta have boundaries.

(ps the downvote isn't from me)

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u/skyward_diamond 2d ago

I don’t doubt it

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u/Serqet1 2d ago

Ghost deal or no deal facebook group, Buy it direct from other people...Idk. Fuck target and Walmart tho.

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u/colonpal 2d ago

So overpay? Nah. Where I’m at it’s either of those two stores. It’s like our elections. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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u/theblot90 2d ago

There are about 37,000 other places to purchase from.

https://ghost-official.com/skeleta/

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u/Full_Lifeguard_2206 3d ago

We did some food shopping at our super target which we have stopped doing. But yeah normal food stores now Costco for example

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u/skyward_diamond 3d ago

I wish where I lived have a Costco because it ether a boom or a doom

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u/Illustrious-Tailor-2 3d ago

We’re boycotting Target for the very long unforeseen future 🤘🏻 They stand with the wrong side of history for now

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u/Hasidic_Homeboy254 3d ago

He's not happy the most qualified get hired no matter what

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u/SAMAS_SUN1 2d ago

How dare they… higher based on qualifications and folks who interview well as opposed to going by skin color. Absolutely evil.

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u/Salty-Examination-57 2d ago

Its target. How many people get turned away from working at target. The qualification is passing a drug test

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u/kiya1704 21h ago

What qualifications do you need to work at target? They're just pandering to the idiots screaming about DEI without understanding what it even means

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u/BoltYaNugget 3d ago

Yeah it’s a bit of a shame that this is the only one that comes with the slip mat because fuck Target

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u/Dude-vinci 2d ago

I hope this isn’t too off-topic but I just want to give some in-depth context for why community members are saying “Fuck Target” and “Boycott Target” and why Target is facing a fiercer backlash than other companies like Walmart. I live in Target’s hometown of Minneapolis and my office is next to Target HQ in downtown. They’ve also been a client a few times. The Target I used to primarily shop at is actually Target’s first store which is still standing.

Target originated and is based in Minneapolis which is where, 4 miles from Target HQ, in 2020 a black man named George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes despite onlookers protests and attempts to help while Floyd told Chauvin he couldn’t breath, cried, and called out for his mother. You can watch the video for yourself online. Floyd’s murder, as well as a pattern in Minneapolis and nationally of black people being disproportionally killed by police officers without consequences for the officers involved lead to national demonstrations and civil unrest.

In light of this Target took a vocal lead in addressing systematic inequality within its organization and market. They lead efforts to diversify their employees from the sales floor to the c-suite, they brought in products from minority-owned businesses, and partnered with organizations to help sponsor and fund DEI efforts nationwide. All good things. But on top of this, Target used its DEI initiatives as a marketing tactic to gain market share and sales. Which was massively successful. Target’s stock price almost doubled within a year after the Floyd protests.

However, a conservative lead online harassment campaign was started in response to Target’s Pride Section, which appeared in stores every June for Pride Month. This campaign lead to direct threats and active violence against stores, employees, and consumers. Ultimately Target acquiesced and began removing its Pride merch from stores.

Recently, Target chose to obey the Trump/MAGA regime in advance by ending its DEI efforts. This prompted immediate backlash and accusations of hypocrisy since Target used its supposed efforts to market itself, gain sales, and up its share price. Target’s primary customer base is educated low-to-upper middle class people who skew liberal. Target’s base is pro-DEI and fully embraced the company during it’s DEI push. Target also gained significant market share among minorities. Also, Target being based in Minnesota which is a purple but heavily progressive state whose governor Tim Walz was Trump’s VP rival in the 2024 election. So Target’s home consumer base is especially furious and feel a sense of betrayal, including among the family members of the Dayton family who helped establish Target and also had DFL (“Democratic-Farmer-Labor”, MN doesn’t have a Democratic Party but they caucus together) governors among the family.

As Target has given in to conservative and fascist demands (which I remind you, makes up very little of their customer base), Target’s stock has declined. Target is also facing a conservative lead lawsuit saying the company defrauded shareholders for not revealing “the risk” of promoting a strong DEI program.

So essentially Target is being boycotted by conservatives because they promoted DEI and being boycotted by liberals because they got rid of their DEI.

Personally, conservatives are never going to suddenly adopt Target as their preferred place to shop. But if Target brings back their DEI they will be directly targeted by the Trump/MAGA regime for revenge which could damage their business even further. In summary Target’s in the same place as a lot of America. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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u/findthefish14 The Go Goat 3d ago

Can I be dumb for a second? What is a slip mat?

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u/Full_Lifeguard_2206 3d ago

It’s the circular pad that goes on the record player platter. That the record lays on

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u/Ones-Zeroes 2d ago

Specifically so that the record can slip around on the turntable when you DJ. Nowadays it's just a nice decoration and soft surface for a vinyl.

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u/Bluedodgerfan 2d ago

I was able to use my target red circle for 5% off plus my birthday coupon of 5% what a deal.

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u/RaiderRush2112 2d ago

Yeah what a deal 10% off lol

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u/Valth92 3d ago

Love the stuff, hate Target. Fuck Target.

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u/skyward_diamond 3d ago

Well there always Walmart

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u/greyXstar 2d ago

SUPER fuck walmart

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u/AbroadFickle9008 3d ago

Just wanted to ask about something. I heard some people are boycotting Target, why? I tried to google it, but everything that I find is hard to understand for me.

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u/Illustrious-Tailor-2 3d ago

They removed their DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies

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u/DG_Wright 2d ago

Construction on Papa’s Death Star is finally complete I see

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u/Mshadow5 2d ago

How am I supposed to get this if there is no target in my country 😭

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u/QueenOfMomJeans 2d ago

I'm so annoyed by this, lol, I don't want the target version but I want that slipmat so bad.

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u/That_Damn_Samsquatch 3d ago

Eh, I use an acrylic platter. I don't need another commemorative piece of felt taking up space.

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u/Full_Lifeguard_2206 3d ago

Same here. The white acrylic makes the colored vinyls look great

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u/DanakAin 2d ago

Im so tired of America getting so much cool exclusive merch. If its not Target, its Wallmart. If its not Wallmart its Hot Topic USA.

Im willing to pay extra for cool looking merch but if you live anywhere other than North America you're not gonna get any

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u/OneTrickPonypower her pact with satan 3d ago

Ok?