Upon receiving it, they went to the store to use it, only to find the card didn’t have a balance ... where the gift card code used to be. You take it to the register, where a Target employee ...

Once you pay for the gift, Target will send an email to the recipient ... they'll get a gift card for the remaining balance. In the case of a price increase, though, they'll still get the item ...

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