<p>We're one of many families moving their D or S to Miami from afar. I remember being told at U. Miami meetings that there were programs allowing students to shop locally at Target and then pick up items at the Miami Target. So I searched CC and the internet for instructions. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the word target is overloaded on CC ;-) so it is difficult to find information there about this program; and the articles I found here usually assume everyone knows how the program works.</p>
<p>Here is what we've discovered about these programs at Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond (wanting to share this; and it is possible that someone knows a better way of doing these things):</p>
<p>Target
We called the national 1-800 number for Target and were told that there are two ways to do things: one, you can try to time it by placing an order online at target.com (usually a week in advance) and have it delivered to the Miami Target for pick-up, where it will be held for four days; two, you can go to your local Target and scan items; these will be made into a list that will be held for you at the Miami Target (no timing required).</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this second method does NOT exist. Neither the manager of our local target nor the manager of the Miami Dadeland Target was aware of a mechanism like this. Instead, there is a program to create a shopping list that one can use with method one to time the order and have</a> things delivered (to be held for four days). One can download</a> an app to an Android smartphone to use to scan items to a Target List.</p>
<p>Bed, Bath and Beyond
I think that the 1-800 Target guy we spoke with must have been thinking about BBB, because they do indeed have scanners in their stores (associated with gift registries). The way their Pack</a> and Hold program works is this:</p>
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<li>You go to your local BBB and head back to the gift registry desk</li>
<li>Tell them you want to order items locally (through scanning) to be held remotely (at the BBB near University of Miami).</li>
<li>They will hand you a four page information packet customized to UM that includes a shopping list (noting a handful of items that BBB sells but that are not allowed in UM dorms), room layouts for the UM dorms and directions to the remote BBB and instructions on how to pick up your package(s).</li>
<li>You will need to fill out an application that states, among other things, your contact information and the earliest date you might pick up your packages. There is (according to the woman we spoke with) NO limit on how long they will hold your package for you; and you do not BUY it until you pick it up there. There will just be a large box (they have these out in the boonies on their parking lot, away from the store itself) with the items you've scanned and requested held. </li>
<li>You are allowed to remove any items from your box at time of pick-up without any penalties--there is no obligation to buy anything that is in your box(es).</li>
<li>Unlike the Target List, everything you scan (minus any items you remove from the list before you leave the store) will be boxed and held for you at the remote BBB location. Target lets you edit your list online but there is not a similar mechanism with BBB. You can rinse and repeat with new scanned lists at BBB--they will simply group your packed/held boxes for you for pick-up.</li>
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<p>Alternately, you can shop</a> online and choose a ship date when you are ready to check out. This seems more convenient than manually timing it at Target.</p>