David Leavitt, a blue check on Twitter, with well over 200,000 followers has seemingly decided to use his “influence” to bully a Target manager because she allegedly refused to sell him a toothbrush that he claims was labeled for only $0.01.
A reasonable person would probably understand that the toothrbush, which appears to be an Oral-B Pro 5000 in his picture( similar items priced on Amazon sell around $89.94 ) being marked for $0.01 is probably a simple mistake (which is also debatable as the picture David Leavitt tweeted appears to show the $0.01 price being for a display item, so the mistake may be entirely on him).
However, it seems David Leavitt had other plans, taking to Twitter to not only put the blame on Target but also Tori, allegedly the store manager who refused to make the sale.
As you can see below, his Tweet even included her photo. I can’t imagine the mindset someone would have to not only bully a retail employee but to also blatantly take their picture and then post it online to over 200,000 followers. Apparently he even called the Police over this incident… This all, however, backfired terribly on David Leavitt.
This @target manager Tori is not honoring the price of their items per massachusetts law pic.twitter.com/7IYMjCcutZ
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
I just had to call the police because @target Refused to sell me the toothbrush
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
I did not call 911. I called the business number for the police and told them it was not an emergency and they could take their time and explained the situation.
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
I have not been able to afford to go to a dentist in over three years. So yes I wanted a good toothbrush and was thrilled to see such an amazing prize on an @OralB but @target refused to honor it and now I have to take them to court
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
The Tweets are also Archived, you can find them here.
As if his own Tweets were not embarrassing enough, the public was quick to point out inconsistencies with his story.
Over 3 years, huh? š¤š§ pic.twitter.com/nC94v2jy4e
— Sports ReUp (@SportsReUp) January 17, 2020
Target hereās your evidence to win the case, you won. My price is just a few gift cards at your discretion pic.twitter.com/3OPZPTO6XX
— Eric Thighboul Von Bro Dude (@EJF_215) January 18, 2020
It also seems like David Leavitt has somewhat of a history using his Twitter “influence” to try and demand things from companies.
Maybe, and Iām just spitballing here, you could afford to go to the dentist if you stopped buying video games at Walmart? pic.twitter.com/Jx7mk5x88n
— Tom Kleven (@tomkleven1) January 18, 2020
Allegedly he also steals content. Stealing content to re-post on Twitter for likes/engagement is a common tactic by people, unfortunately. This is always a rather scummy thing to do but keep in mind that David Leavitt also claims to be an “Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist” in his Twitter bio.
You still havenāt apologized for stealing my joke, Mr. Journalist. pic.twitter.com/U4Qu9mXmfm
— Santa Claus, CEO (@SantaInc) January 17, 2020
The backlash continued.
So you decided to publicly shame a random Target worker because youāre mad about a toothbrush
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 17, 2020
congrats on finding a way to make literally everyone on this website hate you
— 9 V O L T (@9_volt_) January 18, 2020
My goodness, do you realize how awful you look posting this when you were trying to steal a toothbrush? What is your problem dude. You are serious loser.
Delete your account.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) January 17, 2020
"I need to speak to a manager!" pic.twitter.com/YixbziKVMF
— Simper Fi (@Lmoneyfresh) January 17, 2020
Youāre a prize prick.
Please take this to court so the judge can force Target to sell a plastic display stand to you for $0.01.
Plus your legal fees of $10,000.
— Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) January 18, 2020
Please donāt blast the poor working woman because you want to scam a toothbrush. You can critique the corporate office, not the person doing her job.
— āļøRob Anderson for Louisiana (@RobAnderson2018) January 18, 2020
Even Daniel I. Lampke, an attorney at LamkeLaw LLC, commented on the situation.
David is wrong. That law doesnāt apply when discrepancy is a gross error, in that the lowest price is less than half of the checkout price and the seller, in the previous 30 days, did not intend to sell the grocery item at the lowest price. G.L. c. 94, s. 184C(i)(2) @AskTarget pic.twitter.com/NN7VqLKvgr
— Daniel I. Lampke (@daniellampke) January 17, 2020
The official Target Twitter account responded as well.
Can we have you please DM us with your name, email, phone number, and the location of the store? Assuming you are referring to the 0.01 on the tag, that also shows display and not the item you are showing with the spider anti-theft device. Can you tell us what the police said?
— AskTarget (@AskTarget) January 17, 2020
David’s response? Hinting at a potential lawsuit.
They verified the info was accurate and told me I can take you to court for not honoring the price and are giving me a record that what I said happened happened
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
These of corse are only a few of the responses David Leavitt received, which were mostly a combination of laughing at him and/or being disgusted.
The story does have a pleasant ending however. A GoFundMe was created by Twitter user @CarpeDonktum.
I have started a GoFundMe to send Tori on a vacation.
Anyone that has to deal with this twerp definitely deserves it. I'll start with a $50 donation.https://t.co/1ntqpiQngY https://t.co/X0bD1vZt5E
— Carpe Donktumš¹ (@CarpeDonktum) January 17, 2020
The GoFundMe can be found here, at the time of writing this it has already accumulated over $17,000.
UPDATE: I believe I have made contact with THE TORI and I am working to confirm, will speak to her tomorrow.
Until then, THANK YOU!
— Carpe Donktumš¹ (@CarpeDonktum) January 18, 2020
Finally, his more recent Tweets have been getting terribly ratio’d. Tori has over $17,000 raised for her and David’s attempt at mocking the unfortunate manager, seems to have backfired entirely on him.
( A heartfelt thanks for 13thprotector for the news tip! )
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