The right to know

The right to know:

I could not, with clear conscience, try to sell my house without informing potential buyers of my reason for selling, at which point I'm sure they would not be interested.

A recent purchaser of a house on Tempo Terrace told me that he was unaware of Target's backup beeper system when he purchased his house. After moving in, he of course experienced the noise. He told me he would like to have had the information prior to purchasing his home. That is identical to what I was told by the new owner of the house next door to me.

Target's beepers are frequently active all night long and in the early morning hours. They are not always active during the day, which is when prospective home-buyers are in the neighborhood. And no-one is alerting those buyers to the issue of Target's beepers.

Even if Target's backup beepers are creating a nuisance on the day that a prospective home buyer shows up, that prospective buyer is very unlikely to know that the noise is emanating from Target's yard. Rather, they will naturally assume that there is utility work of a temporary nature going on somewhere. They could then make a purchase that they will regret for the rest of their life. Again, Target's yard-trucks have long been responsible for more than 98 percent of the backup beeper noise in our neighborhood.

Considering that there are countless others who would like to have such information which is pertinent to their house-buying decision, it is our responsibility to inform Twin Cities realtors about the noise coming from Target's yard-truck beepers.

This situation is entirely due to the utterly irrational mindset and unconscionable attitude of Target management -- the intruders in our neighborhood.