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First time this has ever happened in the 10 years the site's been open, but we had a major hard drive failure which took down our whole server. So we had to quickly get a new server ready and transfer the daily backup which was almost 24 hours old at that point, so everything you've done since 4am EST on Sunday is gone. Sorry for that

That's one of the reasons I made the change

http://www.gottadeal.com/images/target.gif Welcome to the Wonderful World of Target Perimeter Perusing! As many of you know, Target B&M stores are known for their terrific clearance deals. This thread is for GottaDeal.com forum members to share their latest clearance finds. Also, please keep non-clearance discussion to a minimum - there are other threads for discussing weekly sale ads and store policy. This first post will contain some background information on the wonderful world of Target clearance, otherwise known around here as Perimeter Perusing! You may have noticed that although the sticker price (the red-orange clearance sticker) show one price, many times the items will actually scan for a lesser amount. You can use this to your advantage because many shoppers without the benefit of being GottaDeal members do not realize this and pass the item by, thinking the sticker price is the actual price. Also, many times an item is not marked clearance in any way but still may be on clearance, so if you have an item that you would consider buying if it was on clearance, we suggest you take it to the nearest scanner and check the price that comes up. This is especially true of items which other members have reported being on clearance at their local store. The standard clearance pattern at Target usually begins by items being marked down 15% or 30% at the beginning. This price can last somewhere between two weeks to a month, depending on how well the item sells at this price and what department the item is from. Then the item typically drops to 50%, again for anywhere from two weeks to a month in most cases. Generally, the lowest an item will be marked down is 75% off, with a few exceptions. Items considered 'holiday' or 'seasonal' items have been known to go as low as 90%, and you will find a few occasional display items or things found in the stockroom after inventory discounted in the 80%-90% range. In many cases, the lowest price an item will go will usually end in $x.x4 or $x.x8, but this is not always the case for 100% of items, so take that into consideration. A typical markdown schedule for the seasonal or holiday clearance is as follows: Traditional Post-Holiday Target Clearance Schedule 50% off - marked down on the day after the holiday, usually lasts for three days 75% off - marked down on the fourth day after the holiday, usually lasts for three days 90% off - marked down on the seventh day after the holiday, usually lasts for 1-3 days Other than Christmas, this is usually the schedule used for post-holiday clearance, including Valentine's Day, Easter, Summerville, and Halloween, for at least the last few years. The holiday mark-down does seem to fluctuate from store to store on occasion, but to help demonstrate how the holiday clearance has gone in 2008 and 2009, here is the Decatur, AL clearance dates for Valentine's Day and Halloween, courtesy of Timswife81404: Valentine's 08 Feb. 15th, 2008 = 50% Feb. 18th, 2008 = 75% Feb. 20th, 2008 = 90% Valentine’s 09 Feb. 15th, 2009 = 50% Feb. 17th, 2009 = 75% (red dot dollar spot too) Feb. 21st, 2009 = 90% Halloween 08 Nov. 1st, 2008 = 50% Nov. 4th, 2008 = 75% Nov. 8th, 2008 = 90% Halloween 09 Nov. 1st, 2009 = 50% Nov. 3rd, 2009 = 75% Nov. 7th, 2009 = 90% Target initiated a controversial new return policy in November 2002 that says any seasonal clearance items returned will be refunded at the current clearance price, even with a receipt showing a higher purchase price. They updated the policy in April 2003 to specify these items as Christmas trees and decorations and Halloween costumes and decorations. Other seasonal merchandise should still be refunded at the price stated on the reciept. Christmas clearance is an animal all to itself. The dates appear to be as follows: 50% off - always December 26,lasts four to five days 75% off - within a day or two on either side of New Year's Eve/Day (12/31-01/01) 90% off - within a day or two of Epiphany (01/06) The Decatur, AL markdown schedule for Christmas in 2007, 2008 and 2009 was as follows: Christmas 07 Dec. 26th, 2007 = 50% Dec. 31st, 2007 = 75% Jan. 4th, 2007 = 90% Christmas 08 Dec. 26th, 2008 = 50% Dec. 30th, 2008 = 75% Jan. 6th, 2009 = 90% Jan. 2nd, 2009 = 75% Dollar Spot Christmas (black dot) Christmas 09 Dec. 26th, 2009 = 50% Dec. 31st, 2009 = 75% (black dollar spot too) Jan. 5th, 2010 = 90% Twice a year, Target has a major clearance on toys. Once in January and again in the summer. Here are the dates for the January toy clearance in Decatur, AL: Toys 08 Jan. 10th, 2008 = 75% Toys 09 Jan. 15th, 2009 = 75% on MOST toys some still 30-50% Jan. 29th, 2009 = 75% on remaining toys Toys 10 Jan. 15th, 2010 = 75% (Friday) Other departments have an annual major clearance. Dates will be posted here as they become known. Baby 09 Jan. 19th, 2009 = 75% on MOST already clearanced Jan. 26th, 2009 = 75% on remaining clearance Target is one of the few stores where many (although not all) of the cashiers have the ability to bargain when an item doesn't scan with a price. There are times when an item will scan as 'clearance + tax' - be happy in these situations instead of groaning. Sometimes the cashier can do a price override to find the most recent lowest price, but sometimes if you say "I'll take it for (whatever 75% off the marked retail price would be)" they'll just key that in. It's always worth a shot. The same thing applies for an item that scans 'NOF' (Not On File). This means the item is so old that it is completely out of the computer inventory system. Again, a good suggestion is to try offering the 75% off the retail price, but if necessary a price can usually be looked up at the Guest Services Desk. However, if an item has gone 'salvage,' this may backfire on you. In this instance Target marks the item back up to full retail value before pulling it from the shelves and donating it to a charity such as Goodwill or the Salvation Army for a tax write off. This is one of the reasons how Target can claim to donate so much to charity. The markdown teams in each many stores have been known to keep to a standardized schedule, but there are stores that have different ones, so your experience many vary. For those who do follow the standard schedule, the departmental markdown days are: Traditional Department Mark Down Schedule Monday - Electronics, Kids' Clothing, Stationery, Cards, Gift wrap Tuesday - Domestics, Women's Clothing, Pets, Market Pantry Wednesday - Men's Clothing, Toys, Health and Beauty, Lawn & Garden Thursday - Housewares, Lingerie, Shoes, Sporting Goods, Movies, Music, Books, Decor, Luggage Friday - Automotive, Cosmetics, Hardware, Jewelry Note that while this schedule says nothing about weekend markdowns, many Perimeter Perusers on the forum have seen items change in price between a Saturday morning shopping trip and one done on a Sunday afternoon. But nobody has found any rhyme or reason to what gets marked down on those days though - another part of the fun. Target does not have a layaway plan, but die-hard Perimeter Perusers have tried various methods of getting around this. Most are constantly debated on the forum as far as being 'ethical' or not, so we'll leave it for you to decide for yourself. Just don't be surprised to find some differing opinions if you bring it up in this thread. When an item goes 50% off and there are several left, some posters have said they find a hiding place to put the item. They then go back to see if the item is still there several weeks later, and if so, scan it to see if it has dropped in price. Some common hiding places shared are in the middle of a round clothes rack, where all of the clothes hide the item, about a third of the way off the floor of a stack of pillows or behind similar items, perhaps with newer packaging, on the proper shelf. Sometimes, when items are getting scarce at 50% off, posters will buy them at that price and hold on to the receipt. If they find the item later at 75% or 90% off, they will buy the item again, remove any clearance stickers that show the lower price and return the item at another time with the older, higher priced receipt, as long as it is within the 90-day return period. While not technically a clearance topic, in this thread, you may see reference to MM Juice or MM packs. These refer to 10 packs of Minute Maid juice boxes that can generally be bought for $.69. They are found in the juice aisle mixed in with the 15 packs. This usually includes only the Grape, Apple & Fruit Punch flavors -- never Orange Juice. They look exactly like the 15 packs which are generally stocked on the shelf, but instead of having 3 rows of 5 boxes, there are only 2 rows. They are often mixed in with the others, and even hidden in the back behind the 15 packs. You may go months or longer before you find your first set, but they really do exist. They are not an urban legend. And most of us can attest that you'll do a little dance in the aisle when you find them the first time. Helpful Target Clearance-Related Links Target Store Locator Target Coupon Generator Target Clearance Locator

We're going to keep a Black Friday sub-forum open all year this year. While I don't expect there to be much posting here in the next 7-8 months, if there is any news about Black Friday 2014 that comes up, we now have a place to discuss it. I've also put the archives in this forum as well so all the Black Friday stuff is contained in this sub-forum all year long.

The only thing I've ordered from them has been their "mystery boxes" that they have every few months. I didn't have any issues, but those weren't shipped from another country.

There is a help section here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/index.php?app=core&module=help Keep in mind that you don't have to include images if you can't figure it out. Just post the name of the item, the price/list price and a link.

10% off your purchase in store Saturday and Sunday: http://pressroom.target.com/news/a-message-from-ceo-gregg-steinhafel-about-targets-payment-card-issues Excludes all gift cards, entertainment cards, airtime cards, prepaid cards, iTunes cards, Apple, Bose, all video games, Playstation 4 consoles, Xbox One consoles, Target Mobile(SM), prescriptions, optical, clinic, and alcohol purchases. Offer cannot be combined with other storewide or category/department coupons.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5225252/target-reportedly-hacked-black-friday-millions-of-credit-cards-at-risk

Had some time so I figured why make you wait. Let's do this! The moment you all have been waiting for! Here are the winners (and how many entries each winner had): 1. mom2ant (38 entries) 2. nindy8 (2 entries) 3. revecca (186 entries) 4. Stowasser (402 entries) 5. elite2058 (519 entries) 6. Illinoismom (291 entries) 7. dantegirl (8 entries) 8. Fishboysmom (483 entries) 9. magickallight (419 entries) 10. noehlp (285 entries) Congrats! You'll be getting a PM from me soon. For everyone else, this is just the first of many contests we'll have to celebrate the site's 10th anniversary so stay tuned! To perform the drawing, I put all 3128 entries into random.org's randomizer and randomized the list 10 total times. I then took the first 10 names given (not counting any dupicates) and those were declared the winners. If you want to see the full randomizing (just to see how close or far you were from winning), here you go:

There were a total of 3128 entries earned during the contest. While you wait for the drawing results, here are the entries earned by everyone:

Just a heads up that the drawing will take place tonight around 8pm EST and the winners will be posted here in the thread.

Don't they take the Kohl's Cash off your total before they apply the 30% discount anyway?

The winner of the Walmart eGift card was... KBsDarling The winner of the Target eGift card was... Jen08 Look for a PM from me soon with your codes. Feel free to continue sharing your thoughts on Black Friday 2013 in this thread

http://news.yahoo.com/earlier-usual-online-deals-steal-cyber-monday-thunder-173218886--sector.html

New 20% off code: 6PMC1202132042 http://www.6pm.com

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/record-crowds-weekend-spending-declined-21063344 NRF has released their numbers:

They just sent out links to this page with 20 items and hundreds more coming tomorrow: http://www.walmart.com/cp/1156312 Anyone see anything good?

With about 2 weeks left I thought I'd give everyone an update on your entry totals. Here are the current totals. Again, bonus entries are given for threads that have at least 300 views. As of now there are 2,402 total entries.

This contest has now ended.

Slight change of plans mentioned above. There's really no reason to have a separate Cyber Monday forum as 1) the sales are already live in some cases and 2) we never really get much advance info on the items that will be on sale. So instead, we're going to do everything in the main Online Hot Deals forum. I'll post deals I get sent, you guys can all post deals you find and we'll try that this year. That way there's only one forum you need to check for the deals.

http://www.kohls.com 20% off with code CYBERWEEK (no Kohl's Charge needed for this one) Free shipping with no minimum (no code needed) $15 in Kohl's Cash with every $50 spent through Sunday only.

The plans: * Tonight, as the online sales wind down we'll move the threads from the Online Black Friday Shopping sub-forum to the appropriate individual store sub-forums for any further discussion. [DONE!] * We'll also move the threads from the "Posted Black Friday Ads" to the Store-Specific Forums. [DONE!] * The remaining Black Friday forums (this main BF forum & the store-specific boards) along with the Holiday Discussion board will remain open until the end of the year at which point they'll all be combined into one forum and archived with the other years. NEW: As for Cyber Monday, because Cyber Monday has become "Cyber Week" with sales already starting Friday night, and because we don't receive much information ahead of time as far as what items will be for sale, we're not going to have a dedicated Cyber Monday forum this year. Instead, we'll be posting Cyber Week sales information in the main Online Hot Deals forum, and we invite you to please share whatever Cyber Week deals you find there as well. This way there will be just one forum to check for the online deals instead of two. Also, as we always do, starting late Sunday if you go to the Black Friday site, you'll be automatically redirected to the main, year-round GottaDeal.com home page where we'll also be posting Cyber Week sales and other great online deals. Just wanted to let everyone know what was going to happen

They might have had more people last night compared to last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have less people today because of it, so it all evens out.

Re: the Samsung TVs, those were available everywhere for the exact same price, and you could buy them online with free delivery (and in some cases no tax) several days beforehand, so that's not too surprising.

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