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Yeah, our cameras are long gone, too. And our cupcake holders are full price too! NO FAIR!!! I REALLY want one of those.

Nice! I don't remember ever seeing that TV before. Cute.

This is the one that was $3.48 before, but is now ringing up full price. Disney Timeline. It is still showing up in stores periodically. Most of our stores are constantly out of the Esphera puzzles, and when they do get some in, they are, often as not, these. I got about 10 of them at the clearance price, and less, but at at least one of our stores, they are now $32.49. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N5S6eQGeL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Yeah, those were clearance in the fall, and a bunch of us got them clearance then. Then they showed up out of the blue again here during the spring reset. They were NOF then, probably because they had cleared them out before. We all thought they were just found in the back after inventory, but it turned out they were bringing them back and hadn't fixed the system.

No, the ones that I am talking about ARE the ones that we all got for $3.48 - $7.48. I have about 10 sets in my garage. I was buying a few toys on Sunday and needed a small amount to round it up to $25 to use the coupon, and I saw 2 sets on the shelf and thought, voila! But when I scanned them, they scanned full price. The other design (which is much less attractive, and has the globe design behind just a few character) has always rung up full price. These are the ones that had been ringing NOF. In fact, I bought a couple at this same store about 6 weeks ago.

Bad news on the Esphera puzzles, if anyone missed out...they are now ringing up correctly, at least at one of my regular stores.

Bulk stuff got moved back to the regular departments. What little was left on clearance got moved to endcaps in those areas and probably sold out. The toys get marked every couple of weeks, but generally on Wednesday or Thursday, so if you are looking at those things, you should try Wed or Thur of this week.

Call or email them and raise Cain! There is NO reason for that, and in this economy, Target cannot really afford to offend its customers. The last thing you should do is to give up on coupons, but they DO need to train their cashiers. When I have complained, they have generally at least made contact with the local store. If you call, make sure to have your receipt, because that way they know exactly which cashier it was.

Now that is just downright amusing! Very good way to reuse their paper! I used them once and saw all that paper and thought, UGH! what a waste! Funny thing, though, the time I DID do that, was one of those times when the cashier gave me grief about the "copied" coupon. I pointed out that I had just used THEIR in-store computer to print it, and she called a manager! :no:

Yeah, but that only works for the most recent coupons, and it wastes a TON of paper, so I like using the generator. But that's me. I DID tell a cashier there, though, and she does it now. She doesn't have a computer, so it is the only way for her to print them. and it is GREAT if it is a current coupon and you forgot it!

Yeah, our store only had a couple of the kids sets, a couple of the thank yous and then only the dog & cat ones. nothing else.

actually, the bday sets are only 30% off. They were originally $9.99. I went ahead and picked up a juvenile set too at that price because they were pretty low on those. I'll hold out on the others 'cause I think they'll still have them at a lower price.

You might want to check. I think the whiz kid is being discontinued by the manufacturer, so you may not be able to buy games in the future.

I would absolutely call the 800 number and raise Cain over that! That is ridiculous. Be sure to have your receipt with you because they'll ask for info from it that will tell them who the cashier was, etc.

It is no big deal. I have returned stuff here in CA that I bought in Indiana or Washington. They don't care as long as you have the receipt.

If they do, they would have to change their merchandising cycle as well, at least for some items. Toys, for example, which are released in conjunction with movies, etc., often come out in waves of new merchandise. They have to clear out items that aren't moving as well (which means they already do what you suggest in some measure) to make space to put up all the new stuff. Like tomorrow when they release all the new Indiana Jones, Animated Transformers & Hulk movie tie-in toy merchandise. And like they did with Speed Racer. Some of that space is on end caps when they do a launch, but not all of it. Other examples are things like the Classic Pooh baby clothing, which is on a 6-8 week cycle. They clear it out like clockwork and bring in the new ones. So, those sorts of things are going to have to stick with the current setup unless they change the way they merchandise new product. However, the timing of markdowns is what really marks them as different. Having a predictable schedule once the item is slated for markdown, though, is very different than other stores. I hope it doesn't go away. It would be a shame, and make it a lot harder to get the bargains that we do now.

Hmmm....yeah, I double checked this morning, and none of ours, including the giraffe set, was marked down. I'll keep an eye on them this week, though.

Not seeing that here, yet, but it would be good if everyone keeps an eye on things. If we can find some new pattern evolving it would be good to track it. I can't really see them changing the whole system over, but they might. They might also be testing this in some markets, to see how it works out for them.

No it isn't up to the individual store. But, if a line isn't selling well in various markets, they may discontinue it in those, particularly if they are smaller stores where selling space is limited. Sounds like some stores are discontinuing a particular line. Can anyone describe which of the lines it is?

None of ours has been marked. I am watching the Hello Kitty stuff. They only have it at a few stores, I have noticed. It is with the Sunny Patch stuff, but of our 5 stores only 2 have the HK.

believe this is an all day event. no times are listed on the posting.

Wow! I went to one of these about a month or so ago, and it was a colossal waste of time. It was only 2 days, went the first day and they had nothing but some junk. I was annoyed at wasting my gas!

Mini seasonal was reset in one of my stores today. The bulk stuff was all put back into the appropriate departments, with clearance stuff stuck on endcaps. The department now has all the summer picnic type stuff, toys, pools, etc. The same type stuff as last year.

You saw the beach towels. These are bath towels with a washcloth. Most stores moved them to perimeter endcaps. They sold out quickly once marked down, so they could be gone. They had Disney Cars, Transformers, Spiderman, Hello Kitty, Disney Princess & Dora I think. Maybe some others. Most of the girl ones went first.

Did anyone mention that some of the food in the bulk section has gone 15% off? If not, it has. Not everything, mostly items they don't regularly stock, or items they don't need that much of, I guess. I noticed, in particular, that the Smuckers strawberry jam was cheaper than the same size Market Pantry one. They had most of the Barilla pasta marked down, too.