ddny72

How do we know these people don't NEED the items? They could be teachers or work at a day care center and use the items for those things.

I saw some Dixie plates & napkins that were "spring" themed and they weren't on clearance. I went to 2 Target stores yesterday afternoon and it was slim pickings at both. Lots of Easter Egg Coloring Kits and some candy. At one store it seemed everything was up front with the $1 stuff and there was a little space with grass and egg coloring kits. The other store had everything thrown into 3 end caps where they are putting bulk/outdoor items. Today I went to my store - again SLIM pickings unless you wanted those egg color kits or candy. It was squished down to less than half of one aisle. You'd have thought it was 75% or more off the way everything was squished and there wasn't much left.

Maybe you shouldn't call first thing in the morning. At all my Targets that dept is pretty far away from customer service so it's not like the people can actually leave the dept and go walk over and scan something and come back to the phone. Also, I agree about sometimes the staff doesn't realize it b/c the signs say one thing but scanning says another. If you're calling too early the employees are discussing what needs to be done - that's what they were doing in the holiday aisle this morning while I was there. The night crew girl was telling the person taking over her shift what she had done and where she had left off with the work so the morning person would know what needed to be done. I don't think they cared how much anything was - they had to do what needed to be done - which is condense that Xmas stuff. Give the employees a little time to get settled and get the word out among each other that it's 75% - remember it's not the markdown team who is looking for specific items to markdown.

I was in the White Plains, NY store this morning and it was 75% off. I was thinking they went might have moved to 75% early because of the blizzard.

Thanks for the scoop about the markdowns LovetoShopCA!

Is it me or is Target not marking down items very quickly? I've had my eye on some items that have been marked down once (miscellaneous depts) and it's taking FOREVER for them to go down more. This Hanes tank top has been on sale for almost $6 for about 2-3 weeks. It's like they aren't trying to get rid of the sale merchandise as quickly!