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Kepy

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  1. aww...

    Seriously!

     

    I learned so much about perimeter perusing...I thought I knew plenty.

    Nope.

    I still have premium napkins and aluminum foil from learning about holiday clearance items and how they get marked down in system but not necessarily on the floors.

     

    Dunno why...but Gator Pam as a valued resource always stuck with me.

     

    Miss those verbose, chock full of good info forums

     

    Perimeter perusing since the Gator Pam days

  2. Yeah, calling is just never an option for legit accurate results. You gotta lay your eyes on the seasonal section. Even scan an item or two.

    The varied seemingly store dependent timeline of when to mark down can make it tricky to gauge when to go.

    But when you time it right, hit 90 the day it happens. Or find a store that 75'd ALL toys the night before clearance Thursday...it is (was anyway) a lot of fun.

    Now, I suspect markdown thurs will require finding/asking someone with scanner to price check.

    Some employees are nice about it, others not so much.

    The mantra of this game is:

    Ymmv

    Good luck.

     

    Perimeter perusing since the Gator Pam days

  3. Awesome! Nothing like tracking down some item you've been chasing at 90%. Congrats

     

    Anyone monitoring toys? any speculation as to when they go 70?

    I haven't been out enough to watch the 'run-up' to getting toys organized to one aisle and ready for markdowns.

     

    I do miss the days of over ordering that took place years ago, where the toy clearance ran 2-3 aisles deep. Good times

     

    Good luck perusing

  4. Not the mass markdown day all at once like a few years back, but still most went to 70.

    Hit multiple stores, Very interesting to see how that varied selection of items is each year. While they all have a good bit of the same items with the markdowns, found some great buys at one store the were still full price at others. I find that quite odd but such as it is with Target perimeter perusing.

    1st store was a war zone aisle, those are always fun. It was chocked full but not organized at all, and NOT marked down. Was a bit bummed thinking it would be later or the following week but saw another customer talking with clerk near price checker and she was get the clerk to scan and secure the new discount price.

    So it was markdown day, just this store was nowhere near ready. I seem to recall the early (GatorPam) days it was like an event, the stores made a thing out of having it all marked down one day from them next, that on say Tues items were 30 (or 50 in some stores) and then on Wed at opening everything was 70...I may be embellishing the memory a bit.

    Anyway, now it seems to be a slow burn of sorts. Other stores hit were marked down. Some VERY well organized, some with very small Clearance aisle.

    I also scouted a 3 on Fri and actually found yet even more different items. One store that had a clearance aisle that was practically non existent....if that were the only store you ever saw you'd think the perimeter perusing a farce.

    All in all a very good year.

    But I do miss the 'action' here in the forum only two pages of discussion so far....

  5. Long time stalker as well. I hit 6+1 yesterday (+1 was return to early AM store in late afternoon)

    The items I found at 70 were not marked down yesterday. That it was not the big mark down day.

    The items were already at 70.

    So perhaps next week. I too saw a major difference in availability of items and current price reductions.

    Perhaps a change in Target clearance strategy on corporate part, or more so individual stores have a bit more autonomy then in the past.

    I do wonder those that 'went 70', did the stores truly go and Mark everything 70 percent off?

    I saw NO Mark down team activity in any stores. Not like last year where it took place the day of (vs off hours)

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