Gator Pam

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum, or if this has already been shared here. I think this is nationwide, but the local IHOP in Gator Town is promoting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 28, as National Pancake Day. Makes sense, since it's Shrove Tuesday. In honor of National Pancake Day, this IHOP is doing free pancakes from 7:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Each customer can get one free short stack during that time period. Ah...it looks like it will be nationwide. IHOP National Pancake Day

Thanks!!

Thanks for the information!! Is there a model name as well? At the Gator Town Target today... It was pretty picked over, and I missed out on the green comforter from India I wanted, but it wasn't a must have. I mostly concentrated on items for teachers gifts and grocery items. There was one of those gorgeous bamboo mirrors left. But it was cracked on one side, so I passed. For teachers: 3 pillows from India, 2 originally $29.99 ---> $2.99 and the other originally $19.99 ---> $1.99 5 sets ceramic dipping bowls from Asia, originally $7.99 ---> 79 cents For the art teacher I also found a Garden Place hanging basket with last year's tag mixed in with the same exact items with this year's tag. The new tag items are selling for $12.99, I got this one for $2.48 Back to Global Bazaar, the rest were grocery items for me, although I may use the two piece bruschetta sets as gifts as needed. 3 olive oil and tomato bruschetta sets $9.99 ---> 99 cents 3 olive oil and tomato & pepperoni bruschetta sets $9.99 ---> 99 cents 2 boxes balsamic vinegar tagliatelle $3.49 ---> 34 cents 4 bottles extra virgin olive oil $6.99 ---> 69 cents 5 bottles balsamic vinegar $6.99 ---> 69 cents 6 over a pound bags of spaghetti $2.49 ---> 24 cents 3 over a pound bags of penne $2.49 ---> 24 cents 3 jars arrabiatta sauce (for calamari fra diavolo!!) $5.99 ---> 59 cents 3 jars porcini mushroom sauce $5.99 ---> 59 cents 1 jar marinara $5.99 ---> 59 cents Total with 6.25% sales tax on the non-food items...$33.83. So that would have been about $330 retail. :-)

Could you post the model name or number, and the DPCI or UPC for the one you got?

mdsmithers, did you record what day of the week January 7 in 2004 and January 6 in 2005 was? Did you keep track of this year's (2006) markdowns?

:::sigh::: I found three really nice XXL dress shirts for Paul that I paid $66.00 for total. Unfortunately, he's been bench pressing and has expanded his chest and shoulders. The XXL still fits his neck and gut, but the sleeves are now way too short. And none of these styles come in 3X or 2XLT.

My Target's Valentines section was really picked over, but I did find three boxes of truffles for 39¢ each and a package of HP: GOF 2006 wall calendars (I think there are five calendars in the package) for 99¢ for the entire package. The One Spot at the Gator Town Target also still had tons of the Ever-Ready Gold AAA 2-pack of batteries left. They also scanned at 90% off, so I got 12 packages at 10¢ each.

Wow! Sounds like your Target marked down to 90% a day early! According to the holiday schedule, Valentines should be 90% off when Target opens in the morning. Did you scan any other Vaelentines merchandise besides the animals?

My now 12 year old aspie son, Beorn, always had well attended birthday parties until we stopped having them Not because he was popular, as with his AS his social skills are what suffer, but because of the goody baskets I gave out every year. On 90% off Easter merchandise day, I bought as many baskets as I could, and Easter grass. Throughout the year I bought small toys and games at 75% off or more, and saved them for the goody baskets. I would say all told I never spent more than $2.00 per basket, but at retail price each was probably worth about $25. The kids loved them and the moms always asked how I did it.

Welcome sewwise! I wish i could answer your question about The One Spot, but I haven't figured it out myself. There is a Target employee on the AOL board I frequent who works The One Spot at his store, and while he will not tell us ahead of time when items will be clearanced, he gives us a heads up about them usually the evening they go clearance. Many times other posters who stumbled across the items will have posted about them first, but there have been occasions where he told us and no one had posted about them. I'll be happy to post whe he tells us about further clearance, if no one else posts about it first, whenever he tells us.

Ooops! Different thread!! Sorry about that...

Hmm...I guess some posts went missing. Weren't there multiple posts with members asking to be pm'd with whom their referrals are? And didn't Ross reply that he would try and respond sometime in February? If so, I'm still interested in knowing who my 101 referrals are.

Please tell us more abut shopping Dillards clearance. I got Target down pretty good, and am willing to learn to apply similar methods to other stores.

:::nodding::: I do not have a BJ's nearby, but this is what posters on other boards who do belong to BJ's have told me. Since you are a member, why not give it a try and see what they say?

:::nodding::: I believe it's law here that a lower sticker price has to be honored, especially if there are others marked that way and you can show you didn't switch stickers. Was it a plain orange sticker with just the price or did it have numbers across the top? If it had numbers, and they match the DPCI (inventory numbers I think) for the item, then it is definitely store error. And if the numbers don't match the DPCI for the item, but all of the same items have the sticker, then it is still sotre error for marking the wrong item.

I only have Sam's locally, so that's where I belong. But I understand BJ's allows you to use coupons, and more than one coupon on a single multipack of the same item. If the selection, selling price, and membership fees are similar, this would be a big reason for me to switch if BJ's ever opened here.

Welcome! ITA it would help but I don't buy all of the deals I report that I find, so I don't have the number on a receipt to refer to. And I don't write down the DPCI (which is what the 9 digit number is called) off of the shelf tag. Just perimeter perusing inthe past has gotten me tailed by security on occasion since the shopping pattern is so differnt from the typical shopper. I don't want to add writing down DPCI numbers has another reason to be followed. I truly don't think that's necessary, as all items will eventually go clearance at all Targets, if they don't sell out first. But, that is just MHO.

Argh! I scanned the bocce set when I was there this morning, but figured the crochet would scan the same when the bocce set scanned at $89.99. Even I need to remember to scan everything I'm interested in sometimes. Great find. Those Eddie Bauer sets in the wooden crates are nice!

I just want to welcome red to the board. I love having other experienced perimeter perusers like crissy and red posting. :::stolen from the AOL board, but i found several of the same deals this morning::: Our store had tons of 75% off last night. Foldable canvas lawn type chairs with bag reg $12.99 for $3.xx, sleeping bags in a box reg $19.99 for $4.98, tons of Eddie Bauer luggage reg $129.00 for $27.xx, EB luggage reg $90 for $22.xx, duffel in box with wheels reg 19.99 for $4.98, craft kits (cork board and something else?) reg 7.99 for $1.99, tons of water bottles 75% off, eddie bauer fanny packs with bottles attached reg $12 - 19, for $3.xx to $4.xx. Lots of newer markdowns in housewares but not yet 75% off.

WTG!! You did great for a rookie!! Were all of these items marked, or did you come across any of them by scanning? :::lmk when you start dreaming about finding unmarked clearance deals:::

This is a good point but town and state doesn't really make a difference in Target Perimeter Perusing. What makes a bigger difference is getting to know your particular Target(s) and how quickly they do markdown their clearance merchandise. Like sneakers, I only have one Target close by, the next one is about 45 miles away. I have come to find that my local Target tends to be behind on the markdowns posted, so I can start watching items I hear about that I'm interested in. However, I am occasionally surprised to find a non-seasonal item posted about on a board will be marked down as soon at my Target as I hear about it. Unless I know what I'm looking for and am watching an item, I tend to miss out on finding an unposted deal myself. Why? Because when you do only have one Target locally, many times there are quite a few Perimeter Perusers doing the same thing you are at the same store. So, the clearance deals disappear quickly once the markdown happens. I am lucky in that I live about three miles away from my local Target, and my work schedule is such that if I do hear about a mark down I'm really interested in I can run right over and see if my store has marked it down yet. But even then I do miss out on a lot of deals.

I am so glad y'all are finding the newbie guide to shopping Target helpful. Keep in mind though, that 'perimeter' also means the endcaps of aisles in departments in the middle of the store that are not on the main aisles. For instance, if there is a partial wall between boys and girls clothes, there may be clearance endcaps near there. And, even if not marked in any way or on an endcap, scan anything that may interest you. Something may still be shelved in it's regular place and not marked, yet be on clearance already. Have fun and enjoy the 'thrill of the hunt!'

Great finds everyone! I really wanted that Calphalon set, but it was long gone from the Gator Town store.

Actually, if a regular Target carries the product, they will accept a Super Target coupon for the item. :)

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