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How early do I need to be at Target?


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This is the only BIg item my oldest daughter wants. She of coarse wants blue because that is her favorite color.

 

Will it still be over in electronics ?

 

I know they open at 5am I am wondering what time would all of suggest? This is the only Target in the area so I am guessing it will get hit hard. I would think they have a good supply, well more then what Kmart usually has when it comes to a hot item.;):yup:

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The lastest would be midnight. (just so you are in the front of the line). If its the only Target in your area... Earlier would be up to you. I know I was heading to Walmart last year and past my one Target... It was a little after midnight and there was already a good line of 20-30 people.
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I was thinking iPod too. My general advice is that if there's something you really want and 1.) it's a doorbuster or 2.) the store doesn't give rain checks, then you need to be at the store at least an hour before it opens. A store like Target that doesn't do a ton of doorbusters isn't going to have a long line outside, but you really don't want to take a chance. If it's not a door buster and the ad doesn't specifically say "no rainchecks" then I would save that store until the end of my shopping expedition.

 

I would also go to that store earlier in the week and see how they're handling it. Where will it be? Are they handing out tickets at the door or at a counter in the store (if at all)? About how many do they think they'll have in stock?

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I went to Target for the first time last year. I was mad at DH because he was slow about getting ready and I got there 30 minutes before they opened!! I was in line all the way down the sidewalk and around the side of the building. I knew there was no way I would get the Mario DS I was after. I got in and made a bee line for the electronics. To my surprise they had stacks of DS's behind the counter and they were handing them out near the game cabinet too. I got everything on my list last year. Now I don't know if it is because I am from a small city or because it was a new store but I had a great experience at Target! This year I am going to get there earlier (fingers crossed).
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It depends on where you live, here the only store with people waiting the day before is Best Buy & some other electronic stores have people lining up around 10-12 pm, the rest of the stores an hour or 2 before depending on the store is fine. Old Navy opening up at 3 am may change all that though and stores opening earlier this year, people have to decide which line to stand in first...
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What time do you think I should get in line for one of the DSI with the 20 gift card. It is really the only thing I need to get. The rest of my shopping day will be whatever happens happens but I need to get that DSI for my DS If I bought it the day before thankgsgiving could I return it and re-buy it bf and get the gift cards?
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There are a lot of Targets in my area and I know which one will be the least busy. I wandered in 2 years ago at 7 and got things in the ad (not doorbusters) and checked out without waiting in line. How early would you think I'd need to get in line for the Sony Blu-Ray player?
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There are a lot of Targets in my area and I know which one will be the least busy. I wandered in 2 years ago at 7 and got things in the ad (not doorbusters) and checked out without waiting in line. How early would you think I'd need to get in line for the Sony Blu-Ray player?

I am going for the blu-ray player also. We're probably going to get in line around 3am.

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do you think if I bought the dsi early they would price adjust and give me the $10 gift card on black friday?

The price adjustment you'd have to check on a store-by-store and likely manager-by-manager basis. The gift card almost definitely will not happen. If you get a very generous CS clerk and actually bring the item in, there's a chance (slim) that they'd let you return it and rebuy it but I would not count on that.

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I will probably get to Target about 4:15am or so. The nearest Target for me is about a 40 min drive. And across the street from it is WalMart and a Kohls. I live in a fairly rural area and back in 2006 when I last went to Target WalMart opened at 5 and Target at 6. So people went to WalMart first then came over to Target.

 

So I am thinking the WalMart people will be over there and not much of a big line at Target.

 

And that year I did arrive about 5:10 am and was about 50th in line.....

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