Sunshyne Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 They didn't have many lights here on the 26th. And they were almost all gone by the next day. But, these were 30% off on the Friday before Christmas, because I picked up more lights for the tree that I needed then, and others were buying them then too. I bought the battery operated candle lights for the windows on that Friday too. One of the packages was missing a candle, and on the 26th when I went back to try an exchange, they were all sold out. Walmart sold out of them quick too. I finally found some yesterday at CVS for 75% off, but they have gold on them instead of silver. I figure no one will tell if it's on the upstairs window. I saw Arthur and Fergus take along trains marked down to $3.xx something the other day. The Christmas trains were long gone. Also the water tower set was 50% off yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foosa Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Went today and scored some christmas cards, the Weebalot Castle for $8.64, some ziploc bags, and some tape but they were pretty much cleaned out by today. It's too bad I live in a small city with only one Target close by I'd like to see some of the deals here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofsolitude Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 The Spring Hill, FL store went 75% off yesterday. We had the backwall and 3 aisles of stuff left. My manager condensed it all to fit into two aisles and a small part of the backwall. We don't have a lot left thankfully. I had to put away 5 carts of stuff that people left all over the store. Not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blssed2bme Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 childofsolitude - -Do you think the toys will get down to the 75%? Or have any idea when that might happen? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaInNC Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I have been traveling this holiday and it is absolutely KILLING me not to be able to run to my Target and shop my little heart out. We got back around 7pm last night and I was soooo tempted to run and see what they had left. I really need some outdoor decorations. Fortunately, I have 2 Targets within 5 miles of me, so here's hoping something will be on the shelf when I swing by there tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofsolitude Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 childofsolitude - -Do you think the toys will get down to the 75%? Or have any idea when that might happen? Thanks!I KNOW that they will go down to 75% because I remember that happening last year. I don't remember exactly when it went to 75% but I believe it was on a weekend last year so maybe this weekend although I'm not entirely sure. I've asked a couple of people I work with and they don't know either. If any of the price change team members are at work today when I go in, I'll ask them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blssed2bme Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Thanks. That would be very nice of you. I've bought a couple of things for my 4 kids for next Christmas but they now want electronic things like cubeworld and password journals. So if I can get some of those early (and cheaper) I'll be that much mroe ahead of the game. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivetico Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 The Weebles Castle was $23.xx on Sat when I went. I know somebody earlier posted they got it for $8. I think I'm going to have to swing by tonight and see if it's change. Do you think if I called they would tell me? I could sure use the savings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnroser Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I love Target- I didnt even get to the christmas section before I spent more than I needed to. I bought a bunch of January birthday gifts plus a few for myself. 2 of the monopoly here and now games they were marked down to 7.52 each (one as a gift & one for me). I bought 2 national geographic dinosaur operation games for 3.98 each. A barbie car with barbie for 4.98 and my big gift to myself .... The TV show 24 season 4 for 24.99. I was so excited to get this!!! My son's nestle baby formula was on sale too! I love getting my baby stuff there! So much cheaper than my local food store. I got a whole lot more but those were my true excitements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda050103 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Saw several employees come out of the store just as they were opening with their stashes they were able to shop for before opening. kinda a bummer..but i know they get to do that...and if I were a target employee..i'd be doing the same thing..LOL. An employee told me yesterday that according to their company policy, they are not suppose to do this. I couldn't believe it. I know this has been discussed before on this board. If I were an employee I would want to do it too! He said it doesn't give their "guests" a fair chance to get the items at discount prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aacwks Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 The Weebles Castle was $23.xx on Sat when I went. I know somebody earlier posted they got it for $8. I think I'm going to have to swing by tonight and see if it's change. Do you think if I called they would tell me? I could sure use the savings!Next time you are in there write down the DPCI number (on the red sticker above the price). When you call just ask if they could give you a price check and tell them you have a DPCI number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathybrad Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Waterloo, Iowa, Target finally went to 75% off today. Of course this is my first day back at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
childofsolitude Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 An employee told me yesterday that according to their company policy, they are not suppose to do this. I couldn't believe it. I know this has been discussed before on this board. If I were an employee I would want to do it too! He said it doesn't give their "guests" a fair chance to get the items at discount prices.This is true. However, jcarr said that they came out of the store just as they were opening the doors. This would mean that the registers had to be open so they could pay for their things. At my store, we open our registers 15 minutes before we open. And our cashiers can't punch in until 8:00. They couldn't have bought these things before the store opened. So the employees probably purchased these items the night before. Also, we can put things aside for ourselves if we want to but we can't purchase them until we're on our breaks or off the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivetico Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Next time you are in there write down the DPCI number (on the red sticker above the price). When you call just ask if they could give you a price check and tell them you have a DPCI number.Excellent idea! Will definitely do it that way! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atisikitabasket Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I didn't see what day baby stuff is marked down does anyone know what this falls under for the mark down days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tavera Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Toys at my Target in Georgia still seem to be rather high - i checked that Weebles thing today and it was $20+ - the Little Pony castle was $27 - that easel thing was $50, etc.. But i have a question - there are some zippered blanket sleepers in the children's section that are Hello Kitty and have candy canes and a gingerbread house on them - they are NOT 75% off - in fact, they are only 30% off (there are some others with gingerbread on them that are still full price too) - will those go down?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droolbug2 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Toys at my store are still pretty much 30% off. I went ahead and bought the Weebles Castle for my 1 year old for $17.xx but will watch for the price to go down and rebuy and exchange with higher receipt. My store still had a lot of these so Im pretty sure they will go down soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1angelnhvn Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Toys at my Target in Georgia still seem to be rather high - i checked that Weebles thing today and it was $20+ - the Little Pony castle was $27 - that easel thing was $50, etc.. But i have a question - there are some zippered blanket sleepers in the children's section that are Hello Kitty and have candy canes and a gingerbread house on them - they are NOT 75% off - in fact, they are only 30% off (there are some others with gingerbread on them that are still full price too) - will those go down?? I was wondering the same thing? Even the holiday dresses at mine were not even on sale??? Found that wierd? Clothing didn't seem to ring up at all? But at least our store FINALLY lowered everything else to 75 off! Although, I did have to fight to get the 75 off the crackers and cookies I bought. They were in the back with the 75 off sign and way too many boxes to have been put there by other customers. So got some good deals on those! (they were in holiday packaging)......got some candles-not gel tabs, only the ones in regular packaging. Tried scanning them and the scanner read 'information not on file' so not sure what that meant????? Was going to go try to get them 75 off but didn't. Got some odds and ends but for the most part, our stores are picked over. My mom was there early and said they must have lowered ours to 75 off last night!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarerice Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I picked up tons of outdoor christmas lights for 2.50 a box my mom got her a 4 1/2 foot tree for 15.00. i wanted to get some toys, but i'm hoping they will go down some more!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 today i was @ target(hazlet,nj) and scored a few good things.there was one singing turtle which was marked $6.49 and when i scanned it the message was item not found.when i took it to the cashier she said if it says @6.49 on it then thats the price. i said no it was in 75% off.then she called someone from coustmer sevice and they gave it to me for $2.48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I was wondering the same thing? Even the holiday dresses at mine were not even on sale??? Found that wierd? Clothing didn't seem to ring up at all? But at least our store FINALLY lowered everything else to 75 off! Although, I did have to fight to get the 75 off the crackers and cookies I bought. They were in the back with the 75 off sign and way too many boxes to have been put there by other customers. So got some good deals on those! (they were in holiday packaging)......got some candles-not gel tabs, only the ones in regular packaging. Tried scanning them and the scanner read 'information not on file' so not sure what that meant????? Was going to go try to get them 75 off but didn't. Got some odds and ends but for the most part, our stores are picked over. My mom was there early and said they must have lowered ours to 75 off last night!!The holiday clothing is on a different schedule. It goes 30% off for a while. It goes by the regular clothing markdown. It will be a week at least before it gets marked down again. Now the Christmas socks, etc are included in teh 75% off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargaingal2 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I got a christmas dress last week for my daughter(not really christmasy though) for $9.99. Ours went 1/2 off with the holiday stuff. I got her christmas shirts for $1.49 yesterday and pj's for $3.XX when everything went to 75% off so you might want to keep checking on the clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttaflye Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 75% here in Brooklyn, NY! Is that the one by the Atlantic mall, or by Gateway?? Gateway. I stopped by this morning and boy was it worked over! They were getting ready to condense it to one or two aisles now.I picked up some gift tags for $.24 and The XXL Ziplock bags for $1.24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsette Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 yes 75% here today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callir Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I was at my local Target yesterday and found a toy I liked for a birthgay party my son was going to today. I bought it and went to the party and fater seeing the reaction I decided I wanted more for my niece and other friends. My store had no more so I drive to the other store in my city (10 minutes away) and it was only marked down 33% instead of 50%. Why do they do this? They had like 10 of them. I would have bought several at the lower price. I asked an employee why such similar stores are so different in markdowns. He just said, "i dunno ma'am, that's just how it is and there is really no way to know if it will ever get that cheap here." ARGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigrist_2000 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 each store is governed by the total volume of sales...profit margins, and total customers...its a whole mix of things really...but you would think in a city area they would all be the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest koby Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 thank you for explaining that sigrist 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyzmom Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I'd LOVE to see Leapster go cheaper here...never even seen it on sale much less the clearance prices some posters seem to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygal Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 so since the schedule has been a bit off...when do we think most will go 90%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droolbug2 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I'd LOVE to see Leapster go cheaper here...never even seen it on sale much less the clearance prices some posters seem to get the same thing Im looking for too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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