More Deals At Target

[carmann]

Maybe this will make it easier for people to find the clearance items. I don't know the exact schedule for shoes and clothing because I have no interest in those things.

Monday - Electronics, infants/kids
Tuesday - Domestics (sheets, towels, etc), clothing
Wednesday - Health & Beauty, toys, clothing
Thursday - Housewares, Sporting Goods, shoes
Friday - Cosmetics, Jewelry, Home Improvement, Auto

 

[TomGuy]

Hey.. I happen to live next to the Target next to the Cerritos mall..

I guess that's probably why I never find the deals that are posted here. Also maybe it's also because that Target is a Target Greatlands that just opened four months ago. I'll go check out the Long Beach one sometimes.. Thanks carmann.

 

[carmann]

<< I'll go check out the Long Beach one sometimes >>


NO, stay away from my store.

tomguy, the Cerritos Target does have some deals, it just takes longer to get them. I was in there Wednesday and saw they STILL had the 6 to 8 sleeping bags that were clearanced. I also saw the Dirt Devil vac's but they were scanning only 30% off.

I did get a few good deals on baby items for a friend. I found a double stroller for 22.44. a regular stroller for 17.44 and a high chair for 7.44.

 

[Siamskunk]

baron45
looks like we are on the same boat, I'd been there (Colma) quite often and couldn't find anything mention on mark down.

ps....but I did score a Philip Juice Extractor for $16 Thanks for the post.

 

[Spawndude]

Got one of the $74 vacs.
It was with the other vacs
No indiction of its markdown price, sign was marked $299

 

[Funeral]

I was just at the local Target looking for those VCRs... they were out of RCA and the Philips they had was still expensive. I should wait until Monday to see if they go down?

 

[jayR]

A couple of observations about Target deals:

As others have said, the timing varies from store to store. The stock of each store varies somewhat. Some stores have clearence shelves. Most stores leave some clearence items on the original shelf. Often clearence items are not marked. You should check them yourself at the scanner station. If an item is marked down for clearence it may scan for much lower than the marked clearence price.

Most of that you have heard before. The real addition I have is that many things that are or will be on clearence in the B&amp;M stores is in the clearence section of target.com. And, the B&amp;M clearence prices are usually much lower. So, it might pay to check the web page for potential clearence items first. Then check out the B&amp;M for a real deal.

 

[carmann]

funeral, the RCA vcr has 633 in the model #, the Philips has 411. Keep your eyes on the Mitsubishi and Toshiba vcr's. They went 30% last Monday.

 

[Atrac]

I never thought of Cerritos as an expensive area..heh heh.

 

[outcastunderscorep]

i got a great deal 2 weeeks ago... the night i saw gorge carlin...

been lookin at a vid cam there for about a week. no one knew if it was for sale or not or whatever...manager diddent know

so finally we found out when he was working... went in and talked to him. he found out that they are just selling the camera and manual for it...

camera was a sony tr517. they usualyl sell it for 289. it was marked down to 209. and then cause of the trouble of gettiung it (i had to goto my work to get tools to take itoff the display) he gave us an extra 30% off. talk about luck a 289$ camera for under 140$. and all we had to get was a battery for it. and i got one of them at sears from a friend that works tehre.. extra 10% off.. geezz bargain shopper i am...

look at the vid cams is what im sayin.. they might have a display.. and usually marked down pretty good.

babble babble babble....

-out

 

[carmann]

I've also seen the video camera displays but some stores won't sell them. They say they have to be sent back to the vendor. 30% off for a display is not unusual, that's what you are SUPPOSED to get in the electronics dept.

 

[Southerncentralrain]

Carmann, thanks so much for your post. Since you are obviously the Target &quot;specialist&quot; here at anandtech I was wondering if you could keep us posted each week with these types of deals (if you have time). It would be greatly appreciated by all!!! I have never had any luck in target but with your advice I think I could score some big items. Thanks again!!!

SCR

 

[Funeral]

If the Mitsubishi and Toshiba models went to 30% last Monday, how long do they typically stay at 30%?

 

[DDCSpeed]

DOPE DEALS. BUMP

 

[DDCSpeed]

being eyeing a vcr for soooooooooo long. Finally, i can watch.......
jk. the vcr is a deal, i hope my local target still have them.

 

[carmann]

I will keep you posted on the deals I find/see.

As for the additional markdown schedule, once an item goes 30% off, 2 weeks after that it will go 50%, then another 2 weeks it will go 75% which is USUALLY the final markdown. If they still have too many items left after the 75% markdown, it's not unusual for them to go 85% to 90% off. Keep in mind the additional markdowns vary. Sometimes an item will be 30% off then suddenly go 75%. This is what happened with the vacuums. If I'm waiting for an item to go down, I keep going in and scanning it.

Some items (especially in Electronics) won't go 75% off. Lately they've only been marking (some) items down 50% and that's it.

If the items has a clearance sticker on it (small red/orange color) in the upper right corner, in very small print will be a number with an &quot;A&quot; after it. That is the percent off it is.

Another way of knowing an item is on final markdown is if the price ends in 4. This, however is not always the case. See above. I've seen items that show 75% off on the sticker but may end in something other than 4 (example - 8.90). If you see something like this the item will go down alittle further, usually not much.

If you ever take something to a scanner and it scans &quot;CLRN&quot; (something like that) you can take it to guest service or any register, tell them it's scanning clearance and they need to do an override to get the correct price.

If something scans &quot;not on file&quot;, they will need to go into the network to find the last price it sold at. They also have access to other stores clearance merchandise and can see what other stores last sold it for. This sometimes gets messy as alot of clerks don't know how to do this. If you're lucky the item will have an old clearance sticker on it and you can tell them that obviously it would have gone 75% off. That's usually good enough for them.

If you find something and the price ends in 6, this is an item that is no longer in their computer system at all. They just pick a price and put it on there. Usually it's higher than it actually sold for at 75% off. In a case like this, there's nothing you can do.

Always, Always, Always, Scan Everything! Regardless of what the sticker says.

 

[drac747]

10% off ain't bad. They have some cheap clothing at target.com

 

[w1ngman]

Usually electronic gizmos are my bag...I especially like feeding my computer lately! But have to jump on good deals (whatever they may be)... And visiting Target cuz of this thread, I found 3 excellent King size sheet sets each for under $13 each. These were each retailing for over $43 a piece (yeah, I know, that's what 75% off means... ) Anyway, thanks for the tip!!!

-w1ngman

PS. Looking like I'm gonna have to return my 19&quot; Proview monitor to OM next week. Visited a store in Richmond to &quot;ask how their Gateway corner construction is coming along&quot; [see how easy it is to be *subtle* and NOT make everyone aware of your intent???!!!] and their reply was that OM has cancelled the deal with Gateway due to poor stock performance of Gateway. OM might do a venture with Dell they said, but basically they are now searching again. My way of thinking, that does not speak highly of the likelihood that they will be clearancing their current stuff any time soon...

 

[Atrac]

&quot;Scan everything&quot; is a good plan, except when the scanner reads &quot;Clearance + Tax.&quot; Then you have to have someone scan it, then push override and scan it again. The price will then come up.

I picked up that -10 degrees Sleeping Bag for $24.94 and a bunch of Michael Graves outlet covers for .90 cents. Also grabbed a Holmes Medium Sized room Air Cleaner for $24.94.

I love Target markdowns!

 

[Shredfest]

Picked up a CyberPower 500SL UPS at the New Britain, CT Target tonight. It's 500VA and comes with phone/modem protection, automatic shutdown software, and a serial port. Originally $79.99, clearance sticker said $39.90, scanned at $19.94!

Twenty bucks for a 500VA UPS (even an unknown brand like CyberPower) isn't bad! Looked like I got the last one, but they also had three 300VA units on the clearance shelf. I didn't bother scanning them, but I'd expect them to be less than the 500VA unit.

 

[moks78]

I went to grab some Ascot travel bags and luggages at my local Target store. They were all marked 75% off the orig price which is really awesome.

 

[zeruty]

w1ngman: FYI the monitors prices DID drop, I got my two 19&quot; monitors for $130 each...I just had to do a little driving and go to some other stores and buy their displays.

one of my coworkers at OM was talking to this woman who came into our store, she said she worked at target...
they talked for a while and eventually for some reason, the woman told my co-worker that at target, when an item goes on clearance down to 90% to 100%, they put it in a basket in the break room and the employees can have the stuff free.

 

[Atrac]

Wow, time to work at Target!

heh heh.....just kidding.

 

[carmann]

The items that they let the employees have are items that will be thrown out all together. Items that can be salvaged get sent off to Goodwill. Target has a contract with them.

Items considered seasonal by Target (holidays, etc) routinely go 90% off. The valentines merchandise is 90% off at most stores now. I know you're probably thinking &quot;I don't need any valentine crap&quot; but they do include candy, cookies, candles, toys, etc. I picked up some candles in jars for a friend for 90% off. The only thing that told me they were considered valentine merchandise were small hearts on the label.

I made a killing after Christmas when the stuff was 90% off. I refuse to pay 19.99 for net lights and icicle lights when I can get them for 1.99. Stocked up on X-mas cards too.

One other thing about seasonal merchandise, it doesn't stay 90% (in their system) for long. They will salvage the items that they can find and purge the clearance price from their system. When YOU scan it, it will say clearance but when they ring it up it will show &quot;00&quot;. They will then do an override and TRY to tell you it's back up to full price. DON'T LET THEM CHARGE YOU FULL PRICE! Remind them it is a X-mas, Halloween, etc. item and it should be 90% off. I tell them it's a valentine or whatever item and should be 90% off before they ever ring it up. Some of the cashiers are on the ball and know how much an item should be. Some don't. I guarantee that some of you will have problems with this. You can make up your mind whether you want to stand there and argue about it or just say forget it.

 

[WoundedWallet]

Earlier today I passed by a Target and bought some CaseLogic 48 CD folders for $7.44. Wish I had seen this thread before cause I was looking for a vaccuum cleaner as well.