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Re: Target clearances greater than 75% off?
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:59:13 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Kevin Johnston writes:
> > However, Target stores WILL go to around 85-90% if there is sufficient
> > overstock. I have seen this several times in the toy section, though I
> > wouldn't call it common at all.
> >
> > (The 75% off "absolute rock bottom" cited among many toy collectors is a
> > myth. It's just that the vast majority of stuff WILL sell at 75%, and the
> > next level rarely needs to kick in outside of seasonal stuff being blown
> > out.)
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> I was under the impression that a price ending in the number 4 signified
> the final markdown.
Yep, I've heard that a lot; this factoid and the "75% off is final" factoid
were/are very common among the action figure crowd. However, the 90% discounts
I can recall came after a 75% markdown ending in 4, and themselves ended in 4.
I recall a Target employee once posting that prices ending in 4 represent a
transition into some "zone" of pricing, but I can't recall the details (the
"just call us Crazy Eddie" zone, I guess).
But:
> ... That is, until the Hagrid's Huts, which at $6.98
> were 75% off.
Well, there you go. Whenever someone tells you something about retail pricing
is set in stone, put your skeptical cap on...
Kevin
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| (...) I was under the impression that a price ending in the number 4 signified the final markdown. That is, until the Hagrid's Huts, which at $6.98 were 75% off. I didn't dare wait to see if they came down further because the few I did manage to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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