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2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Tom Reed

Hi All, I know it's not everywhere, but some Target Stores have started the second markdown of their clearance items! Prices seem to be around 50% off! I found these today: Watto's Junkyard - $17.40 Bionicle Manas - $44.40 Women's Soccer - $4.90 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Renard Graham

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Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Tom Reed

(...) I'm in Texas! The store was located near Houston! (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Renard Graham

In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Reed writes: Just visited all the Targets in my area, still at 30%, though the lego aisle at my local target was looking really ratty and I have a feeling they will go to 50% real soon since there isn't much (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mike Walsh

"Renard Graham" <rgraham@topcon.com> wrote in message news:GpCq61.3Fz@lugnet.com... (...) aisle at (...) to (...) My Target is the same way. I was out again last night and checked Target to see if the clearance had changed sometime during the day (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mark Cornell

As of yesterday (1/4/02), my local Target had separated out all of the clearance Lego and other toys into their own clearance section. Everything was still 30% off. The only sets of note on clearance are a few Women's Soccer Team sets, fifty or so (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mike Walsh

"Mark Cornell" <mcornell@chi.tds.net> wrote in message news:3C371988.BD1288...tds.net... (...) clearance (...) 30% (...) sets, (...) Stone (...) 12 down (...) [ ... snipped ... ] We do a lot of shopping at Target for our general needs so it isn't (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Matt Penney

(...) If Target is this advanced nationwide I would be impressed. A local food vendor here in Texas (HEB) was starting to use a computer to help with or better yet controll stocking this summer (at the time it was only the 4th HEB to have such a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mike Walsh

"Matt Penney" <glister5454@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GpI5r7.3rF@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) of (...) I agree - I got the impression that it was an aggregate flow of clearance items the computer monitored. (...) Perhaps (...) The (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Matthew Teets

<<<Snip>>> (...) <<<Snip>>> Or they just might not go on clearance at all. I went to our closest Target yesterday and they still had lots of stuff at 30% off. I decided to wait until today and see if it went down to 50%. IT'S GONE. A quick (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Brian Kasprzyk

(...) Actually, Target controls this on a store by store basis. 2 weeks ago, Kare 11 (local TV news here in Minn) had a 15 minute extra on store advancements on how they are trying to improve moving merchandise. Target was explaining how the system (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Richard Morton

Well it's Sunday, so we woke early this morning to do the Wisconsin Target run. We did Oshkosh, Appleton (x2) and Fond Du Lac Targets and they are all still at 30%. Strangest thing was one Appleton store had Railway express at 30% off, the other (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Erik Olson

I hit 3 of those Targets last Sunday morning and didn't find anything interesting. The Wal-Mart in Fond Du Lac was picked over too. Are you counting the Target in Kimblerly (I-41 exit) as Appleton? (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Richard Morton

(...) Yes, first time I have ever been to that one. I usually just hit the one at the mall, but decided to try this one as well. "Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:GpJ6nC.D94@lugnet.com... (...) Target (...) still (...) the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Jason Whittenburg

Around Atlanta most Targets have the Lego moved to the clearance isle at 50% off and some of them had clearance Lego on the back end of the Lego isle. But I wouldn't say there was anything to run out for, a lot of Droid Escapes and the Artic bundles (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Matt Penney

(...) While at Target today, I was told that Wednesday was the next day to adjust Toy clearances. The shelves were reset today as forcasted by Lugnet. And to my surprise several sets reappeared to the inventory. :) Maybe Wednesday will be a very (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Ray Sanders

(...) So far the score is... Targets at 50% off: 2 Targets at 30% off: 3 One I hit today still had a couple of trains on the shelf at 50-off. wooHoo ! Ray (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Matt Penney

(...) Visited 2 Targets today in Texas both stores had moved toys to 50% off! I picked up a few droid escapes and a tie fighter for me and an exploding bank studios for sale or trade. The only sets I was interested in was the 7166 or 7146 but only (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Matt Penney

(...) Revisited my local Target on a hunch...an entire new isle of clearance with... the 3 shuttles I was eyeing. ...(chanting)...I got 3 shuttles...I got 3 shuttles... ...dancing now... Man, can I move... :p (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Sun Yun

(...) 50% has finally hit my targets in california. I did notice something interesting though. I went a few days earlier and there were just a hand full of sets marked at 30%. I went today and the shelves were stocked with 5 times more merchandise (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —William R. Ward

(...) I visited the Targets in Mountain View, San Mateo, and Redwood City (California) today, and found 50% off. All the cheap stuff was in a separate section, mixed in with other toys. NOTE: They don't necessarily put all LEGO together. I found (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Lou Pereira

Just wondering if anyone in the New England area has seen the 4561 Railway Express reduced beyond $99.99 at Target? All of the Target's I've visited in Mass. have not made the 4561 part of this year's clearance. Since they reduced the price after (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mike Walsh

"Lou Pereira" <louper@DELETE.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3C3EDC62.255C62...one.net... (...) That set seems to be store be handled on a store by store basis. Here in Raleigh where there are four Target stores (Cary, Garner, North Raleigh, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I'm starting to think you're right, nationwide, with a few very limited exceptions. As long as they clear the shelves at 50%, they don't need to GO to 75%. (and I am one of the many who is willing to just about clear them at 50 if I see it... (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Bert Waters

(...) After visiting 3 Target stores in Richmond VA this week,I found one store with no 4561s, one store with with three 4561s @ $90.99 (I found a piece of track out of one of the boxes and slid it back in), and one store with three sets at regular (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Rose Regner

"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Gps57s.GA3@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) Well I went to Target Wednesday morning and checked out the offerings. Then Thursday afternoon I returned to buy a set for my son. Sometime in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Renard Graham

(...) Well I must be one of the lucky (hated) ones. I flew through the targets in my area on Wednesday and scored 4 of the 4561 train sets at 50% off. One of them is missing some substantial pieces though. 5 sections of curved track, coupling (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Richard Morton

I'm also one of those lucky but probably hated ones as well! I did my clearance shopping wednesday night and hit 4 x Targets in Wisconsin. I managed to get 10 4561's at 50% off (and yes, other than the parts I don't need, they are all for me!) 2 off (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Mark Cornell

The Concord, NH Target still has 4561's at $99.99 and not in the clearance section. Seven of them disappeared one night, so I think they might have been returned to Lego or something. I am most disappointed, as I fully intended to scoop them up at (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Will Day

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- (...) Not New England, but I saw three sets at $65 at the Atlanta Sandy Springs store, on Saturday. The Northlake store, incidentally, seemed to have emptied their clearance shelves, when I was there on Sunday. - (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Paul Sinasohn

(...) Sun, Which ones do you usually shop? Pleasaant Hill and Walnut Creek?? Paul Sinasohn (22 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Premature Discount Wackiness at 8 Mile and Van Dyke Target (FOTM? :) ) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) ...Including, as I found out on Saturday the 5th, some stores going full-bore to 75% off. I happened by 8 Mile and Van Dyke (Detroit) to check out the inventory, saw a load of good sets including a bunch of Imperial Shuttles and Watto's (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! —Jason Whittenburg

I visited 3 targets in the Atlanta, GA area today and all three had the older lego sets at 50% off! However I did notice something distrubing. A week ago I counted over 29 Railway Express sets at these three stores (two stores at 90.89 and one store (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! And GOOD TIP! —Tom Reed

(...) Jason, It's always a good idea to scan the sets at Target! I've noticed that while some sets are tagged at the second clearance price and some weren't, the ones that weren't would scan at the lower price! They don't always get a clearance tag (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! And GOOD TIP! —Jason Whittenburg

(...) You correct, I did actually purcahse some set that weren't tagged but on clearence. :-) (...) Evil, but good! :-) I think we've all hidden sets waiting for that deep discount or sale! -Jason (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)