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Premature Discount Wackiness at 8 Mile and Van Dyke Target (FOTM? :) )
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 04:28:50 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Walsh writes:
> We do a lot of shopping at Target for our general needs so it isn't uncommon
> for me to visit more than once a week. Last night I went because we were
> low on diapers and it looks like more winter weather is on its way. As I
> was leaving Target (right at closing time) the manager was near the door so
> I decided to ask her when toys would be marked down to 50%. She said she
> wasn't sure as it was under control of the computer system.
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> I then asked a couple of more questions and this is what I was able to glean
> from her, I would be curious if anyone else could triangulate it. I have no
> reason to doubt her and she spoke as if she new what she was talking about.
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> Clearance items are tagged at the corporate level but the computers at the
> local stores actually control when items move from one clearance level to
> another. As long as merchandise is moving out of the store at a reasonable
> rate the discount level will remain at the current level (30% in the case of
> my local store). Once things stop moving, the computer system will flag a
> price reudction and the staff will go tag appropriate items and the process
> will begin again until at some point when the system essentially flushes
> what ever is left (i.e. 75% off).
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> She told me this happens on a store by store basis which would explain why
> we see different levels of clearance at different stores.
...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 Junkyards, scanned a few,
and almost fainted. Some sets were at 50% off, but all the Soccer,
SW, and most of the LoM sets (and the Bionicle Manas) were at 75%
off or more (though not at a "final level" of discount, meaning with
the 4 ending the price). Yeah, I bit at that price point, so my
apologies to Eric and the rest of the Detroit crowd. :) On the
bright side, I'm all done now--I spent over $300 there.
So some Targets that historically have a hard time moving stock
before the new inventory needs to be installed *may* in fact be
starting their high-discount levels *early* rather than late. It
really does bear reconnaissance, folks. (And for the Detroit
crowd--I stopped back today to see if anything was left, because
I only took half of the aggregate value of sets available at that
discount, and only the Manas were left for $22.40. And no, it's
a ways away from me, so I can't pick up any for anyone else.)
best
LFB (the un-official Lucky Shopper and a very happy camper indeed)
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| "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)
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