Author Topic: January 2019 Pickups - New year, new stuff.  (Read 1658 times)

January 01, 2019, 12:19:54 PM
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Recieved Super Mario Odyssey with Traveller's guide.
Gave old copy of the game to my nephews.

Also got Joking Hazard Blast from the Past Booster Pack, Joking Hazard: Deck Enhancement #1, Joking Hazard: Deck Enhancement #2 and 3 copies of Joking Hazard: Deck Enhancement #3 (postage is cheaper by item if you buy more).

January 01, 2019, 06:37:20 PM
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Target had massive shelves full of clearance stuff all over the freaking store.  Everything from toiletries to electronics to grocery items. I went to exchange something and ended up walking around for like 45 minutes lol!

Did find a decent stack of cheap-o games while I was at it.



Starting from the top, they were:
$12
$12
$12
$6
$6
$6
$6
$16
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January 01, 2019, 09:07:15 PM
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My Target had all those games in the clearance section for MONTHS, but they were all REGULAR PRICE!! What's up with that?

January 02, 2019, 12:08:35 AM
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Are you sure it was actually the clearance section?

I ask because MANY target stores have an overstock section for games (I.e. not locked up) that aren’t priced any lower than when they were still in the display cases.

January 02, 2019, 08:19:47 AM
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Are you sure it was actually the clearance section?

I ask because MANY target stores have an overstock section for games (I.e. not locked up) that aren’t priced any lower than when they were still in the display cases.

^^^Same.

But what gets annoying is that most of the games in that area don't have prices.  However, from my experience, 99.99% of the time, if there is no price, it's not on clearance.  They are pretty good about getting the clearance stickers on the games that have been marked down.  But any time a game isn't in the case and it doesn't have a price, I'm always wondering.  

This has been the first year in a while that my Target has had very few games on clearance.  It's been a bit disappointing.  
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January 02, 2019, 09:30:38 AM
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Are you sure it was actually the clearance section?

I ask because MANY target stores have an overstock section for games (I.e. not locked up) that aren’t priced any lower than when they were still in the display cases.

^^^Same.

But what gets annoying is that most of the games in that area don't have prices.  However, from my experience, 99.99% of the time, if there is no price, it's not on clearance.  They are pretty good about getting the clearance stickers on the games that have been marked down.  But any time a game isn't in the case and it doesn't have a price, I'm always wondering. 

This has been the first year in a while that my Target has has very few games on clearance.  It's been a bit disappointing. 

Ahh, yeah that's exactly what it was. So annoying!

January 02, 2019, 09:33:10 AM
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You guy are lucky. My Clearance shelf at target is always empty. I asked an employee about it and he said "oh, we buy all that stuff up and resell it on Ebay."

January 02, 2019, 09:59:11 AM
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You guy are lucky. My Clearance shelf at target is always empty. I asked an employee about it and he said "oh, we buy all that stuff up and resell it on Ebay."

Oh really? And he just openly said that? I'd imagine that's probably against store policy. I'd report that store to their head office.

Don't get me wrong. Employees shouldn't have the ability to buy clearance items removed from them, but when they buy everything for the purpose of reselling and leaving customers with nothing, that should be allowed.

January 02, 2019, 10:03:11 AM
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Are you sure it was actually the clearance section?

I ask because MANY target stores have an overstock section for games (I.e. not locked up) that aren’t priced any lower than when they were still in the display cases.

^^^Same.

But what gets annoying is that most of the games in that area don't have prices.  However, from my experience, 99.99% of the time, if there is no price, it's not on clearance.  They are pretty good about getting the clearance stickers on the games that have been marked down.  But any time a game isn't in the case and it doesn't have a price, I'm always wondering.  

This has been the first year in a while that my Target has has very few games on clearance.  It's been a bit disappointing.  

Totally. I’ll occaiomally grab a few that I would want and scan them, but 99% of the time they aren’t even on sale, let alone clearance :(

Same for the lack of clearance items last year. When I first moved into our new house, the local target ALWAYS had some clearance games. 2018 was dry as a bone.


Are you sure it was actually the clearance section?

I ask because MANY target stores have an overstock section for games (I.e. not locked up) that aren’t priced any lower than when they were still in the display cases.

^^^Same.

But what gets annoying is that most of the games in that area don't have prices.  However, from my experience, 99.99% of the time, if there is no price, it's not on clearance.  They are pretty good about getting the clearance stickers on the games that have been marked down.  But any time a game isn't in the case and it doesn't have a price, I'm always wondering.  

This has been the first year in a while that my Target has has very few games on clearance.  It's been a bit disappointing.  

Ahh, yeah that's exactly what it was. So annoying!

It totally is. I only know about it because I asked an employee about pricing on a number of items at one point.  He told me that the stuff on those shelves isn’t EVER on sale/clearance and it’s only there because there’s no space in the display for it anymore. Some of that stuff sits there for years.  They’ve had a Forza Horizon 2 Limited or whatever it’s called (has all the DLC included) forever. Still $99.99.


You guy are lucky. My Clearance shelf at target is always empty. I asked an employee about it and he said "oh, we buy all that stuff up and resell it on Ebay."

I had a guy at one target tell me that after asking where their clearance games were kept. Told me that he and another guy there buy ALL of it.  Not exactly the best way to let a customer know that there aren’t any clearance games currently in stock.

But I guess I shouldn’t expect any different from teenage stock boys.
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January 02, 2019, 10:52:50 PM
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Late December and Christmas pickups.


My first LRG arrivals in a while.





Christmas round 1 from my wife.





Christmas round 2 from my family.





And my parents picked one of these up for me for Christmas.  They aren't perfect, but they are still a lot of fun.  My son LOVES it and it's the perfect height for him.  Also, even though it was a gift, I enjoy it a lot more knowing they only paid $150 for it.  For that price this is a great item.  


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January 03, 2019, 10:20:16 AM
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January 04, 2019, 07:21:20 PM
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So my neighbor and friend bought this and gave it to me to prevent a re-seller from profiting on eBay.


My stepson Got me this.


Still need to get a PS4 pro..... but bills and all.

January 05, 2019, 01:46:41 PM
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January 06, 2019, 12:31:05 AM
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More Atari 5200 swag...

Oh how Wizard of Wor brings happy chilhood memories (altough we played it on C64).

January 06, 2019, 08:37:43 AM
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Different target, different stuff.