Check out this informative tidbit for you Target endcap sales shelves scavengers, from local LA blog, Atwater Village Newbie:
"Here's a hint we learned years ago from a Target store manager. It seems to still hold true.
Full prices end in 9. Every time Target discounts, the final digit of the price drops. The lowest the final digit will go is 4. If you see something you want and the price ends in 4, buy it. You won't get it for less."
Anyone else out there know of similar discounting codes at other home retailers?
This was recently discussed on another site. Urban legend only. Several current Target employees verified it is not true.
I've noticed that Target rarely has things go below 70% off. So that's when I tend to buy little knick-knacks for my home. I got an awesome wire sculpture of The Empire State Building for nothing a few months ago. Also, when it's on the endcaps that's when you should grab and buy, because that's it.
I find it's easier to just do the math and see what percentage off the item is currently. I hate math, but it's a good way to see if you're getting a deal.
Folks were talking about this on a local radio station in Denver. They asked listeners for their insider secrets: The Target example came up - as well as Old Navy, Banana, and Gap - same thing only the last number is 7.
I never heard about this until yesterday... so I don't know about the urban legend quality of the info.
The Target usually goes to Goodwills after they leave clearance. Usually the Goodwill prices are higher!
It's pretty much the same for every stores. Staples works in a way that if the SKU (6 digit number under the price) ends with -7, it means the product is at it's cheapest.
7 is a recurring number in the industry. So when you see something priced as, for exemple, 42,97, it's most probably on sale.
I checked the Clearance product at my local Target this evening and the price points were all over. Ending in .50, .98, .74 ...
i remember from my days at Gap that when we needed to "price kill" certain items that were not selling they were marked with a "$__.97" so there may be something to the Target pricing legends.
Supposedly at Banana Republic if a price ends in .99 it will continue to get marked down. A price that ends in .95 means no more markdowns.
For REI .99 means it will continue to be marked down; .83 is the final price.
This is according to the latest issue of 5280 (Denver's city magazine; named so b/c Denver is a mile-high).