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(Part I) The Target clearance thread

This thread is for clearance-- not for sale items. Price reductions for clearance seem to happen on Monday, although not every Monday, but could also occur any day of the week depending on your store's price change team. Price adjustments on clearance are typically not allowed, but some have succeeded or have been able to do as return and rebuy.

Target often donates its older clearance titles to Goodwill stores, so keep that in mind when you're trying to find items. BigDirty: "Further reduction is possible when a game's price ends with 8 cents. However, when it ends in 4 cents it will NOT drop anymore. If it ends in 9 cents, it's just on sale or on a non-clearance reduction." Also, note that, typically, games will drop three times-- from 30%, 50%, then to the final drop of 75% off of the original price. Some people, however, have seen further drops up to 85%.

When games are marked down, the price change team typically find the game and scan it with their PDA/LRT to intiate the price change. However, in the case that they cannot find the game, they will either choose to not drop the price further or process the price change anyway, figuring that the game is somewhere in the store.

When posting deals, please include game, system, price, city and state. For example:
Debbie Does Skywalker, Xbox 360, $4.98
Mesa, AZ Power Road at Superstition Springs

Also, a great help when you're posting deals you've found is to check this post and see if your item's DPCI number is already listed. DPCI stands for Department, Class, Item-- it's Target's version of a SKU. These are a nine digit number that can always be found on your receipt and also on the red clearance tags on the item itself. DPCI numbers are handy to have when you want to check the item's price-- just go over to your scanner and punch in the numbers, if your scanners have keypads. Also, you can give these numbers to team members so they can check the availability of the item easily with their PDA scanners. Please post any DPCI numbers that are not already in the OP-- thanks!

Here is a fairly easy way to check your local Target's pricing-- often price tags will not be correct. Thanks to BigDirty for this:
1) Go to Half.com or a similar site. Search for the game to locate its UPC code number. It's in the gray box underneath the box art graphic.
2) Go to UPC Data ,Milk.com , or UPC Database and enter the code so you can print out the UPC. Go to Target and use the price scanners to scan your printouts.

Thanks to Mephitical for this tool for locating clearance titles, which is located here. Go to Amazon or Target to find the item's ASIN. When you find it, replace "B000O3IS48" in the URL with your item's ASIN. This will take you to a page asking you for your zip code. Type in your zip code and click enter-- this will display a list of local stores and whether or not they have your item in stock. YMMV on it working properly.

The lowest known price will be posted. The item could be higher or lower at your store. Numbers in yellow are DPCI numbers, which can be used to check the prices of items on newer scanners.

:wii: Wii

3.74
Heavenly Guardian (added 09-09-09) (price updated: 09-17-09)

4.98
[207-26-0174] Big Beach Sports (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-17-09)
[207-26-0402] Circus Star (added 09-23-09)
[207-26-0165] Deca Sports (added 09-01-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)[207-26-0199] Diva Girls: Divas on Ice (added 09-02-09) (price updated: 09-22-09)
[207-26-0398] Rolling Stone: Drum King (added 08-31-09) (price updated: 09-17-09)

7.48
Curse of the Monkey King (added 09-07-09)
[207-26-0394] Science Papa (added 09-01-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)

9.98
[207-26-0198] Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader (added 08-31-09) (price updated: 09-08-09)
[207-26-0111] Boom Blox (added 09-05-09) (price updated: 09-23-09)
[207-26-0073] Carnival Games (added 09-08-09)
Daisy Fuentes Pilates (added 12-10-09)
[207-26-0357] Final Fantasy: Echoes of Time (added 08-15-09) (price updated: 09-08-09)
Gold's Gym Cardio Workout (added 12-10-09)
Lumberjacks (added 10-20-09)
[207-26-0392] Night at the Mueseum (added 10-22-09)
[207-26-0227] Quantum of Solace (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-23-09)
Rock Band Track Pack 1 (added 12-10-09)
Rock Band Track Pack 2 (added 12-10-09)
[207-26-0396] Virtual Tennis 2009 (added 11-15-09)
[207-26-0295] Wii Music (added 09-09-09) (price updated: 10-08-09)

13.98
My Sims: Kingdom (added 09-02-09)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (added 09-09-09)
[207-26-0343] Trivial Pursuit (added 09-15-09)

14.98
Cabela's Trophy Bucks (added 12-20-09)
The Conduit (added 08-06-09) (price updated: 12-17-09)
[207-26-0210] Ghostbusters (added 10-09-09)
[207-26-0215] Sonic Unleashed (added 10-08-09)
[207-26-0404] Tiger Woods 2010 MotionPlus bundle (added 09-20-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)
[207-26-0352] Wii Skii and Snowboard (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-28-09)

20.98
NPPL Paintball Championship (added 09-23-09)
[207-26-0241] Pop Starz Guitar (added 09-23-09)
[207-26-0203] The Price is Right (added 09-20-09)
[207-26-0313] Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (added 09-09-09)
[207-26-0185] Shaun White Snowboarding (added 09-17-09)

24.98
Fire Emblem (added 12-10-09)
[207-26-0189] Wario Land: Shake It (added 12-04-09)

34.98
[207-26-0194] Disney: Sing It with mic (added 10-04-09)
[207-26-0390] Ice Age 3 (added 10-04-09)

48.98
Disney DDR Groves with two mats (added 09-22-09)

:360: Xbox 360

2.48
XBLA download cards [Worms, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3] (added 09-05-09)

4.98
[207-22-0394] Fallout 3 add-on pack [Broken Steel and Point Lookout] (added 08-24-09) (price updated: 09-27-09) h
[207-22-0361] Fallout 3 add-on pack [The Pitt and Operation:Anchorage] (added 08-24-09) (price updated: 09-27-09)
Mass Effect (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)
[207-22-0160] Project Gotham Racing 4 (added 08-06-09) (price updated: 09-09-09)
Sonic the Hedgehog (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 08-24-09) (price updated: 09-09-09)
[207-22-0208] Tomb Raider Anniversary (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-09-09)

7.48
[207-22-0297] Fable II (added 10-09-09) (price updated: 10-30-09)
Kung Fu Panda (added 12-10-09)
Quantum of Solace (added 12-15-09)
WWE Smackdown 2009 (added 12-15-09)

9.98
The Bigs 2 (added 10-02-09) (price updated: 10-11-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)
[207-22-0364] Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (added 08-06-09) (price updated: 09-27-09)
Iron Man (added 12-10-09)
Mass Effect (added 11-15-09) (price updated: 11-25-09)
Orange Box (added 08-24-09) (price updated: 09-09-09)
[207-22-0339] Red Faction (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 11-26-09)
[207-22-0318] Skate 2 (added 10-20-09) (price updated: 11-15-09)
[207-22-0317] Street Fighter IV (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 10-15-09)
Tomb Raider Anniversary (added 12-09-09)

12.48
[207-22-0376] G-Force (added 10-05-09) (price updated: 10-20-09)
[207-22-0341] GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra (added 10-02-09) (price updated: 10-20-09)
[207-22-0286] Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (added 08-18-09) (price updated: 09-27-09)
Ice Age 3 (added 11-01-09)
[207-22-0299] Lego Batman (added 11-13-09)
MLB 2K9 (added 12-10-09)
[207-22-0396] NHL 2K10 (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-12-09)
[207-22-0359] Terminator: Salvation (added 09-02-09) (price updated: 09-31-09)
[207-22-0349] X-Men Origins: Wolverine (added 11-01-09)

13.98
Deadspace (added 11-09-09)
[207-22-0194] Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (added 11-23-09)
MX Vs ATV Untamed (added 11-22-09)
[207-22-0104] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 (added 11-09-09)
[207-22-0208] Tomb Raider: Anniversary (added 11-21-09)

14.98
512 MB memory card (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)
Bionic Commando (added 12-10-09)
[207-22-0276] Prince of Persia (added 09-09-09)
Dirt 2 (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-15-09)
Far Cry 2 (added 12-09-09)
[207-20-0342] Ghostbusters (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-15-09)
The Godfather (added 12-12-09)
Grand Theft Auto IV (added 11-03-09) (price updated: 11-15-09)
[207-22-0328] Guitar Hero Metallica (added 10-23-09) (price updated: 11-15-09)
Madagascar Kartz (added 12-10-09)
NBA 2K9 (added 12-10-09)
NCAA Basketball 2009 (added 11-16-09)
[207-20-0392] Section 8 (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-15-09)
[207-22-0360] Wolfenstein (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-11-09)

20.98
Assassin's Creed (added 11-09-09)
[207-22-0238] Battlefield: Bad Company (added 11-09-09)
Cars Race o Rama (added 12-15-09)
[207-22-0271] Guitar Hero World Tour [game only] (added 09-24-09) (price updated: 10-11-09)
Midnight Club LA (added 11-07-09)

24.98
Planet 51 (added 12-10-09)

27.98
Cabela's Outdoor Adventure (added 11-01-09)
[207-22-0300] Fallout 3 [regular edition] (added 11-09-09)
[207-22-0336] MLB2K9 (added 11-09-09)
[207-22-0350] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (added 11-22-09)

34.98
[207-22-0414] Mini Ninjas (added 11-03-09)

:ps3: Playstation 3

4.98
Black Axe psyclone guitar (added 09-03-09)

7.48
Assassin's Creed (added 12-15-09)
Bad Company (added 12-15-09)
[207-24-0092] Smackdown vs Raw 2008 (added 08-20-09) (price updated: 09-04-09)
Warhawk [game only or bundle depending on your store] (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-04-09)

9.98
[207-24-0111] Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (added 10-08-09) (price updated: 12-15-09)
[207-24-0247] Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-02-09)
Incredible Hulk (added 12-10-09)
Iron Man (added 12-10-09)
The Bigs 2 (added 12-10-09)
Lost Planet (added 12-10-09)
Mirrors Edge (added 12-10-09)
Sonic the Hedgehog (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-10-09)
Sonic Unleashed (added 12-09-09)
Unreal Tournament III (added 12-10-09)
[207-24-0236] Up (added 09-30-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)

12.48
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-10-09)
Mini Ninjas (added 11-21-09)
Singstar Country Bundle with mics (added 11-22-09)

14.98
[207-24-0258] Bionic Commando (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-02-09)
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 (added 12-20-09)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (added 10-11-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)
Dead Space (added 12-10-09)
[207-24-0295] Dirt 2 (added 11-01-09) (price updated: 12-17-09)
[207-24-0187] Fallout 3 (added 08-26-09) (price updated: 09-27-09)
Ghostbusters (added 12-10-09)
Legends of Wrestlemania (added 12-12-09)
[207-24-0072] Ratchet and Clank: Future Tools of Destruction (added 09-04-09)
Resistance 2 (added 11-16-09) (added 12-12-09)
Saints Row 2 (added 12-10-09)
[207-24-0158 Star Wars Forces Unleashed (added 09-24-09)

19.98
The Godfather II (added 11-07-09)
Midnight Club LA (added 11-01-09)
Street Fighter IV (added 11-01-09)
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (added 11-15-09)

27.98
MLB: The Show 09 (added 11-03-09)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC (added 11-01-09)
[207-24-0186] NBA Live 09 (added 09-01-09)
Red Faction (added 11-03-09)
Resident Evil 5 (added 11-01-09)
Skate 2 (added 11-03-09)

29.98
[207-24-0360] X-Men Origins: Wolverine (added 10-11-09)

34.98
[207-24-0299] NHL2K10 (added 11-01-09)

:ps2: Playstation 2

3.74
[207-12-1480] Star Trek: Conquest (added 08-22-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)

4.98
[207-12-0147] Secret Agent Clank (added 08-03-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)

7.48
Grand Theft Auto trilogy (added 08-02-09) (price updated: 09-03-09)
[207-12-1882] Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (added 09-02-09) (price updated: 09-27-09)
[207-12-0104] Tiger Woods 10 (added 11-21-09)

9.98
[207-00-0801] 32MB memory card (added 09-04-09)
Bolt (added 10-31-09)
[207-12-0054] Guitar Hero Metalica [game only] (added 09-11-09)
Up (added 10-31-09)

13.98
Guitar Hero World Tour with guitar (added 08-24-09) (price updated: 09-03-09)
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (added 10-31-09

20.98
[207-00-0075] Queen: Singstar (added 11-09-09)

:ds: Nintendo DS

3.74
[207-02-0595] Garfield's Fun Fest (added 09-11-09)

4.98
[207-02-0620] Mystery P.I. Portrait of a Thief (added 08-22-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)
[207-02-0597] Personal Trainer: Cooking (added 09-02-09) (price updated: 10-08-09)
Spectrobes (added 08-14-09) (price updated: 09-15-09)

7.48
[207-02-0534] Cate West: The Vanishing Files (added 09-02-09)
Zookeeper (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
[207-02-0030] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (added 09-17-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)
[207-02-0637] Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (added 09-01-09) (price updated: 10-11-09)
[207-02-0655] Rythmn Heaven (price updated: 10-31-09)

9.98
Clubhouse Games (added 09-03-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)
[207-02-0529] Sonic Chronicles (added 09-28-09)

12.48
[207-02-0547] Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades with guitar grip (added 09-17-09) (price updated: 10-11-09)

13.98
Big Brain Academy (added 10-19-09)
Cars: Mater-National (added 09-02-09)
Drawn to Life (added 09-02-09)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (added 12-10-09)
[207-02-0487] Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (added 09-02-09)
[207-02-0051] Personal Trainer: Math (added 09-02-09)
[207-02-0520] The Price is Right (added 09-03-09)

17.48
[207-02-0641] Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (added 09-17-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)

21.98
[207-02-0696] Guitar Hero Decades and On Tour bundle with controller (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 10-10-09)

24.48
[207-02-0322] Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (added 10-05-09)

24.98
Personal Trainer: Walking (added 09-02-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)

:psp: Sony PSP

4.98
God of War (added 10-05-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)
[207-20-0181] Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (added 09-17-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)

7.48
MLB The Show 08 (added 12-10-09)
[207-20-0383] Monster Hunter: Unite (added 11-31-09)
Monster Jam: Urban Assault (added 09-04-09)
[207-20-0353] Need for Speed: Undercover (added 09-20-09) (price updated: 10-05-09)

9.98
Dragon Ball: Evolution (added 09-17-09)
[207-20-0380] Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (added 10-12-09)
[207-20-0342] Lego Batman (added 10-05-09) (price updated: 10-20-09)
Tiger Woods 10 (added 12-10-09)
[207-20-0348] Wolverine Origins (added 09-22-09) (price updated: 10-31-09)

13.98
[207-20-0175] Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (added 09-22-09)
[207-20-0336] Shaun White Snowboarding (added 09-17-09)
Tom Clancy's End War (added 10-10-09)

:pc: PC

3.74
[201-02-0230] World of Goo (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-22-09)

4.98
Guild Wars game of the year (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)
Lord of the Rings Mines of Moria (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
[201-02-0279] Sins of a Solar Empire (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)
[201-02-0110] Tomb Raider: Underworld (added 09-08-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)

7.48
[201-02-0288] Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-13-09)
[201-02-0510] Cyrostasis (added 08-30-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
Demigod (added 12-10-09)
[201-02-0199] Tom Clancy's Endwar (added 09-09-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
Tom Clancy's HAWX (added 09-09-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)

9.98
[201-02-0194] Crysis: Maximum Edition (added 09-30-09) (price updated: 10-08-09)
[201-02-0118] Fear 2 (added 08-30-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
Lord of the Rings Online complete edition with two games (added 09-04-09)
[201-02-0299] Red Faction: Guerilla (added 09-30-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)
Street Fighter IV (added 09-24-09)

12.48
[201-02-0074] Fallout 3 (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
[201-02-5055] Prototype (added 09-24-09)
Resident Evil 5 (added 12-10-09)
Sacred 2 (added 09-04-09) (price updated: 09-24-09)
Section 8 (added 12-10-09)
[201-02-0408] Wolfenstein (added 09-24-09)

14.98
Flight Simulator X Deluxe (added 09-24-09)

19.98
GTA IV (added 09-04-09)
Logitech MX518 (added 09-24-09)

Other items

19.98
[249-11-0070] Storm Rocker video game chair (added 09-22-09) (price updated: 09-30-09)

24.98
[080-00-0660] 500 GB Western Digital My Book external hard drive (added 09-01-09) (price updated: 09-17-09)

59.98
[080-00-0892] 1 TB Western Digital My Book external hard drive (added 09-01-09) (price updated: 09-17-09)

135.98
Samsung Blu-Ray Player (added 09-07-09)

[SIZE=+1]Keep extraneous discussion to a minimum as posts not pertaining to clearance deals may be deleted by the mod crew. Please go to the Target clearance trade thread for trade requests.[/SIZE]

*Please do not copy this list to Slickdeals. Reps won't make up for the other disappointing aspects of your life.
 
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[quote name='thingsfallnapart']I'm hoping for dead space for 7.48 soon. Its not that im cheap...I beat it and want it on ps3 to play threw it on ps3. Simple as that.

Did finally get the Guitar Hero world tour 2 guitar bundle fir 22.48 though. woooo![/QUOTE]

Wow that is a true cag, maybe too much so. I have it for xbox and paid $60 when it came out. Would buy again for ps3 for $15 easily and play thru it. It's that good.
 
[quote name='icarusmight']Wow that is a true cag, maybe too much so. I have it for xbox and paid $60 when it came out. Would buy again for ps3 for $15 easily and play thru it. It's that good.[/QUOTE]

Im a disabled cag, gotta be extra thrifty!
 
Alot of the games here seemed to clear out....

Either Target got rid of them or they sold during labor day weekend...
 
[quote name='Chris Dillon']yeah, never heard one negative comment about it[/QUOTE]
bland
predictable
can't adjust your sensitivity
shitty story
safe

there you go.
 
[quote name='bojay1997']Sorry, but I disagree. You have to figure out which are the better stores for clearance and get there no later than Monday afternoon. I regularly get all the clearance games I am looking for at 75% off at several stores on Los Angeles.[/QUOTE]

I guess you are the one taking all the good stuff!! Well, $7.48 for 'The Bible Game' PS2 isn't exactly what I was referring to. Games like MotorStorm and MotorStorm PR. I had to pick up 'PR' at $29.98, and hope the game will drop to 75%, but I never saw that game again at any Target since. I don't go to Target just for clearance games, I go there for everything clearance, so I'm there a lot, at least 3-4 times a week.

I do go to Target on Mondays, and in the early afternoon, and nothing. I travel from all over, from the SF Valley, Burbank/Glendale, SG Valley, and anywhere between the 605 and 405 to LB. That's a LOT of Target stores, but hardly any good titles at the 'magic' price point.

So if there's any secret you don't mind sharing (which I doubt) with local So Cal CAG, it would be nice for us to compare notes.

[quote name='enufs8d']so you've been raiding all of geowong's targets, eh?

I say you're wrong about SOCOM, which was what geo was making his point about. He's right about socom not dropping below 50%. I checked over 10 targets in los angeles and none of those dropped socom below 50%.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for confirming SOCOM, enufs8d. Other CAG members reported SOCOM to be as low as $14.98, with multiple copies on store shelves, but in LA, we'd be lucky to see any at any price.
 
[quote name='bojay1997']Sorry, but I disagree. You have to figure out which are the better stores for clearance and get there no later than Monday afternoon. I regularly get all the clearance games I am looking for at 75% off at several stores on Los Angeles.[/QUOTE]

:applause:

[quote name='enufs8d']so you've been raiding all of geowong's targets, eh?

I say you're wrong about SOCOM, which was what geo was making his point about. He's right about socom not dropping below 50%. I checked over 10 targets in los angeles and none of those dropped socom below 50%.[/QUOTE]

There are always exceptions to the rule, the Socom bundle being one. IIRC, Uncharted and Bioshock PS3 also never got to 75% off in my area of Socal but just about everything else gets there.

[quote name='geowong78']
I do go to Target on Mondays, and in the early afternoon, and nothing. I travel from all over, from the SF Valley, Burbank/Glendale, SG Valley, and anywhere between the 605 and 405 to LB. That's a LOT of Target stores, but hardly any good titles at the 'magic' price point.

So if there's any secret you don't mind sharing (which I doubt) with local So Cal CAG, it would be nice for us to compare notes.[/QUOTE]

You might be spreading yourself to thin. I have 11 or so Targets within comfortable driving distance but I only frequent 5 or 6 of the best ones. I make a note of the stock at each "key" Target and go from there. It seems that you're wasting time on going to "dead" Targets and hoping to get lucky.

Once in a while, I will go to the other Targets or some outside "my area" but I'm basically just hoping to get lucky. IMO, there is an art to finding clearance games at 75% off at Target (regardless of population density).
 
cleveland area Target

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Guitar Hero World Tour w/ wireless guitar 22.xx (took last one)
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Wanted 12.xx


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Resistance 7.xx (took last one)
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Monsters vs Aliens 12.xx
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Guitar Hero World Tour dual guitar 22.xx
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Warhawk (game only) 7.xx
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Need for Speed Pro Street 3.xx

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Patapon 2 4.xx

1 terabyte external WD hard drives 99.xx
 
Saw this at the Target in Rockville, Maryland.

Wheelman (360) - $9.xx
Frontlines: Fuel of War (360) - $12.xx

Final Fantasy: Echoes of Time (Wii) - $9.xx (great deal, picked it up)

Monsters vs Aliens (PS3) - $12.xx (picked it up)
Need for Speed: Prostreet (PS3) - $7.xx (picked it up)
50 Cent: Blood in the Sand (PS3) - $20.xx
Bionic Commando (PS3) - $30.xx
 
[quote name='geowong78']I guess you are the one taking all the good stuff!! Well, $7.48 for 'The Bible Game' PS2 isn't exactly what I was referring to. Games like MotorStorm and MotorStorm PR. I had to pick up 'PR' at $29.98, and hope the game will drop to 75%, but I never saw that game again at any Target since. I don't go to Target just for clearance games, I go there for everything clearance, so I'm there a lot, at least 3-4 times a week.

I do go to Target on Mondays, and in the early afternoon, and nothing. I travel from all over, from the SF Valley, Burbank/Glendale, SG Valley, and anywhere between the 605 and 405 to LB. That's a LOT of Target stores, but hardly any good titles at the 'magic' price point.

So if there's any secret you don't mind sharing (which I doubt) with local So Cal CAG, it would be nice for us to compare notes.



Thanks for confirming SOCOM, enufs8d. Other CAG members reported SOCOM to be as low as $14.98, with multiple copies on store shelves, but in LA, we'd be lucky to see any at any price.[/QUOTE]

Possibly, but I'm not greedy. I just grab one copy for myself and leave the rest. My strategy is pretty simple. You figure out which title you want and you find the local store that has a few of them and then you wait for the price drop to 75%. You don't drive aimlessly to every Target in Los Angeles. Most of the Targets you listed are not ones which I have had much luck at. Sometimes they don't even get the games that end up going on clearance or they sell out at higher levels. I will share one specific tip for the games that you cited. I got Motorstorm and Motorstorm PR both for 75% off at the Target in Culver City. I picked them up on the Monday afternoon of the drop. They had several copies. By Tuesday morning when I went back to buy some candy and other junk, they were sold out. Going to Target 3-4 times a week is foolish for clearance. If the game isn't there on Monday at the price you want, it won't be later in the week either. I'm sorry you aren't having better luck, but it's all about planning and being focused, not taking a shotgun approach.
 
[quote name='nightmare452']Monsters vs Aliens (PS3) - $12.xx (picked it up)[/QUOTE]

I picked this up the other day at $24.98, still marked $34.98 (first time I've found a game lower than marked at my store) I haven't opened it and I'm hoping it will drop to the $14.98 mark, which is where I was able to snatch a copy of Sonic Unleashed for and the price I'd be happy with Monsters vs. Aliens for, doubt they will go much lower at my store, Sonic has been holding at $15 for a few weeks now, still one copy left, so if they drop it I may be able to get it.

Anyway, I'd love to hear if you like the game as I'm contemplating if I should keep it if I can't get the price lower. I've heard it is pretty decent and I generally like movie games, just not sure if I want to spend $25.

Thanks
 
[quote name='1NintendoFan']I picked this up the other day at $24.98, still marked $34.98 (first time I've found a game lower than marked at my store) I haven't opened it and I'm hoping it will drop to the $14.98 mark, which is where I was able to snatch a copy of Sonic Unleashed for and the price I'd be happy with Monsters vs. Aliens for, doubt they will go much lower at my store, Sonic has been holding at $15 for a few weeks now, still one copy left, so if they drop it I may be able to get it.

Anyway, I'd love to hear if you like the game as I'm contemplating if I should keep it if I can't get the price lower. I've heard it is pretty decent and I generally like movie games, just not sure if I want to spend $25.

Thanks[/QUOTE]


Monsters vs. Aliens is worth playing if you have a little kid to play with. It's really geared towards kids. If you want it just for trophies, it's super easy for that. Either way, my opinion is that it's not worth $24.98. If you can get it at $12.48 or lower it's a good one.
Game is also on the short side.
 
Picked up Shaun White Snowboarding (PS3) for $10 in SE Michigan today. Last copy. Hope it's somewhat decent for that price.

I found a lone copy of Dead Space untagged sitting away from the clearance games section. Scanned it and it rang up $29.98. I've seen it at other Targets in the area for $20.98 or $14.98. It was odd since all of the other clearance games were in-line with what I've seen at other Targets and have been reported in this forum.
 
I saw Axe shower gel packaged with a loofah for 2.48, with a sticker on the front for 300 xbox live points. $20 worth of these babies will net you 2400 points (plus lots of axe shower gel and several loofahs) versus paying $20 for a 1600 point card. This will be a much better deal if it survives to another drop.
 
Was going to Best Buy today and on a whim stopped at Target near my work even though they have NEVER had a good deal clearance.

Low and behold - finally!!

Picked up (all PS3)

Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena - 9.98
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - 7.48
Dead Space - 7.48


I scored the last copy of Riddick and GRAW2, but there were like 6 more copies of Dead Space.

They also had a bunch of copies of Monsters vs Aliens for 12.48, x-Blades for 12.48 and two of the GH:WT Guitar/Game bundles for 22.xx.

The odd thing was, there was no clearance stuff for any other system.

This was at the South Brunswick NJ Target on RT 1.

Edit: They also had a bunch of copies of the 50 Cent game for 12.48 as well...
 
[quote name='yedgee']Monsters vs. Aliens is worth playing if you have a little kid to play with. It's really geared towards kids. If you want it just for trophies, it's super easy for that. Either way, my opinion is that it's not worth $24.98. If you can get it at $12.48 or lower it's a good one.
Game is also on the short side.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. That is what I figured. Amazon will probably have it pretty low eventually, or someone else, so if it doesn't drop lower I will probably just return it. It would just be me playing, so I will just wait till I can find it for around $10 or so. A Best Buy near me often sells movies games for $10 (I was able to get Bolt, Meet the Robinson's and Bee Movie for $10 or less) so if Target doesn't go lower, I will keep an eye there.

Thanks!
 
Picked up Naruto 2 for the PSP for 5.04, traded it in to Toys R' Us, for 12.25. Had a preprinted clearance sticker as opposed to the red sticker...
 
Picked up

360 -

Legends of Wrestlemania $7.xx
Wanted: Weapons of Fate $12.xx
Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Bundle $22.xx

Wii

Family Fest Circus Games 207-26-0256 $3.xx
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader $9.xx

Plus awhole lot of axe products at 2.xx

As for Dead Space its a steal at $7.48 . I thought it was worth it at full price !
Monsters vs Aliens is a good game if you got little ones , they kids dug the movie and thus they enjoyed the game too .
 
I'm so envious of some of you LOL I looked at two targets today,...unless I am dying for a copy of Divas on Ice for the DS< I didnt find crap. Blades for 41.98,...pfffft. Shaun White STILL 39.99 for PS3. LA sucks LOL
 
Wow, I'd pick up the GH:WT Guitar bundle just so I could have another WT guitar.
Next to the RB2 guitar, the WT guitar is my next favorite.
 
Went to the Target in Princeton, NJ today. Was looking for GH:WT bundle for Xbox...they had one in stock but it was at $60+. The guy working there said he was waiting for it to drop to $40. He's obviously a gamer (told me he plays WoW....*shudder*) but doesn't seem to know much about the clearance stuff.

Most of the clearance games were marked but I didn't see much of interest. Street Fighter IV for Xbox was $27.
 
[quote name='GBKeroberos']I'm with the people in the past two pages... it's hard being a CAG in SoCal, esp. with Target clearance.

Inland Empire here, and I can never find anything I want.

Guess I'll start checking Orange County ones but it sounds like it won't be much different.[/QUOTE]

hahaha, OC. Good luck! Everything is gone right away and the prices are usually double what's listed in this thread so if a game is $15 elsewhere it's $30 in when rung up. :\ There are a lot of tech savvy people in OC who find out about the deals and raid the stores buying every copy. I chase a lot of the clearance deals, but 9/10 never get them. OC sucks for CAG.
 
[quote name='Bebpo']hahaha, OC. Good luck! Everything is gone right away and the prices are usually double what's listed in this thread so if a game is $15 elsewhere it's $30 in when rung up. :\ There are a lot of tech savvy people in OC who find out about the deals and raid the stores buying every copy. I chase a lot of the clearance deals, but 9/10 never get them. OC sucks for CAG.[/QUOTE]

Yah i live in IE also and it blows around here. There are douche resellers all around these parts who go at opening and take anything they can make a penny reselling. When SF4 was 20 at gamestop, i went in 2 hours after opening and every store in a 50 mile radius was sold out.
 
Scored
Xbox 360

Wanted $12.48
PGR $4.98
GHWT $22.98 X2 If somewants wants one.

SoCal (North San Diego) Caggers send me a PM for GHWT Location , they had about six left
They also had 4 more wanteds , 1 PGR4 and 15 NCAA footbal for $7.48.

GOOD LUCK !!!
 
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[quote name='whywakeup']Scored
Xbox 360

Wanted $12.48
PGR $4.98
GHWT $22.98 X2

SoCal Caggers send me a PM for GHWT Location , they had about six left
They also had 4 more wanteds , 1 PGR4 and 15 NCAA footbal for $7.48.

GOOD LUCK !!![/QUOTE]

How was the PS3 selection and how close to south OC is the store?
 
[quote name='Brownjohn']How was the PS3 selection and how close to south OC is the store?[/QUOTE]

They had Bionic commando at 14 but some hoarder cleared out all the socoms , warhawks and dead spaces .

Its a little know target in north san diego county
 
At the Eden Prairie MN Target I saw:
XBOX 360: Wanted - $12.48 - about 6 copies
XBOX 360: Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.98 - about 8 copies
 
OKAY, wnet to Cuyohoga Falls (Chapel Hill) location which I knew still had Guitar Heroes. Well, the reason they have 4 of them for every system is because they are still 44$. Im gonna watch this and maybe call up this week and check back again.
 
I found the last copy of Legends At WrestleMania today at the Meyerland Target for $14.98. I wish I could wait for it to hit $7, but it probably would have been gone by Monday. It previously was $41.98.
 
I was in a target in my area and saw:
Wanted (PS3) - $12.48
50 Cent (PS3) - $12.48
MvA (PS3) - $12.48
Deadspace (PS3) - $7.48 YaY! Finally picked it up.

I have found that if I want a game at 75% off at Target I have to hide it. I am glad I hid a copy. There were 8+ copies of Deadspace when they were 14.98 and all gone before it hit 7.48.
 
Man, this thread is like a window into a parallel world where the Targets don't sell out of titles the moment they hit $44.98.
 
[quote name='luan87us']I was in a target in my area and saw:
Wanted (PS3) - $12.48
50 Cent (PS3) - $12.48
MvA (PS3) - $12.48
Deadspace (PS3) - $7.48 YaY! Finally picked it up.

I have found that if I want a game at 75% off at Target I have to hide it. I am glad I hid a copy. There were 8+ copies of Deadspace when they were 14.98 and all gone before it hit 7.48.[/QUOTE]

You fuck!
 
This hiding business is out of control. Target needs to keep the stuff behind the glass in 1 dedicated clearance section. I hate how Rock Band and Guitar Hero take up so much shelf space. They should leave those bundles in the back and use that space for clearance.

I'm also sick of using the target.com inventory check to see that a store on the other side of town has the game but of course it's not in the clearance section when I get there. I'll even check the inventory again the next day and it's still available. I wonder why...

Hiders please stop. You might not be stealing the games themselves, but you're causing potential customer's time and gas to be wasted for the sake of your frugality. I'm one of the possibly few people that settle for 30% and 50% off. I got Henry Hatsworth for $13.98 (30%) and Rock Band 2 for $24.98 (50%). Yes I do prefer a 75% discount but that doesn't make me want to hide the game. If the store doesn't let you hold items for weeks, then you shouldn't be doing so without them knowing. k?
 
Picked up Legends of Wrestlemania (360) for 14.98 from the Perrysburg, OH Target...I believe there are still 3 copies remaining.
 
Yeah i'll leave all the things I want out so the hoarders can pick it up and put it up on ebay for 50% or more than what they got it for.
 
[quote name='darth007']This hiding business is out of control. Target needs to keep the stuff behind the glass in 1 dedicated clearance section. I hate how Rock Band and Guitar Hero take up so much shelf space. They should leave those bundles in the back and use that space for clearance.

I'm also sick of using the target.com inventory check to see that a store on the other side of town has the game but of course it's not in the clearance section when I get there. I'll even check the inventory again the next day and it's still available. I wonder why...

Hiders please stop. You might not be stealing the games themselves, but you're causing potential customer's time and gas to be wasted for the sake of your frugality. I'm one of the possibly few people that settle for 30% and 50% off. I got Henry Hatsworth for $13.98 (30%) and Rock Band 2 for $24.98 (50%). Yes I do prefer a 75% discount but that doesn't make me want to hide the game. If the store doesn't let you hold items for weeks, then you shouldn't be doing so without them knowing. k?[/QUOTE]

You do realize that this is CHEAPASSGAMER.com, not Reasonablepricegamer.com or semigooddealgamer.com. Chastizing people for their frugality here is liking going to a Neo-NAZI website and complaining about all the racism.
 
[quote name='Viva Las Vegas']Saw Warhawk with headset for $15 and passed on it. Went back the next day and was gone. Curse my procrastination![/QUOTE]

I see your from Vegas, if it was at the Meadows Lane store, it was me who got it. Thanks, I did leave that PS3 GHWT behind for you though.
 
[quote name='luan87us']I have found that if I want a game at 75% off at Target I have to hide it. I am glad I hid a copy. There were 8+ copies of Deadspace when they were 14.98 and all gone before it hit 7.48.[/QUOTE]

Hiding doesn't work in all stores. The Richmond area stores are really tight about managing their shelves, and I have watched others hide stuff only to see it back on the main games clearance shelf the next day. Its funny what lengths people will go to, and to know that the re-shelving policy usually thwarts folks efforts. Sure ain't no Circuit City, their stock was all over the place.

For those fussing about the hiding, keep in mind that not all this is done by CAGs. Hell, mention CAG to many gamers and they just give you blank, unknowing stares--its a conceit to believe that your competitors for the clearance games are all CAGs--plenty of soccer moms have caught onto Target's SKU management and clearance policies.
 
[quote name='ButcherShopCandy']You do realize that this is CHEAPASSGAMER.com, not Reasonablepricegamer.com or semigooddealgamer.com. Chastizing people for their frugality here is liking going to a Neo-NAZI website and complaining about all the racism.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, he could have (and should have) easily bought the game, which eliminates ANY chance of someone finding it, and come back to the store 2 weeks later and price match it. Even though he is hiding it, he's not eliminating the chances of someone finding it. A lot of CAGs here say that they find hidden stuff all the time.
 
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