SPRING/SUMMER 2023!!...Share your sales & solutions!!!

09-07-2023 at 06:44 AM.

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How can you print coupons inside Target? On their printer? That would be classic. If you did that you are the Target Queen. Well, you're the Queen anyway no matter what. I can't get the emojis to work. I want to give you a big hug if that's allowed your majesty.

They had an area, I guess you could call it a "kiosk" set up. I don't remember how you would choose which coupons you wanted, but, I can still picture the printer.
It was all set up from them. Maybe it was a touch screen that displayed the coupons.

Haven't been inside a Target for long time. Around 10 years or more ago, I would order online or go to store for toys, games, etc for grandkids. D-I-L provided the Target links for gifts so I could easily find them. I would take the grandkids there for some things for them cause they lived close to one.
I may have ordered online for delivery some items when pandemic started.

Emojis, I love them! HCW had tons of cool ones. We need a pushing a shopping cart one here!!
First, put the cursor where you want the emoji to be. Go to Smilies on right here, click "more". On box that appears, click the bottom one (for more basic ones) "More" and choose from those. Click on the ones you want. If you go back to your post, the box of them will disappear, but, they should be inserted in your post. To do more, go back to box on right, start over, click More, etc. Check out all the other choices!
Sometimes I go to the post and insert "....." inbetween them cause they are all bunched up together like this.

THen with .....'s :

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... Its fun! Sometimes I have to go thru list over and over to find one I want, missing it the first time is easy to do.
Have a good day. Get better, Feel better.

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09-07-2023 at 06:50 AM.

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They had an area, I guess you could call it a "kiosk" set up. I don't remember how you would choose which coupons you wanted, but, I can still picture the printer.
It was all set up from them. Maybe it was a touch screen that displayed the coupons.

Haven't been inside a Target for long time. Around 10 years or more ago, I would order online or go to store for toys, games, etc for grandkids. D-I-L provided the Target links for gifts so I could easily find them. I would take the grandkids there for some things for them cause they lived close to one.
I may have ordered online for delivery some items when pandemic started.

Emojis, I love them! HCW had tons of cool ones. We need a pushing a shopping cart one here!!
First, put the cursor where you want the emoji to be. Go to Smilies on right here, click "more". On box that appears, click the bottom one (for more basic ones) "More" and choose from those. Click on the ones you want. If you go back to your post, the box of them will disappear, but, they should be inserted in your post. To do more, go back to box on right, start over, click More, etc. Check out all the other choices!
Sometimes I go to the post and insert "....." inbetween them cause they are all bunched up together like this.

THen with .....'s :

...

... Its fun! Sometimes I have to go thru list over and over to find one I want, missing it the first time is easy to do.
Have a good day. Get better, Feel better.

You are the best with smilies. I need a smilies for dummies course which I'd fail.

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09-07-2023 at 06:50 AM.

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Is it true that there's no longer a grace period on expired mq's at CVS? Is there still the 2 day grace period on ecb's and crt's (paper)? Does the 98% rule still work? Do pigs fly? Just kidding with the last one. Any good deals for my digital cards this week? I'm giving up on the non-digital ones and I'll just buy a bunch of junk to close them out. I wish that I had a better idea but I don't. I'll keep the digital cards for now. If I can roll them this week I won't have to think about CVS for another month. Has anybody been to Wags yet? Is the 90% on? I'm normally on top of this stuff but I've focused on RA this week and I still managed to screw it up.

That was posted here yesterday, but, I don't know where his info came from or if he actually experienced it. Could be just one cashier that caught the date and denied the coupon. We don't know yet.

It was reported in the Wag's thread that 90% started. But someone else posted it didn't start in their store. Hard to know if they just didn't change the signs to 90% or if they really rang up at another percentage off. Its hard without getting ALL the details from a post. Its the Summer items. DK what that would include other than outdoor kids stuff and things like that.

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09-07-2023 at 06:52 AM.

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That was posted here yesterday, but, I don't know where his info came from or if he actually experienced it. Could be just one cashier that caught the date and denied the coupon. We don't know yet.

It was reported in the Wag's thread that 90% started. But someone else posted it didn't start in their store. Hard to know if they just didn't change the signs to 90% or if they really rang up at another percentage off. Its hard without getting ALL the details from a post. Its the Summer items. DK what that would include other than outdoor kids stuff and things like that.

They had other stuff in the section but I didn't look very closely. CVS has ruined everything else. It makes sense that they would ruin the grace period, too.

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09-07-2023 at 06:53 AM.

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You are the best with smilies. I need a smilies for dummies course which I'd fail.

No, you wouldn't! You'd get it!!

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09-07-2023 at 06:55 AM.

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They had other stuff in the section but I didn't look very closely. CVS has ruined everything else. It makes sense that they would ruin the grace period, too.

Haven't read anything about grace period on ECB's, CRT's. The post was about Mfr coupons expired. I don't use them, so I don't know.

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09-07-2023 at 09:07 AM.

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Tresemme was awesome. It was better than Loreal because it was a MM but the Loreal Target coupons were good for a year. There were so many great deals. Olay body wash. I'm thinking 2012 but I could be wrong. And the sunscreen clearance. Do they still do that?

Summer clearance used to be soooo good, but IDK if they go 90% anymore. A few days ago summer was 70. P&G BOGO used to take full value and we'd get GC back without it interfering as well. I used to get so much P&G from Target lol.

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I remember (as someone mentioned a while back) printing coupons Inside Target. Maybe they ran out of white paper or maybe on purpose but they came out on blue paper. I remember getting those Oxi (?) hard white balls that came with a blue soft plastic ball container to put them in and put in washer to boost your detergent. Maybe those coupons were insert ones. I still have one package (at least) stopped using them, but keep just for nostalgia!
Also got some other goodies cheap with insert and the store coupons.
Target wasn't close to me so only went when in the area.

I'd forgotten about those oxi tablets.......there were high value q's for those!! I don't even know if they still make them haha

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I was just on vacation. One of my favorite things was that I was less than 5 minutes to a Publix. There almost every day! LOL

This is not my experience with Aldis, in 4 different states. I will say I like Aldis more for fruits than veggies (Lidl is my preference for veggies) but we go once a week and always have fresh stuff around, even in the winter months. I'm sorry your Aldi's isnt better, do you have another one close by that you can try? Sometimes there is a quality difference from store to store (which I dont understand as I would think they are supplied by the same people...maybe it's an in store storage issue?). Anyway, I like their cheeses and frozen produce too. Baking is usually decently priced. Dry goods are usually comparable to Walmart generics which is great for me since I no longer can go to the closest walmart.

We have a *new* Aldi that has good produce but idk if it's because they're new or just close to a Lidl so they can't let their guard down

I do love them for most things though.

Quote from FabulousPickle2826

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Is it true that there's no longer a grace period on expired mq's at CVS? Is there still the 2 day grace period on ecb's and crt's (paper)? Does the 98% rule still work? Do pigs fly? Just kidding with the last one. Any good deals for my digital cards this week? I'm giving up on the non-digital ones and I'll just buy a bunch of junk to close them out. I wish that I had a better idea but I don't. I'll keep the digital cards for now. If I can roll them this week I won't have to think about CVS for another month. Has anybody been to Wags yet? Is the 90% on? I'm normally on top of this stuff but I've focused on RA this week and I still managed to screw it up.

An update is coming and the new system isn't allowing any expired MQs. CRTs still have grace, but I have no idea about ecbs. Wags is a go, but there's really nothing to get unless you have small kids. Lots of toys mainly. Some baby items, clothes, shoes, cups, luncbhox type coolers, and fans, but not every store had fans to begin with.

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09-07-2023 at 10:08 AM.

Quote from FabulousPickle2826

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How can you print coupons inside Target? On their printer? That would be classic. If you did that you are the Target Queen. Well, you're the Queen anyway no matter what. I can't get the emojis to work. I want to give you a big hug if that's allowed your majesty.

OK, another emoji lesson - all the smilies have the same basic format which is :emoji name:
so you can remember some of you favorites and type them in instead of looking for them. The max length of the emoji name is 8 characters. I'm going to list a couple with an extra space so you can see the format.

= :flowers2 :

= :hug :

= :chairbas :

= :hide :

= :evil :

= :rofl2 :

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Aldi always has cheap produce...but it's always on the brink. Like....you have to use it before you leave the store

You can't really plan to have Aldi fruits or veggies for more than a day or two, idk if that's why they're so cheap? Because they buy the leftovers??

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09-07-2023 at 10:10 AM.

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Is it true that there's no longer a grace period on expired mq's at CVS? Is there still the 2 day grace period on ecb's and crt's (paper)? Does the 98% rule still work? Do pigs fly? Just kidding with the last one. Any good deals for my digital cards this week? I'm giving up on the non-digital ones and I'll just buy a bunch of junk to close them out. I wish that I had a better idea but I don't. I'll keep the digital cards for now. If I can roll them this week I won't have to think about CVS for another month. Has anybody been to Wags yet? Is the 90% on? I'm normally on top of this stuff but I've focused on RA this week and I still managed to screw it up.

Yes, CVS seems to have updated their programming to not accept expired mqs. It is still not clear on whether the roll out is complete, as the reports have come in more and more over the last several days. It's also not clear to me whether expired mqs have any grace period or not. I haven't used expired mqs in more than a month, out of respect for a request I received from the local manager after she had problems with shady couponers. She knows it wasn't me, but I want to stay in her good graces.

I used CRTs in grace on Monday and ECBs in grace yesterday. There was one report on i

last week of them not working, but I don't remember it being a person sharing their personal experience. I think it was a person sharing something they were told by a friend. It was the only comment I've seen anywhere suggesting an issue wth grace.

The 90% was up at WG yesterday when I was there, but if you don't have little kids to buy junk summer toys for, I doubt you'd find anything of interest. The other store I was at on Tuesday didn't even have their summer out anymore.

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09-07-2023 at 10:18 AM.

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Summer clearance used to be soooo good, but IDK if they go 90% anymore. A few days ago summer was 70. P&G BOGO used to take full value and we'd get GC back without it interfering as well. I used to get so much P&G from Target lol.

I'd forgotten about those oxi tablets.......there were high value q's for those!! I don't even know if they still make them haha

We have a *new* Aldi that has good produce but idk if it's because they're new or just close to a Lidl so they can't let their guard down

I do love them for most things though.

An update is coming and the new system isn't allowing any expired MQs. CRTs still have grace, but I have no idea about ecbs. Wags is a go, but there's really nothing to get unless you have small kids. Lots of toys mainly. Some baby items, clothes, shoes, cups, luncbhox type coolers, and fans, but not every store had fans to begin with.

I cleaned up. I hit the first store and got those sandals that everybody likes for a dollar (reg price $24.99) and some fantastic stuff like 5 of those Twister games for $3 (reg price $30). Airwick clearance worked and I even got the bogo 50% on top of the 90% off. Be careful on this one if you're trying to get a penny over $25 (subtotal) like I was. I did a small transaction on my first order hoping for a cat but nothing printed. I did a $25 order for the 2nd transaction and my 7/25 digital worked and I got a 7/25 cat which I used on the next transaction. I paid cash for everything because I have a 6/25/25 offer. I ended up doing three $25 transactions and then a $10 one that I used W Cash on. I got $14. 54 back in W Cash for the first 2 transactions. It was on to the second store. All of the pros were there. They were sweeping stuff off of the shelf like there was no tomorrow but they missed a lot of stuff so I still managed to get enough for two $25 orders and a $10 order. I got sucker punched on the stationary. Some of it was 90% off and some was 70% off. There was no way to know other than by asking someone. However, there was no time for that because the ladies were so fast so I grabbed the entire pen section and it filled up a cart. It had the orange tags so I figured that I was good to go for the 90% but I only got 70% so I passed. I asked the SM if I could have the cart for 90% and he said no way. He wasn't very friendly to say the least. I have a sneaky feeling that he said no to me so that he could sell them to the lady. Everybody was talking in Spanish and I think that something was going on but I could be wrong. I'll stop by tonight and see if the pens are still there. If they're gone, it's a call to corporate for sure.

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09-07-2023 at 02:32 PM.

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Yes, CVS seems to have updated their programming to not accept expired mqs. It is still not clear on whether the roll out is complete, as the reports have come in more and more over the last several days. It's also not clear to me whether expired mqs have any grace period or not. I haven't used expired mqs in more than a month, out of respect for a request I received from the local manager after she had problems with shady couponers. She knows it wasn't me, but I want to stay in her good graces.

Yeah, that's what I want to know! lol Even if we just had 2 days like crts/ecbs it would be nice because those P&G IPs are soooo annoying with a 1 day expiration. The only saving grace was that CVS took expireds so I could print them before they disappeared and still have time to use them. Now we really have to use them once we print

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I cleaned up.

*sigh*

Why are you shopping, sir?

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09-07-2023 at 03:00 PM.

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*sigh*

Why are you shopping, sir?

It's a sickness. Just like surfers are drawn to the next swell, I'm drawn to the clearance aisle.

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09-07-2023 at 04:39 PM.

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It's a sickness. Just like surfers are drawn to the next swell, I'm drawn to the clearance aisle.

You can't afford any more sicknesses LOL

I think Wags clearance is hit HARD around here, but CVS clearance isn't as intense. Summer went 90% at CVS around the 25th last year, so I'm thinking it'll be 90% in a few weeks. They usually include snacks

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09-07-2023 at 08:11 PM.

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You can't afford any more sicknesses LOL

I think Wags clearance is hit HARD around here, but CVS clearance isn't as intense. Summer went 90% at CVS around the 25th last year, so I'm thinking it'll be 90% in a few weeks. They usually include snacks

I went to RA and hit a wall after my 6th transaction. I I couldn't get the math right and a paper ad sure would've helped. I headed back home and stopped at 2 Wags on the way (the same two stores that I hit this morning). The first store still had a few good things left. Franklin ping pong and pickeball sets and Okabashi sandals were the standouts. The second store was picked over but they still had Okabashi sandals left. They don't scan so the manager came over and wouldn't budge below $10. I explained it to him real slowly. They were $25 and have been marked down to $10. Today a 90% clearance on summer items started so they should be $2.50. Unfortunately, it was like talking to a brick wall. I'll go back in the morning when the nice crew is there.

I'm getting very concerned about my health. I'm doing a lot of bleeding. It's getting worse, not better. I'm still in a lot of pain. My hands and arms are getting all bruised up again even though I'm not on the blood thinner. The doctor didn't return my email from yesterday. I don't know how serious this is. I have no idea what to do other than I don't want to go back to the hospital.

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09-07-2023 at 08:33 PM.

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I went to RA and hit a wall after my 6th transaction. I I couldn't get the math right and a paper ad sure would've helped. I headed back home and stopped at 2 Wags on the way (the same two stores that I hit this morning). The first store still had a few good things left. Franklin ping pong and pickeball sets and Okabashi sandals were the standouts. The second store was picked over but they still had Okabashi sandals left. They don't scan so the manager came over and wouldn't budge below $10. I explained it to him real slowly. They were $25 and have been marked down to $10. Today a 90% clearance on summer items started so they should be $2.50. Unfortunately, it was like talking to a brick wall. I'll go back in the morning when the nice crew is there.

I'm getting very concerned about my health. I'm doing a lot of bleeding. It's getting worse, not better. I'm still in a lot of pain. My hands and arms are getting all bruised up again even though I'm not on the blood thinner. The doctor didn't return my email from yesterday. I don't know how serious this is. I have no idea what to do other than I don't want to go back to the hospital.

I saw alot of those sandals....do people buy them at flea markets? There was a lot of sandals and summer clothes left everywhere.

Call the surgeon's office first thing in the AM. Don't go to Wags. Do not collect $200. Do not pass go.