Target

[Duck-o-holic]

Target doesn't have the biggest selection of outdoor gear, but they do have some good stuff on clearance right now...

Almost all of their Coleman products are 30% off... including the Northstar lanterns and the Powercat heaters (the Willmar store had two of each left on the shelf). Two-burner stoves, and tons of camping supplies.

Eddie Bauer tents are all 50% off!!! Great tents for half price!

Most of their Rapala tackle and products is 50% off. Although the selection isn't very big, I did get a bunch of lures for $2.98.

Gamakatsu hooks were 50% off. All they had were the circle hooks, but they were only $1.14 for 10 hooks. Picked some up for making yarn ties for steelhead.

Northland sleeping bags were 30% off.

Backpacks and Camelbacks were 50% off. I picked up a camelback pack (with the bladder) for $12. They also have just the bladders for $4.98.

Duck-o-holic

[Ryan Berger]

Yes great sale,,, got a coleman cook stove half off, a coleman queen size be half off,, 10-10 packs of hooks @59cents a pack and some great camping plates cups and bowls 50%off

[lawdog]

Haven't been there since they kicked the Salvation Army out for Christmas and won't be back there either. I hope they go bankrupt!

[Duck-o-holic]

Easy there lawdog... sounds like you've only heard one side of the story. Let's not jump on the media bandwagon!!!

Duck-o-holic

[89Bronco]

A couple of weeks ago I picked up the Coleman 2-burner propane stove for $24 bucks at the east end store in St. Cloud. All of the Coleman products at this Target were 50% off at the time. The Target on the west end (Crossroads Mall) did not have any of the Coleman products on sale and after looking at a few other items throughout the two stores, the east end Target is usually cheaper than the west end by about a buck or two. Strange isn't it? Two of the same stores in the same town, but quite a few different prices on the same products!?

[lawdog]

No. Duck-O-Holic, actually I've heard the whole story and I've emailed Target about this three times and got the corporate talk line from customer support back. It only made me madder at them when they gave me the "its really the Salvation Army's problem, we told them early enough it shouldn't have been a problem" response. Nice move, blame the charity for not doing enough to replace what you take from them...

Bottom line, they didn't have the guts to do what's right and they are hiding behind their lame policy and excuses just so they don't have to take some heat for standing up for what's right.

[cyberamish]

What the amount of money Target pumps into MN's economy isn't enough for you? Or maybe the amount of charitable donations they make each year ( in excess of $1.2 million per WEEK) Or maybe the fact that they are a MN based company and employ thousands in this state? You want to get torqued about the fact that they have a policy of NO SOLICITATION and they chose to stick by it. Maybe it's better to you to give your business to the folks from wally world and watch it go out of state? How much have they donated to MN charities??? And no, I don't work for Target.

[Duck-o-holic]

Touche Cyberamish! You beat me to a great response. I just checked the contribution that Target has made to MY gradeschool, and was impressed to see the number in the thousands of dollars. Pretty nice to see a company put money back into the education of children right where I live! Especially nice that they actually donate a portion of what I spend on my Target Visa right to the school that I actually get to choose!

You have still been misled lawdog, and are only seeing one side of the story here. Target kept the SA ringers going LONG after they adopted the "No Solicitation" policy, and only ended this generosity due to complaints from the other organizations that had already been cut. They kept them ringing as long as they could, and to some-- longer than they should have in regard to the policy they were forced to issue. Target has since given straight $$ donations to the SA accross the state, and country! The media had some pathetic coverage of the real issues, and interviewed actual "bell-ringers" who had no CLUE about any of the politics of the matter in an effort to stir the pot. O yeah... my mother worked for the Salvation Army for over 14 years, and is still a supporter of both the SA AND Target.

The real purpose of this post was to let everyone know that Target has a new batch of fishing tackle on Clearance! I was in the Willmar store again tonight, and picked up Rapala tackle storage tray w/bonus (free) Rattlin' Rap inside ($2.98), Fuzz-E-Grubs 2-pk ($1.35), Rapala Plier/Clipper combo ($3.48), Blue Fox Lighted Bobber ($2.48), Blue Fox Strobe Spoons (Daredevil-- $.74), and Berkley Frenzy plugs ($3.48). There were a lot more great deals on Blue Fox, Rapala, and Berkley tackle there.

LundDuckBoat-- I also saw TWO Coleman TV/Radio/Light combos there ($28.98).

Happy (Bargain) Hunting!!!

Duck-o-holic

[cyberamish]

The Maple Grove store also had Rap's on sale, I picked up a bunch of jointeds for $2.98.

[Sifty]

I stopped at the Target in Eagan and ran into the ladies doing the mark down prices's I ask why the where getting out of the fishing end of sporting goods and they told me that this will be a yearly thing.They said becuase there is so much new stuff that comes out each year that they put the old stuff on clearance to make room.

Sifty

[mnvikingsfreak]

the eagan target is pretty much all cleared out on camping stuff still have a little bit of fishing supplies