I admit I didn't follow through myself, but one thing I wondered when heard about disposing of it all was, "I wonder if they'd give some of the leftovers to a school rather than Goodwill?" If your store is doing this, it might be worth asking.
I asked, and they have their charity organizations that they work with. Yours could be different! I would call!
HHHMMM that should mean though that they will be marking school stuff down soon! SWEET!
Hey- check Sports Authority in your area for clearance toys. I got some of those finger trick bikes, finger boards, pencils, NFL folders and sticker next to nothing! 75 items for $55! The Dean wants to really implement Paws For Prizes this year so I'm "hooking him up" as the cashier said! They had notebooks and more folders, I may go back for those too.
At least in my store, it was in a nice little area right in the front just as walked in on the general merchandise side. Probably six 6-8 foot long shelves with 3 or 4 shelves high. (It's not part of the clearance endcaps they have along the backwalls in each section with various leftovers.)
I believe the merchandise is part of their $1 collection along with other odds and ends thrown in. The promotional signs actually said "4 for $1" rather than 25 cents.
I admit I didn't follow through myself, but one thing I wondered when heard about disposing of it all was, "I wonder if they'd give some of the leftovers to a school rather than Goodwill?" If your store is doing this, it might be worth asking.
I was able to get some great treats for the prize box.
You'll have to to see if this applies in your area.... I know many of you look for bargains to stock up on carnival prizes or class treats.
I was at a local Super Target store this afternoon and they were setting up a big summer clearance area where everything was 25 cents. The salesperson said it wasn't unique to that store, that others would be doing it too. Everthing not sold today (9/5) or tomorrow (9/6) will be sent to Goodwill.
It was an eclectic mix of summer toys usually costing $1-$3, fancy notebooks, pet toys, plastic dishware, black lacquer chopsticks (?go figure), bar ware, photo albums, swim toys, gift bags and cards, key chains, inexpensive jewlry, etc. But there were lots of quanties of each item - it wasn't just the scraggly leftovers with half-opened packages. I saw them opening fresh cartons of merchandise to line these shelves.
I stocked up on toys (bubbles, jump ropes, foam footballs, photo albums, key chains) to donate to my son's teacher for their 5th grade treasure box.
It would be perfect trinkets for party favor toys or carnival prizes. I spent $18 and had a great big box of stuff for my teacher.
