What's the deal with clearance?

[sheena_h]

one of the cvs' in my area has medications on clearnace but one of the items I want they dont have any more of--will me 2nd cvs match the clearance price of the 1st cvs?

[Live4Coupons]

Originally Posted by sheena_h

one of the cvs' in my area has medications on clearnace but one of the items I want they dont have any more of--will me 2nd cvs match the clearance price of the 1st cvs?

It's probably a YMMV situation. Take your receipt from the first store with you, that will give you proof of what you paid at the other CVS location. A flexible manager just might match the price.

Originally Posted by Erika

My 3 local CVS NEVER have any good clearance items. They usually have one or two shelves on an endcap full of stuff that probably should have been thrown in the garbage. And they don't even mark it down that much. Which is why I don't bother reading any posts that talk about clearance deals for CVS...knowing that none of my CVS will have the same deals.

WAGS used to be the same, but lately they've also had orange clearance tags all through the store and I've noticed that several people have mentioned getting the same items in different stores. So apparently they're a lot more consistent.

One thing I noticed about both CVS and Wags is that the shelf tags or product price tags often don't keep up with further reductions in price. So if you see something on CVS clearance that you like, scan it and you might be pleasantly surprised to see it scan even lower. This often happens at our CVS stores. I'll see clearance tags in some CVS stores, but no more product on the shelf. Go to another CVS store and plenty of product but no clearance price markings. Scan the item and it is often on clearance. Same thing at Wags. I'll see clearance at some Wags or read about a clearance deal on the forum. Check a Wags store and it looks like it is regular price. I take it up to the register for a price check. Of course, the clerks grumble about having to do the price check - they look at the price tag and then tersely tell me the price is as marked. Smile a lot and ask them to please check it for you. Love the look on their face when it scans at 50% or 75% off! I sure do wish Wags had a self-scanner. I'd check a lot more products, and wouldn't need to bother the clerks.

[dudette]

The only thing sure about my Wags is that the answer is always NO,
Becky

[DanrAlwaz]

Originally Posted by Sylvia

From what I remember from my retail days.....

Each store tracks the sale of each item. the pricing and date codes are recorded when they are entered into inventory and then as they are sold they get removed from the inventory. Then the whole of the sales for say a month goes through a statistical evaluation...

One store may not be selling those items at all, so they clear them out in order to free up space and $$ to purchase other items of things that sell out more frequently. OR They may get a notice that they are going to be recieving a new shipment and have too many on the shelves OR the items are nearing the end of the shelf life... OR these may be things that have been purchased and returned for what ever reason....etc.

Does that make sense?

That makes sense. I guess I'm confused because I work retail, and our markdowns are done company wide. So the same item will be clearance at every store.

[MelissaLee]

Oh... my wags (which is fairly new) has a price checker in the back corner of the store. A great way to avoid the "looks" from cashiers. It's practically hidden in the cough drops, though. A very funny location... Maybe yours is hidden, too?

[lucyrevenge]

No scanners in any WAGS by me & clearance sections(at both WAGS & CVS) are full of NOI(nothing of interest). Lucky for me they give me full retail stuff for free so I don't feel jipped shopping there.

[redhotsi]

In order for a store to activate their clearance, they have to print the labels.
So if the store is not doing this every week then they get stuck with the merchandise and then have to price modify these items. These signs are
downloaded every Sunday to the system!!! So it is up to the store to
activate their own clearance.