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This item about how to determine if, and on what days, stores in the Target retail chain will mark down their prices has been shared widely on social media sites such as Pinterest and Tumblr for several years now. Expanded versions of this item offer additional details: This secret isn't accurate, however: various Target employees and a Target representative we've talked to have told us that there's no regular coding to their prices, nor does every Target store mark down prices for particular departments on specified days of the week. Target's prices are based on a variety of factors, they say, and they're subject to change at any time — stores don't necessarily know in advance which prices may be marked down further, price markdowns aren't uniform across the chain, and markdowns for various classes of merchandise don't occur only (or regularly) on certain days of the week. Other news outlets who have covered this item have reported similar information: This item's lack of veracity is also attested to from empirical evidence contributed by regular Target shoppers, such as the following: The similar item circulated about a price tag code at the Costco chain of warehouse discount stores derives from the web site RatherBeShopping.com and the information it imparts has also been covered in detail at sites such as AddictedtoCostco.com: This price tag code has also been featured on the local news in Costco's home area: The reporter for this segment, Jesse Jones, maintained that Costco fact-checked his story and said it was on point, but other Costco employees have reported that while true in the main, some parts of it are not wholly accurate:
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