General Forum

 I stopped by a local Target store a couple days ago to peruse their cards only to find the card aisle replaced by four self-checkout lanes.  I asked if the cards had been moved elsewhere in the store and was told they weren't.  I'm not sure if this is something Target will be doing to all their stores in the near future, but be forewarned.  We may not be able to get cards at Target soon.

I was planning on stopping by my local target this coming weekend for a "fix" so i will let you know then.

NY/NJ area Target stores still have card sections AND self-checkout lines. Maybe your store was just too small to have both?

If our Target drops cards, I will be in a very bad place. Our only local card shop does boxes only, and I can't afford that most of the time. Target has been the source of the majority of my new additions over the past couple of years, since 2009 to be exact.

Meijer already drastically reduced their card selection. I hope Target doesn't follow suit. There's always Casey's gas stations. They always have single packs in the candy aisle, and I'm not sure many collectors know it.

We don't have either of them here in NY.

I think those types of decisions may rest somewhat with the individual stores.  There are two Wal-marts fairly close to me and their card selections are very different.  That particular Target may not have done very well in the card sales, so he manager decided to get rid of them.

My nearest Target still has sports cards, but reduced in space like the Wal-Marts to make more room for Pokemon, MTG, etc. Depressing to see less and less sports and more and more of the other.

My Target will t*ts up ............ oh yeah all of them in Canada did!! LOL And as for Wal-Mart up here, what a joke!! Even ToysRUs is starting to blow goats!! Did luck out in TRU in Saskatoon last week though 14-15 OPC Premier Blaster Packs on 50% off then buy a second for an additional 50% off. Got six blaster packs for 60 bucks!! SWEET.

My Target here in NC still has a nice selection of cards and no self-checkout lanes. The card aisle hasn't changed much since the store opened several years ago and they seem to sell well enough to keep it there. It is about 1/3rd Pokemon/YuGiOh and such, 1/3rd random single packs and 1/3rd sports blasters/re-packs. I noticed some nice changes recently though. I have been in there for cards 2 of the last 3 Friday's.They added some hobby boxes and some Topps Factory Sets. The hobby boxes were all NBA and the Sets were all MLB, but it's nice to see bigger stuff show up. I hope those sell well and the vendors continue to add some stuff like that. It's still hard for me to believe that in the heart of NASCAR country, there were only 2 blasters of 2015 Press Pass and no marked-down blasters of racing cards when I was in there last Friday. Almost all of the Fairfield re-packs (in every sport) were gone too. I guess I need to find out when the aisle is re-stocked, so I can get in there ASAP afterwards.