Things aren’t always as dark as they seem when it comes to store reports. It often depends on where you live or how fast your store shifts/turns over merchandise. So, you can have a very disparate experience than other collectors across the nation. Here is one of my Target stores (Plymouth, MN) on any typical day.
You may say “but look at all that ‘crap’.” My response to that is: just because there is “stuff” you don’t want to buy, doesn’t mean there isn’t stuff to buy.