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In lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, Daniel Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Todd Kubo wrote:
> >
> > In some Walgreens in the NW - I came across 3 that were small enough that they
> > did not stock a large toy section. In all cases like this they had none.
> >
> > A few had them on endcaps, but mostly on the upper top of shelves, or wherever
> > the 3 for $11.98 section is.
> >
> > I asked one store manager if they would be receiving more. The response was that
> > once these sold out that would be it. The 3 for $12 would run until they were
> > out of items in that bracket and they would not necessarily get more. I guess
> > that would depend on the location. (re: what Larry said above)
> >
> > In one store, a fairly new one and quite large, they had none and didn't even
> > know what I was talking about. They responded that they had "everythign they got
> > out already" So go figure.
>
> After first hearing about this Sunday at NWBrickcon, I cleared out two stores in
> the Seattle area (Mercer Island and Ballard). I visited 6 other stores which
> were either out already or never got any to begin with. I would not be
> surprised if there were still some out there especially in the north end. For
> those who are still looking, besides the two I cleared out, also empty are:
> Capitol Hill, Central District, Bellevue, Kirkland (x2), and U District. I
> cleared out Ballard just last night. The employees gave me such shocked looks
> when I told them I wanted the lot. I ended up with 64 boxes (sadly none had the
> trans orange wedges) which I estimate is about a 20% increase in my total brick
> count. Score!
> --Daniel
Don't bother with the North End. I cleared out the following stores. :)
Greenwood, North City, Lake City, U District, North Gate and Downtown.
Boxes are in different lots. No way to tell but ones from North Gate all had 1x1
2/3 Trans orange slopes!!
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