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I just stopped off at my local Walmart and caught the guy reducing the price
of the Adventurers set #5956 "Air Zeppelin" to a $1.00 each. That's
right...a dollar! I picked up all that was left (15). You might want to
check the Walmart in your area! They dropped the price of these to $9.00
just last week! Good luck!
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This is not my day. I live an hour away from the nearest Wal-Mart. I
just stopped there about two hours ago. I was very disappointed that
the two Ninja sets that I've been eyeing up disappeared in the last 48
hours. I scanned a ton of sets, but found no new prices. I forgot to
scan the Air Zeppelins... (They have dozens...)
:-(
Bummer.
Frederick.
"Tom Reed" <Merthyn1@webtv.net> wrote:
> I just stopped off at my local Walmart and caught the guy reducing the price
> of the Adventurers set #5956 "Air Zeppelin" to a $1.00 each. That's
> right...a dollar! I picked up all that was left (15). You might want to
> check the Walmart in your area! They dropped the price of these to $9.00
> just last week! Good luck!
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Don't be too bummed out... I just made a run to my WM and they have not yet
marked down the AirZep's... still at $9. Maybe tomorrow, or maybe it was a
manager's decision at Tom's store. My store has a couple dozen also... I may
have to help them gain some shelf space if they go to $1 :)
Keep on scanning those packages, but I have found it is a realtime markdown
procedure that WM uses... scan, count, change price, ticket... so if it isn't
ticketed, odds are they haven't marked them down unless they are in more than
one area...
Dave
In lugnet.market.shopping, Frederick Paepke writes:
> This is not my day. I live an hour away from the nearest Wal-Mart. I
> just stopped there about two hours ago. I was very disappointed that
> the two Ninja sets that I've been eyeing up disappeared in the last 48
> hours. I scanned a ton of sets, but found no new prices. I forgot to
> scan the Air Zeppelins... (They have dozens...)
>
> :-(
>
> Bummer.
>
> Frederick.
>
> "Tom Reed" <Merthyn1@webtv.net> wrote:
>
> > I just stopped off at my local Walmart and caught the guy reducing the price
> > of the Adventurers set #5956 "Air Zeppelin" to a $1.00 each. That's
> > right...a dollar! I picked up all that was left (15). You might want to
> > check the Walmart in your area! They dropped the price of these to $9.00
> > just last week! Good luck!
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"David C. Pyatt" wrote:
>
> Maybe tomorrow, or maybe it was a manager's decision at Tom's store.
There is some evidence to support this:
I noticed some more markdowns at the local WM today. I asked the toy
dept person directly: are these local markdowns or did they come down
from corp ? I was told these were local. So, based on several posts
here & my field observations, the local stores seem to have reached a
momment of truth. They have old stock ('not in the plan' as they say)
and are motivated to make it sell.
Ray
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Hit the nearest walmart to me yesterday (over an hour away). plenty of stock
on the shelf, but nothing marked down. i take that back. i did find about 50
advent calendars, marked down to a fantastic (not) price of $15. my wife
wants to move back to minneapolis, seems there are more opportunities for
deals back there.
david
In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> "David C. Pyatt" wrote:
> >
> > Maybe tomorrow, or maybe it was a manager's decision at Tom's store.
>
> There is some evidence to support this:
>
> I noticed some more markdowns at the local WM today. I asked the toy
> dept person directly: are these local markdowns or did they come down
> from corp ? I was told these were local. So, based on several posts
> here & my field observations, the local stores seem to have reached a
> momment of truth. They have old stock ('not in the plan' as they say)
> and are motivated to make it sell.
>
> Ray
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David Phillips wrote:
>
> Hit the nearest walmart to me yesterday (over an hour away). plenty of stock
> on the shelf, but nothing marked down. i take that back. i did find about 50
> advent calendars, marked down to a fantastic (not) price of $15. my wife
> wants to move back to minneapolis, seems there are more opportunities for
> deals back there.
Only if you get to the store before GMLTCers do, they buy EVERYTHING,
they're like locusts.
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> David Phillips wrote:
> >
> > Hit the nearest walmart to me yesterday (over an hour away). plenty of • stock
> > on the shelf, but nothing marked down. i take that back. i did find about • 50
> > advent calendars, marked down to a fantastic (not) price of $15. my wife
> > wants to move back to minneapolis, seems there are more opportunities for
> > deals back there.
>
> Only if you get to the store before GMLTCers do, they buy EVERYTHING,
> they're like locusts.
Hey now, no point in giving GMLTC credit for my handiwork!
Dan
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
> http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
> fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
>
> Note: this is a family forum!
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Well... not to start a range war or anything but I've heard of how the
GMLTC descend on a store, they really DO swarm it. How else would Conan
have gotten hundreds of those 9 compartment bins?
You're no slouch yourself, mind you, I've seen your castle, that's a
passel of bricks.
Daniel Siskind wrote:
>
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > David Phillips wrote:
> > >
> > > Hit the nearest walmart to me yesterday (over an hour away). plenty of • stock
> > > on the shelf, but nothing marked down. i take that back. i did find about • 50
> > > advent calendars, marked down to a fantastic (not) price of $15. my wife
> > > wants to move back to minneapolis, seems there are more opportunities for
> > > deals back there.
> >
> > Only if you get to the store before GMLTCers do, they buy EVERYTHING,
> > they're like locusts.
>
> Hey now, no point in giving GMLTC credit for my handiwork!
>
> Dan
>
> >
> > --
> > Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
> > http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
> > fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
> >
> > Note: this is a family forum!
--
Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
Note: this is a family forum!
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Hey Larry,
I'm a relative newcomer to LUGNET (~1 month)... could you define GMLTC
please? Thanks!
Dave
In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Only if you get to the store before GMLTCers do, they buy EVERYTHING,
> they're like locusts.
>
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
> http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
> fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
>
> Note: this is a family forum!
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Well, now I don't feel so bad. I stopped at Wal-Mart during lunch and
the Zeppelin is still at $9. I'll check again in a few days.
Frederick Paepke <paepkef@net-link.net> wrote:
> This is not my day. I live an hour away from the nearest Wal-Mart. I
> just stopped there about two hours ago. I was very disappointed that
> the two Ninja sets that I've been eyeing up disappeared in the last 48
> hours. I scanned a ton of sets, but found no new prices. I forgot to
> scan the Air Zeppelins... (They have dozens...)
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Frederick Paepke wrote:
> Well, now I don't feel so bad. I stopped at Wal-Mart during lunch and
> the Zeppelin is still at $9. I'll check again in a few days.
Consider asking the management. If they know you'll take them, they might
knock them down just for you (although likely not clear to $1). If several
stores are doing this, I'd start watching your local Wal-marts--I literally
stumbled upon their "$1 markdown get-it-the-heck-outta-here unadvertised
sale" last year and scored about $300 worth of Technic sets for $25. It's
definitely local when they start getting funky like that--it may have to do
with January vs. February sales dollars or something.
I scanned everything in the clearance aisle today, btw. No change in
prices yet. However, I did have a FOTD: I went to a very new Target and
bumbled across a Tie/Y which scanned at $12.34. This alone was enough to
make my day complete, especially after getting stuck in the Poconos during
that %$#%! snowstorm yesterday.
best,
Lindsay
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> It's
> definitely local when they start getting funky like that--it may have to do
> with January vs. February sales dollars or something.
While visiting a variety of WMs today, I noted something interesting
about the shelf stickers. The fine-print read something like...
"clearance 01/31/00 wk#1" while others were "clearance 01/08/00 wk#50".
It would seem that WM begins counting weeks about the 1st of Feb. Is
this normal in retail (that the fiscal year runs 2/1 - 1/31) ?
Ray
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I think that you can basically start you fiscal year anywhere you want... as
long as it isn't February 29th :)
I think it was different at about every retail outlet I worked at in the
past... They can base it on incorporation date or whathaveyou as far as I
know. I personally use 1/1 - 12/31 for my business.
Dave
In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> It would seem that WM begins counting weeks about the 1st of Feb. Is
> this normal in retail (that the fiscal year runs 2/1 - 1/31) ?
>
> Ray
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David C. Pyatt wrote:
>
> I think that you can basically start you fiscal year anywhere you want... as
> long as it isn't February 29th :)
>
> I think it was different at about every retail outlet I worked at in the
> past... They can base it on incorporation date or whathaveyou as far as I
> know. I personally use 1/1 - 12/31 for my business.
>
> Dave
>
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> > It would seem that WM begins counting weeks about the 1st of Feb. Is
> > this normal in retail (that the fiscal year runs 2/1 - 1/31) ?
And there are good reasons for a large retail outfit to not do their
fiscal year 1/1 to 12/31. No need to subject yourself to year-end
inventory when the customers are mobbing you for the after Christmas
sales.
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