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Re: Target Lies and Great Buys!
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Thu, 17 Jan 2002 22:08:28 GMT
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Ed McGlynn wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Reed writes:
> > In lugnet.market.shopping, Renard Graham writes:
> > > Where the heck is this store. I have 6 Targets in my commute loop and none
> > > of them had anything like this left even at the 50% level, especially the
> > > railway expresses.
> > Hey Renard,
> > I'm in Texas! Home of the wide open spaces! The trick to finding legos
> > down here is that we have fairly large communities/towns that are pretty
> > much located in no-where land! The population is mostly farmers, ranchers
> > and such, and they don't like to spend a lot on toys. So the stores don't
> > move a lot of merchandise. By seeking these type of places out, I can find
> > stuff that wouldn't last a day in the larger cities! I don't even try
> > there. Also, I usually end up driving 200 miles or more seeking out these
> > places. This store had 14 of those railway sets at 50% less than a week
> > before. I thought there would be at least half of them left! I suspect
> > some afol may have beaten me to it. So it's not easy finding stuff even in
> > no-where land! Sometimes it just takes a little luck and timing. I think I
> > was lucky this time. Believe me that it doesn't happen that often. You
> > have to just keep trying...
> > regards,
> > Tom
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> Hi Tom -
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> Your list of finds resembled the Killeen, TX Target that I was visiting the
> other day. I wasn't able to get back there until late on Wednesday, and
> almost all clearance LEGO was gone. I wanted to get a 4561 for my son's
> birthday, but I shouldn't have waited, I guess - $65 was a good price, but I
> was tempted to wait because there were so many sets left! So, some AFOL
> probably beat both of us to it, and had a chance to get there early on
> Wednesday.
Note that it may not be an AFOL. There are plenty of folks selling LEGO
on eBay who are not fans. They have just discovered that it does well.
These folk may not necessarily buy a lot for their own kids and may not
normally be in the demographic that buys LEGO, but once they get their
money ball rolling, can easily afford to clean out a store at deep
clearance. It's quite conceivable they are employees, and depending on
store policy and individual managers, may have an easy time sucking off
deep clearance items (and honestly, I see little problem with a store's
policy allowing the employees to skim the clearance so long as there are
some controls to make sure they don't just decide to deep clearance
something so some entrepeneur employee can make a bundle).
--
Frank Filz
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| You may be right Frank! I've heard a number of stories of these sets dissapearing at the last minute. I can't believe there is that many AFOLs in these areas that I'm not familiar with. Sure some, but not that many! I'm wondering if maybe there is (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Hi Tom - Your list of finds resembled the Killeen, TX Target that I was visiting the other day. I wasn't able to get back there until late on Wednesday, and almost all clearance LEGO was gone. I wanted to get a 4561 for my son's birthday, but (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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