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Re: TRU returning open sets
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:17:12 GMT
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Kevin Wilson wrote:
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> > Depending on the manufacturer, (and retailer) some stores can get a
> > credit back for opened and non-full items. It depends, I know when I
> > worked at Best Buy they got a credit for some merchandise, but not all
> > of it.
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> Yep, our local Zellers will not go below 50% off on opened/damaged sets
> because tey say they can get credit from Lego for them. Seems weird to
> me that Lego will credit them for damaged goods.
If true, I wonder what TLG does with them? Can't resell them. Too
expensive to part out and reuse. I bet they dump them in the parts bins
that the Imagination Centers have...
But I don't think it's true, mostly. I think TRU ends up tossing these
if they can't find someone to buy them.
> Kevin
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Hi Larry, (...) You won this bet. Thats just what happens in Holland, returned sets are opened and tost into the, what we call rental LEGO boxes. When you do have or plan an happening as a shop or mall owner, youre able to hire lots of LEGO bricks. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: TRU returning open sets
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| On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:17:12 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) I understand that the spillage that occurs on the shop floor, (in the factories), are distributed to local orphanages. I would imagine that the same would (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: TRU returning open sets
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| (...) Yep, our local Zellers will not go below 50% off on opened/damaged sets because tey say they can get credit from Lego for them. Seems weird to me that Lego will credit them for damaged goods. Kevin (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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