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Re: FAO Prices
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 22 Nov 1999 04:06:59 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> David Simmons wrote:
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> > I would strongly advise against buying anything from FAO Schwartz. Their
> > markups are WAY above MSRP!
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> Strongly agree, EXCEPT... it is often worth looking into one once in a
> while to see if there is anything old. Their prices are so high that
> stuff doesn't sell very well, and I have heard tales of people finding
> Century Skyways and Metroliners several years after they went out of
> production. I'd gladly pay 30% above list for a metroliner! :-)
There's a weird white and pink cardboard box on the shelf of our "local" FAO
(in the mall, naturally) that has obviously been there for a LONG time--I think
it's 4138, I didn't have a pen to note the number. It does have a couple of
pink 4L antennae in it, however. There were also two Armada Flagships (6280)
for $45.00 each and a Unitron Sky Hawk II (1789) for $42.00, but in a very
beaten-up box. The general rule seems to be a surcharge of 40% over MSRP--it's
rather bizarre to be in that mall, where K-B is the "discount" store.
best,
LFB.
---
Lindsay Frederick Braun
Department of History
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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| (...) Strongly agree, EXCEPT... it is often worth looking into one once in a while to see if there is anything old. Their prices are so high that stuff doesn't sell very well, and I have heard tales of people finding Century Skyways and Metroliners (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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