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Re: WooHoo!!
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 8 Dec 1999 19:50:21 GMT
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The 4559's have been marked down to $100 a couple of weeks before Christmas
each of the last two years at TRU (not a clearance, just a sale), so there is
at least historical precedent for Steve's hopefulness ;)
Alan
In lugnet.general, Ray Sanders writes:
> Steve Demlow wrote:
> >
> > Because he had $100 in TRU Visa credit to use. TRU doesn't tend to have
> > much that I want so that was a good chance to use the credit. Oh well,
> > TRU will likely put the 4561s on sale too.
>
> Possible, but having observed some of the old stock I have seen at
> TRUs, I would not bet on it. TRU seems to have a curious attitude
> towards clearancing Lego sets. When the corporate machine says 'go ye
> therefor and clearance', then all the stores heave to and mark them
> down. Lacking a direction from corporate, the stuff just seems to sit
> there forever. Once in a while, a store manager will see 'The Light'[tm]
> and figure out whay it is a good thing to move that SKU out the door.
> But that takes initiative, something not widely observed.
>
> Ray
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| (...) Possible, but having observed some of the old stock I have seen at TRUs, I would not bet on it. TRU seems to have a curious attitude towards clearancing Lego sets. When the corporate machine says 'go ye therefor and clearance', then all the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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