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Re: Where are the sales this year????
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:27:09 GMT
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rsanders@NOSPAMsvic.net
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Clearanced Legos hide in one of 3-4 places in the typical walmart...
1) On the Lego aisle - know your Lego, look for items that the
overworked and underpaid clerks forgot to retag.
2) On a toy-dept clearance aisle - should be obvious, but in any case
see #1
3) On a store-wide clearance aisle - some stores use this approach,
rather than dept-by-dept
4) The Lego aisle and look up high. Sometimes they forget the stuff on
top should be clearanced also.
Ray
Brad Hamilton wrote:
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> I'm in Orange County, California (near Irvine if you know where that is)
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> Unfortunately, the WM by me hasn't had a "clearance" section recently.
> Perhaps its hiding and I need to look harder.
>
> Those prices he got sound like the wonderful steals I got last year!
> Perhaps this is just a temporary lull and I just need to keep checking back.
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> Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
> news:38AA0065.A9B768F@pilot.msu.edu...
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> >
> > Jeff Johnston wrote:
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> > > Brad Hamilton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Last year, I made weekly trips to Wallmart, and Toys R Us.
> > > >
> > > > Each trip, I would almost always find one or more sets at • hugediscounts
> > > > (like 50% off).
> > > >
> > > > This year, I'm having an awfully tough time finding ANY kind of • discounts.
> > > > I've seen a few old castle sets about 20% off, but that's about it.
> > >
> > > Hmm...I've found the FNF at WM for $40, the Amazon Ancient Ruins for • about
> > > half price, got a River Expedition for $20, Sphinx Secret Surprise for • $9, Air
> > > Zeppelin for $9, the WM 'special bonus pack for $14...and I have to • compete
> > > with
> > > the Auczilla buyers, so I'd say that they're out there.
> > >
> > > (Are you sure you're looking in WM's clearance aisle and not just their • toy
> > > section? Also, I've noticed that a lot of WMs have a 'toy clearance' • section
> > > and then another clearance section, often nearby, which frequently has • some LEGO
> > > tucked into it.)
> >
> > Also, where are you located? It's possible that those of us who have been • fanning
> > out across this great countryside of ours (North America in general) have • stumbled
> > upon your sleepy little hollow while you weren't looking and...*SNAP!* To • borrow
> > Larry P.'s metaphor on the trainheads and clearance sales, we're like • locusts.
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Lindsay
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| I'm in Orange County, California (near Irvine if you know where that is) Unfortunately, the WM by me hasn't had a "clearance" section recently. Perhaps its hiding and I need to look harder. Those prices he got sound like the wonderful steals I got (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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