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Re: FOTW? Nebuala Outpost 6899
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Fri, 8 Jan 1999 23:22:34 GMT
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Well, a large part of your "luck" is HAVING Walmarts that
    1)Stock enough to end up overstocked for clearances
    2)Have enough stock to last through several rounds of clearances
    3)DON'T have so many people buying Lego locally that nothing last past the 1st
round.

Unfortunately, EVERY Walmart I have visited in South SF Bay Area meet NONE of the
above :/  The Targets don't either, I was lucky I stopped by Dec24 on a lark and
got all my 40% off stuff, the rest was GONE soon after.


Mike Stanley wrote:

Josh Spaulding <josh_spaulding@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well, that depends.  Yeah, I would.  I can lose on this one, because
I've gotten sets for 90% off. :)  Got a ton of Scorpion Detectors last
year for $2.50 each.  Not bad for a $25+ set

Call me a sucker if you're just joking about this, but where would one find a
deal like that?

I got them at Wal-Mart.  You can too, if you look hard enough and are
lucky enough.

That is the best (percentage-wise) clearance price I've gotten in over
2 years of constant diligence, though.  Patience and diligence pay off
in the end.

Lots of people write me asking how I manage to find so many good
deals.  I'd say a good part of it is luck, but a good part of the luck
is luck I make myself with those two traits - patience and diligence.

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(...) Well, yeah, I have to admit that geography does play a role as well. Then again, you ought to be getting a nice bonus this year if you stay through the merger, so what do you need sales for? ;) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) I got them at Wal-Mart. You can too, if you look hard enough and are lucky enough. That is the best (percentage-wise) clearance price I've gotten in over 2 years of constant diligence, though. Patience and diligence pay off in the end. Lots of (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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