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Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Hi all-
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>
> Robert M. Dye found, back in late December:
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> > Green Technic Car (reg $7.77) - $5.00
> > White Technic Car (reg $9.99) - $7.50
>
> It's time to start combing Wal-Marts again; they're clearing
> things out with alacrity. While Princeton's was just on "normal"
> half-price schedule, having one of the 6479 Res-Q base ($35),
> one of the Xtreme-Team Challenge ($25), and about nine of
> the Hydronauts 6180 Search Sub ($25), I happened to appear
> in North Brunswick, NJ precisely at the moment when that Wal-
> Mart was shifting its clearance merchandise and literally *dumping*
> sets into bins! I managed the following: 10 of the white $10 Technic
> cars for $1 each; five of the green ones, also $1 each; 4 of 6556
> Scuba Squad, $1 each; 6 of 6836, V-Wing Fighter, $2 each; 3 of
> the Rocky Ridge Playscape-themed set for $1 each; and three of
> the giant grey baseplates for $4.44 each.
>
> Yeah, it was a good day. Might be worth checking out other
> Wal-Marts--there's apparently a lot of discretion available to
> the individual store in what they mark down and how much.
>
> LFB.
I believe the term I'm looking for is "grumble grumble bitch bitch" :)
I went to my local Walmart this weekend (and a couple others, besides), and
found the great, amazing, fantastic clearance item: Twisted Time Train had
been marked down from it's discount price of $24.97, to the all-new low-time
clearance price of $24.00. (prices in CAD, BTW)
Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed that here in Canada, I've got to be
extremely lucky to find a single store that will ever do more than a 20% sale.
Even the Walmarts and Zellers (formerly K-mart, to you US folks) seem to think
that they can just continue to sell on retail forever.
The closest thing I've seen to a FOTW was when TRU marked their Western sets
down to 50% on Boxing day.
Am I alone in this?
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) month, Last year it was down at 20% and this years it seam to be 15% :-(. I also saw last summer 25% off at TRU on all Lego but since then only occasionaly some old stuff they want to get rid off at about half price. Martin (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
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| (...) That's cause they can. If sets haven't sold after they're discontinued for 4 or 5 years is plenty of time to think about discounts, and by then they're snapped up to resell to Americans... viz. the recent rash of 8880's from my country, the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| Hi all- Robert M. Dye found, back in late December: (...) It's time to start combing Wal-Marts again; they're clearing things out with alacrity. While Princeton's was just on "normal" half-price schedule, having one of the 6479 Res-Q base ($35), (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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