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Re: GST - first taste test
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 1 Jul 2000 04:45:28 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> Dateline: Penrith (NSW) 01/07/2000 11amish
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> Just done the usual rounds,
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> Grace Bros were just starting on Lego repricing, so without a hand scanner,
> there was not much point in a price survey - I shall return.
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> Target - shelf tickets were newish, shelves were rearranged and the neatest
> i have seen them, but post-GST shelf tickets were not on yet, onward to the
> wall mounted scanner, well Bull's attack down to $93+ from $95+, Slave $54+
> from $55+, looks like 2% generally (hmmmm....)
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> Big W - as James had spotted, shelf ticketing was completed here as well,
> prices were down 5-10% from normal prices (which is 10% below retail as is),
> even the impulse sets on special went down to $1.76 (from $1.88).
> So it seems Big W have done the right thing.
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> W4K - shelf ticketing completed, 5% across the board, 7171 down now to
> $89+ from $94.40 (clearance price).
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> TRU - had to resort to the wall scanner as shelf ticketing was in the process,
> things seemed only to go down a couple of percent, certainly nowhere near
> 5%, MTT is now in stock there. Only a few soccer buses (which went down 60c)
> left, no other soccer stock and the holes where it was aren't there.
> Could those soccer sets have been a short-lived promo ?
> For those Technic lovers, the 8448 was on short term special of $156.
> So check your local TRU if interested, since the 8480 specials 6 months ago,
> varied store to store.
> TRU had impulse sets down to $2.62 (woop,woop probably get their stock at
> Big W).
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> So maybe Target deserves a visit from the ACCC.
> My overall opinion is back to shopping habits as before, wait for the sales.
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> (dollar values above are Australian dollars, well it is loc.au!)
> pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (anyone been to a Toyworld/Toy Kingdom?)
I went to K-mart and some star wars sets accually went UP!!!
so i am very annoyed right now
-James Walker
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