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Re: Super Duper Huge Awesome Sale!!
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:05:29 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Bryan Wong writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.ca, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> > > Yeah, it sounds like the flyers were misprinted. I'd like to know
> > > if this was only regional (the mis-print that is, not the sale).
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> > > Did other people get flyers that specifically mentioned the sale?
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> > Here in BC I received a flyer that advertised the "buy one get the other at
> > 50% off" sale. But when I was paying for my stuff the clerk asked me "Is
> > there a sale on this stuff?" so I had to tell her about it.
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> Well, they had signs up in the Lego area on Saturday, and it was in the
> flyer. Come to think of it, both cashiers were a little confused, but I
> chalked it up to the 8AM daze everyone had. However, the senior cashier
> gave Iain Hendry and I a lot of trouble while checking out with 6 tubs of
> 3033 :) But she was complaining about tubs not being Lego vs the picture on
> the flyer.
Yuck, I had an experience like that once before when I found an older set in a
K-Mart during a BOGO 50%, it didn't show up in their computer as LEGO, and it
took some time and asking for the manager (who never came) before I could
convince the customer service person that a sale on "LEGO building sets" (or
whatever the title was), clearly had to apply to ANY LEGO building set. It was
quite stunning how much resistance was given to knocking a few bucks off a $100
or so bill.
Frank
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| (...) Same here-I don't see what they were all up in a fuss about, if anything just to show authority. The only thing they wouldn't give me was the 6 4285 buckets which were 6.49 each on sale (June 2-8) with the Buy One Get One offer. But that's (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) Well, they had signs up in the Lego area on Saturday, and it was in the flyer. Come to think of it, both cashiers were a little confused, but I chalked it up to the 8AM daze everyone had. However, the senior cashier gave Iain Hendry and I a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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