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Re: Zellers and Lego
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:01:35 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, John Battcock writes:
> Hi Folks,
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> With the current Zeller's Buy one get one half price sale, I thought it
> would be an excellent oppurtunity to build a small army of Storm Troopers by
> stocking up on #7201. So on Saturday morning I visited all five differnt
> Zeller's stores in the Halifax/Dartmouth area. My total take was zero units.
> In fact there was not even a sticker on the shelf . Lots of 7200, 7203 and
> 7204.
John,
I was at my local (Brantford, Ontario) Zellers on Sunday for the BOGOHO and
didn't see anything that "turned my crank". I did see a few 7201s but even
using BOGOHO I don't like the price - 46 pieces for $15+tax? (assuming you
buy two sets) No thanks. I did pick up two 7312 LoM T3-Trikes. What a neat
little set with very cool suspension - 198 pieces for app. $22.50+tax
(assuming two sets, again).
> All the Zeller's stores Line coverage ends at about the $45.00 price point.
> For example; there are no Harry Potter Train sets, No Harry Potter Castles
> at any of the Local Zellers. No Ogel underwater base. This is not reflected
> in my above percentages.
I did see shelf stickers but empty shelves for the HP Express, castle, the
big LoM tube thing and the new Championship Challenge all of which are >$45.
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> Zellers is always the last chain to get new sets. Note that the Bay and
> Sears are both atrocious in their Lego selection here. I don't even bother
> checking for new sets there anymore.
Here (in Brantford) I think they were the first to get the new Star War sets
- Twin Pod Cloud Car and the small (overpriced) Jedi Defense, etc sets.
> Do you think that this is some Zellers Regional Manager's buying decision or
> perhaps the Lego rep has dropping the ball. If I was buying the odd set here
> and there I probably wouldn't notice and buy everything at TRU retail, but
> when Lego is your vice,it's awfully nice to get those 25% discounts.
I think a lot of stores use this kind of regional buying process. Last fall
at the Zellers in Mississauga they had large Technic sets and lots of other
stuff that my local store seems to never have. TRU is truly disgusting for
prices and they never seem to have a sale - at least when I am there :( I
just wish I could get some of the Shop@home stuff locally - without having
to pay the US exchange and some of the highest shipping costs on the planet.
Pete
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