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Re: Learning Express: New Toy Store at 28th and East Paris
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lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:21:29 GMT
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On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:59:16 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> Steve Bliss wrote:
> >
> > Stopped by the grand opening for Learning Express, a new franchise toy
> > store. It's located by Shoe Carnival, at the corner of 28th street and
> > East Paris (avenue?).
> >
> > They had 20% off everything. Unfortunately, the LEGO was higher than
> > retail, and they only carried regular retail products. Gotta get some
> > DACTA and service pack items! More big TECHNIC sets!
>
> We sort of know the owner, as she teaches at Nik and Taya's school. I
> told her I was glad to see her carrying LEGO, asked her about pricing.
> She claimed that her prices were lower than retail in some cases and
> that she would have some specials. I did not dispute the point at the
> time.
She was locking the door when we arrived. She was kind enough to let us in
for a look around, and I didn't want to keep her long after a busy day. So
I didn't look at everything.
> I told her I'd like to see her carry the Trains line, and that if she
> did, I would buy one of every thing in the current Trains line from her
> as a show of support.
I'd like to see everything that's not available from general retail. :)
> We'll see. We've spent over 150 there already, mostly on SanRio stuff.
>
> They have a number of the DK books including both the new StarWars ones.
I missed those. Kristin just bought the DK sales kit, so we won't be
buying any DK from retailers for awhile.
Steve
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