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(...) YES.. that was it Good memory! (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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You can do it more than once... if you delete the cookie! Col <NumberSix@REMOVEfre...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:FLBAu3.HBv@lugnet.com... (...) tried (...) cheaper (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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I need to hear back about this by noon tomorrow or I don't think I can do it I have a chance to buy some 4559s. Zellers here in Ottawa has 4 of them at 149.99 CDN minus 20% plus PST and GST. After converting to USD that is somewhat less than retail. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh the folks in the stores can find out. But practically speaking, it's not worth their time. Because, well, you're going to buy them regardless of when they hit the shelf, right? So unless you know someone, or can convince someone, to hunt (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) not 6559. And yes, they were more like 50% off last year, whereas the sets are only about 1/3 off this year. (Except for that Town Jr set that has little to recommend it.) /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So the $64k question is, kids: We can probably assume from what you guys have said that SOMEONE in the TRU corporation, not necessarily someone at a store, could, if they wanted to (and you'd think they would- we're going to spend a LOT of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) opposite. Since most customers are looking for a particular item it is very useful for the floor workers to be able to access what is in stock or when it is expected in. Then again the toy store industry is a far cry from the retail field I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes. The system MUST have that capability, and it must be accessable. TRU would not have become the monolithic chain it has without inventory controls and excellent tracking capabilities. However, it is also possible, (even likely) that the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've seen blue-vested TRU employees pull Lego pallets out and stock them before with my own eyes. Chris (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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<A SNIPPING WE WILL GO> (...) Don't Lego employees, or at least contracted employees of Lego, stock the Lego aisle at TRU? Wouldn't this mean that the regular TRU worker really doesn't have any idea of when the Lego sets will be stocked. They may be (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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