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I picked up two RIS 1.0 for $140 each. They were the last two there...I think they had just put them out earlier that day. I was going to make some money on Ebay with them but a friend at work and my brother both were interested so I sold it to them (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I got some RIS at $173, some cheaper, and have already bought all the RIS1.5 upgrades for them and sold the ones I had (I LOST money on 2, made money on the other 3, so it evened out) available. I have 3 RDS for sale for $110, though - got them for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Dec 27, 1999 - Jan 2, 2000
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Yep - I asked Todd to list last week's through at least today, and I'll be calling tomorrow to see if there are new ones. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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While travelling north for a New Years holiday I checked out all the small towns for old LEGO. My one and only old find was a 7853 4.5v crossing from 1980. New in box :) Allan... (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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So, did anyone get any great LEGO deals when Learningsmith shutdown? They never carried much (in GR at least), except Mindstorms. I found out about it in the last week of the clearance, so most everything in the store was gone. Including quite a bit (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just called S@H and they told me same specials as last week, for now, anyway.. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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It's true and it runs until the 8th. (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
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It's true and it runs until the 8th. (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I (...) one (...) You could get in touch with one of the Zany Brainy's that still has the 8480 on sale for $75 as a clearance piece. I was in one today that still had 5 of them on the floor (literally, on the floor ;-) ) that were marked $75. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | K-Mart, BOGO 50%
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I was in a K-Mart today, starting the new year out right by shopping for Lego. When I went to get a price check on something, I was suprised to see 'BOGO 50%' show on the register. The clerk was suprised also. She pulled out a new flyer and there it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) If you want to question the manager's behaviour, it's best to go over his head. It's a corporation, so find out who his superior is--at the very least, you'll get a complete explanation of why he behaved the way he did, straight from the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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Also becuase it might siphon sales at full-price. I.e., why but it today... wait two days and save 25% :) Ray (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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Because of the idiots who would then go into the store with the ad and demand the sale price, too lazy to look at the dates the sale is good for, most likely. (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Really? I don't pay a whole lot of attention to flyers and such (they typically go straight into recycle), so I basically assumed. Wow. Why on earth would they not want to advertise a sale ahead of time? Since you imply its common, I suppose (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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Say what? The weekly sales (that are nationwide) RARELY get out to the consumers before Sat evening at the earliest, for sales that start Sunday. Unless you are on their mailing list, and even then, they try to get the circulars to you as close to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | www.legoworldshop.com closed
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I don't know how many people on LUGNET use the LEGO Worldshop web site to puy product, but today when I went there I received the following message: (...) I guess now that most if not all products are available through S@H, those of us in the US can (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Interesting experience and query. I have myself begun to collect stock position information for various stores which have NOS lying around. Typically I do this where they insist on sticking with MSRP. This allows me to locate a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) There was a pretty famous case from a few years back of a guy who was (I believe) arrested for taking down prices and product information at a Good Guys. His trial was covered on "48 Hours" or one of those other news shows. In his case, he had (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Ah, ok. I must not have had enough coffee yet today - I missed that angle. But any national sale which isn't in a flyer a week ahead of time is a poorly marketed national sale. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Stunningly pointless, IMHO. The measures that a store puts into place to prevent "spying" are invariably going to cost more than the potential loss of revenue. Again, IMHO, the potential loss of revenue is diddly squat - especially when (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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