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(...) I give my Kentucky ZIP at my local Toys R US (in SC) when they ask. It is particularly fun because they almost always assume the first two numbers(since all of the surrounding towns have ZIPs that start the same way). They either have to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Informal WB Store Survey
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Let's do a survey... How much of what did you order? How much have you received? How much has been cancelled? I ordered 2 orders, each order consisted of 3 8735's and a 8445. $53.99 Merchandise /$2.83 Tax / $8.95 Shipping each order. Recieved one of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Japanese Cust.Svc. anecdote. Was Re: WB store sale
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(...) That reminds me of something that happened to my mom. I lived in Japan as a child, and one day my mother bought a dozen pastries or riceballs or something at a store in Yokosuka (Saikaya Department Store). Well, she got them home and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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lpieniazek@novera.com (Larry Pieniazek) wrote in <388D9C47.E1297C92@v...ager.net>: (...) Hm. I noticed in one of your auctions that you were experimenting with x.com and was wondering how it was going. I guess this is some data for that experiment. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Yes, but... Companies that hide behind "we goofed up" are within their rights. They're just not as well regarded as those that stand behind their offers. Ali V. told me of a tale... seems he had found a store that sold 4558s in Japan somewhere. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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No... It's a shame that they all went home Tuesday afternoon "because of bad weather"! Yeah, a storm of mad customers calling! :( My 3 extra 8735's and second Indy Storm got cancelled too... I was gonna order several more on payday! AAAGGGHHHHH! (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not at the office I managed right before the job I'm in now. When someone asked to speak to the boss they spoke to me. Kinda scary to think about the possibilities, though... (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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(...) I heard Andersen Consulting was at least partially to blame for some of the TRU's online holiday season problems. Anyone know if that's for real? (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, come on. Really. Do you think every single place you order from is located in a giant warehouse with acres of merchandise sitting there, just ready to go out? The reality is places start clearing stuff out, and maybe through a glitch, or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Frederick Paepke wrote in message ... (...) Are people interested in these cases? I have a couple blue and several gold that I'd be happy to sell or trade for something, though they may not be worth the postage. follow-ups to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've found that the Midwest/Great Lakes area is brimming with Lego deals. We get the new sets very quickly (I was seeing the Destroyer Droids a week before all those sightings got posted here earlier this month), and I just picked up two (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Which store? I've been looking for a TIE/Y for my own collection after I had to buy my older sister off with the one I got last year. I got a Sphinx Surprise at the Fred's at 82nd and Foster on Dec 31; it had been reduced to $9.99 (they had (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Yeah, I have hit the Fred Meyer stores. One near me had 50+ tie fighters, and 30+ Sphynx surprises, all at full price. you would hope that a time would come that they would bit the bullet and clear them out. the last time i was there, the empty (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ah HA! It's not just me that's looking for clearance sets and not finding them in the Portland-Metro area! There just aren't any cool sales on at Target, TRU, WalMart, Fred Meyer or anything! David, on occasion (I think at the end of the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just out of curiosity, which area of the country are people having the best luck finding clearance sales at Wal-Mart and previously, Target. A couple of weeks ago I spent a Saturday traveling to all of the Target, Wal-Mart and TRU stores from (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Last night I picked up one at $9, but decided to wait on more since my local Wal-Mart has at least 30 of these "hiding" in a very out of the way place. I'm hoping that the price drops even further, then I'll clean them out. I also picked up a couple (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) [snipped rant] Oh, wait. I know why I'm pissed: Received product total: $22.00 Shipping charges: $15.00 !!!...!!! Their @#$ shipping charges totally negated my great deal. $15.00 shipping on a $100+ order is not a big deal, but on a $22.00 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Actually, I was referring to feedback in the ebay sense. I should have said 'a feedback rating'. By now, the WB Store would have quite a few negative feedbacks. For all the problems with ebay, at least you can get some sense of the honesty & (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: ZanyBrainy.com $10 off no minimum!
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(...) I think so. When ZB emailed me that coupon this weekend, they said that it expired on 1/23... Will (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) For some reason, I keep getting a "sorry, you can't use that coupon" message when I try to use it. I was trying to buy some small adventurers sets. Any idea what the problem is? Did the coupon have an expiration date? Toki (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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