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Ordered (late on Sunday the 16th): 1 8445 (received on the 21st) 2 8735 (received on the 21st) 2 4561 (back ordered) Unfortunately, when I placed my order I didn't create an account that I could return to and check my order status. So until they (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I did a relatively tiny order, for some parts, 6083 and 6454, and got them both. I ordered as soon as I saw the post on Lugnet, though. George (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I only ordered 2 8445's 1 8735 All cancelled. -Adam (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ok, I confess, I'm a dangerous idealist. But for a company which sells things, two of its most valuable assets are its inventory and its customers' goodwill. WB don't seem to be good at managing either. Again, I have no axe to grind here, just (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I ordered: 3 8445s 14 4561s 20 8735s ALL of it cancelled. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Ah, but a point you are missing is that when someone in here was on the phone with WB right around the same time as many of us were ordering, and they said they were out of the clearance stuff on the website, but had them in their CATALOG sales at (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I managed to find one, and since I have plenty of white 6-wide boat bows I needed some black ones...not to mention that great grey porthole piece (that I always need more of)! An excellent set, and it comes with a barrage balloon for my navy (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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the fred meyers at 217 and canyon road has the tie fighters, and the target by washington square had a lot of different sets, all at full price, including a dozen RIS. (...) and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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David C. Pyatt wrote in message ... (...) two (...) 4 6328 (received) 4 6426 (received) 4 6584 (received) 2 4561 (canceled) 60% received, 40% canceled. I have to say that I'm satisfied. I wish I had got the 4561, but I haven't passed up any on (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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I haven't seen this posted yet, but I went in my local Walmart and they had the Adventurers "Air Zeppelin" #5956 marked down to $9.00! They've been on sale for $14.00 lately, so this is another discount. Not a bad deal! I had to pick up a couple! (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hello, If you are in the USA and if you ordered from The Entertainer (www.thetoyshop.com) did they reduce the prices to remove the VAT like Busy Bee does? Does the VAT reduction happen automatically at checkout, or do you have to call them to ask (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm not sure if the smiley means that you don't really want the number, but the phone number for the WB Store is 1.800.289.7900, and the email address for customer service is wbstore@customerserv...email.com. Flame on! --Raymond Flournoy (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not so. As the person to whom supervisor calls are transferred at my place of business, I can tell you that at some places, at least, asking for a supervisor gets you a supervisor. Actually, it's been that way everywhere I've worked. eric (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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A friend of a friend works at a Major Hotel's customer service center. When someone asks to speak to the supervisor, they transfer it to the person next to them. There's also a special phone on a table called the "president's" phone. When someone (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I didn't receive any and had a long talk with them on the phone. All I was told was that they couldn't do anything to help me. I asked to speak to the boss, who I was told couldn't do anything either. I responded that they weren't really the boss (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Short list this week... (URL) Rock'n'stack $10.00 $ 7.00 System 6333 Race'nChase Bonus Pack $ 7.75 $ 3.50 6977 Arachnoid Starbase $88.00 $65.00 6199 Hydrocrystallization Station $99.00 $79.00 Technic 8266 Spyder Slayer $76.00 $46.00 B400 Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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You aren't dealing with that conglomerate YET. The merger won't go through until much later in the year. Otherwise, I'd find out an internal # at work to raise hell ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Its a shame that the WB Store doesn't have a feedback number :) Of course, now I wonder if it should really be called the 'Time/Warner/AOL/Net...MI-Store'. Remember which mega-conglomerate you are dealing with here. Ray (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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My order (confirmed the afternoon of the 18th) is still listed as "Credit Card Hold." While I am nowhere near the credit limit, I think that a WEEK should be enough time for them to email me about a problem with the transaction. Naji (...) 17th, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I do not remember. I think it was AFTER some other people reported having ordered, though. I know I saw it on RTL, went and ordered one order, posted here complaining that the quantity was only 10, then ordered again. My posts weren't first I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes, but what is at issue is that the sets (certanly some of them!) are still in the catalog, therefore it is reasonable to assume that TLG has the sets still in stock (4561 for example) It cheases me that they would do this, Tom & Larry, keep (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey! Here's a neat idea! Why don't they *just sell the stuff they own* If I offered to sell 10 8855s, took the orders, and then said, "Oh, sorry, I haven't got ten.' I would get flamed to a crisp. What annoys me is the incompetence of the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Interesting. My orders were confirmed by emails at 2:41 and 2:49am on the 17th, and EVERYTHING on both of them were cancelled. What time was your "on the morning"? (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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What times did you make your orders? Both of mine were cancelled, every damned set. I'm pissed, to say the least. I'm going to burn a few ears off of WB employees in a few hours... The sets I ordered were listed on their website for almost TWO DAYS (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow!....nice snag....you are a better negotiator than I am....and I do sales for a living.... Sadly the K-marts where I live have meager shelf worn offerings.....2 of the K-marts here don't even carry Lego anymore....only Mega blocks and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow!....nice snag....you are a better negotiator than I am....and I do sales for a living.... Sadly the K-marts where I live have meager shelf worn offerings.....2 of the K-marts here don't even carry Lego anymore....only Mega blocks and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I never got any email from wbstore, but today I got a pokemon card and an invoice for backordered 4561s. I assume I'll get another snail mail in a few days to say "cancelled". Toys R Us, on the other hand, having cancelled my 7171 order after I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Greetings thought I'd take this opportunity to delurk and, Candidate 1: Someone mentioned eariler to make sure to scan sets at KMart, so I found a 6462 ResQ River Response and took it to electronics to scan, it wasn't found in the computer so the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So does mine. I'm not sure why, but this really ticks me off. More than it would if some other store canceled an order. Maybe it's the combination of a bad website (visually, interface-wise, and performance), selling product that has no (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Has anyone in Canada found the 8002 Destroyer in stores? Where? I have bought both 8000 & 8001, but have yet to see an 8002 anywhere. <ICS> (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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How may people recieved 4561's from WB ? Jim (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Mine too - Time to sell my AOL stock - Rats!!!! Dan M. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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My 4561s now say "cancelled" so oh well. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I ordered on the morning of the 17th, and my account shows my 4561's as being "in process", whatever that means. I take it as a good sign that I'll be getting them soon (they no longer say "credit card hold", which they did for awhile...). (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Sure they can. Just about every online store (and heck, maybe brick and mortar ones too) have some wording someplace that goes something like, "your order is really just an offer to purchase at the stated price and we are not obligated to sell (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) When asked for a zip code, I usually give them a zip code that is obviously a lie - such as 90210 (as in Beverly Hills 90210). That generally pisses off the cashier, but I have never been accused of lying when I've used it (in Iowa and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I got 0% of my order and I'm very PO'ed about it.. Their E-comm need some serious help! Jim (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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And again, I reply to myself... The only problem that I've got with this sale is the fact that all the Kmarts near me have a ton of old stock that is so old that the prices aren't in the computer any more; so if it doesn't have a price tag on it, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Doug wrote in message ... (...) Lego (...) am (...) Well, they were clearancing the item. I suspect the "backorder" was due to a programming deficiency (not being set up to deal with clearance items, which should not be backordered when they run (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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D Garcia wrote in message ... (...) Hm, that's probably smart, end your fiscal year at the end of summer, and you don't have to clearance as much stuff to reduce inventory for tax purposes (though it will still hit your quarterly reports from a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I ordered on the 18th and the last night my order was "backorder staus" now it's "cancelled" can they do that ? (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <388CDB12.4180DD12@gate.net>... (...) I'm sure this is their way of clearing out without marking everything down. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This is so (dare I say it??) daffy. (ouch) I got my first order with everything except the 4561s and I got a mail just now from WB Cust Svc saying that my second order has been shipped. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think this may be related to the timing of the inventory. Somewhere I seem to recall that inventory happens at the end of the summer. Ray (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wizards of the Coast. They're the big game company who started trading-card- game craze with Magic the Gathering. They market a Pokemon card game, which is what I assume the card is from. They bought the old role-playing game company TSR a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I called 'em. The lady said "both those items are discontinued." I asked if that meant backordered, and she said no, they're gone. *sigh* Well, I guess that's $300 dollars I'll save... Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) What time did everyone order? I got a message at 4:21 pm EST, and both Lego items were canceled for me also. No backorder, outright canceled. I sure am not paying anything if they try to charge me for the stupid Pokemon card. Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ditto for me - Ordered on the 17th, now everything shows up as 'cancelled'. I just sent an email to customer support, we'll see what happens... :-( JohnG (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I also ordered on Monday the 17th, I checked my order status today (24th). All LEGO items are listed as canceled. The only thing that shipped were the pokemon cards. What gives! Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I worked for Tandy for nearly five years. They asked address information, and in fact if your percentage was below 90% of customers giving information, they were liable to discipline or terminate you. My percentage was nearly 98%--it's weird (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Frederick Paepke wrote in message ... (...) Boy, I guess I didn't read my K-Mart flyer close enough... My experience from last year is that K-Mart runs at least 2 BOGO 50% sales on LEGO per month during the spring. Looks like the trend may be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) TRU in Victoria did that, I just gave them my work postal code (which covers a post office...and about 6000 of us :) V9A-7N2 (it used to be, Vodka Or Scotch, One Bottle Only (V0S 0B0...quite aplicable to us navy types...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) TRU does that around here, and Radio Shack has long had a similar phone number policy. One of the ZIP codes for Juneau, Alaska, is 99801. Just use that! 8^) Dave! (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | WTT: WB Promo Pokemon Cards (was: Re: WB store sale)
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[x-posted & follow-up to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade] Let me repeat my previous offer: I'm willing to trade some LEGO pieces for these WOTC cards. Anyone who got the promo Pokemon card from WB, and wants to have some extra LEGO instead, contact me (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) The WM here had a couple of these for $15, but I passed and haven't seen them since. (...) I haven't seen the Sphinx set at the local WM for a long time. I did pick up another Mummy's Tomb for $14 though, as well as an Oasis Ambush for $3. I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Lot's of Mummy Tombs are left out where I am, just about everything else is gone. I'll probably wait for another round of reductions on it before I'll bite. Annoyingly, the Stone Tower Bridge is still $39, but the Wal-Mart person there thought (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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The WM near me has the Super LEGO value sets on clearance for $14 - this is the set with the Rock Raiders crew, ResQ Speedboat, Ninja Blaster, Frontier Patrol, and a LEGO Classic set. Oh, and a blue Technic case. I snagged one because I was thinking (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What is the best deal on Mindstorms right now?
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(...) Mindstorms for $50 US! Mike, Target blowouts are just unbelievable. I wish they would enter the Canadian market and offer similar sales. <ICS> (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I paid $30 for mine at Walmart. There were 4 more on the shelves. Fred (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FYI: Kmart LEGO Sale!
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Kmart is doing it again (this is the third time in the last two months), "Buy One, Get One 50% Off" on LEGO. This sale runs January 23rd thru the 29th. Kmart is starting to become my favorite LEGO purchasing haunt. Frederick. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Latest Busy-Bee List is up - Jan 23 2000
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I've just got the latest update and I've put it online here: (URL) interest is the 8891 Technic Ideas Book and the 3225 Classic Train which is no longer available from US S@H. Some 12V items are still available. I've done a lot more links to pics (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) Your absolutely right, sorry about the mixup (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) There isn't.. he means MN rather than MI no doubt... (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) Since when is there a LEGO outlet in Michigan? LFB (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) The Outlet Store in Virginia is located in Potomac Mills Shopping Center. It is on I-95, about 20-30 minutes south of Washington DC. There is a really big sign, you can't miss it. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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I know of the stores in California, Florida, and Michigan...can anyone tell me about the store in Virginia, we head that way about once or twice a year to visit relatives...maybe this next time I can make a detour. (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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I think now you can also order the US shop@home promo sets too. Last week I just ordered the McDonalds restaurant set. Timothy Carl Buchheim <tcb@cs.hmcSPAM.edu> wrote in message news:3883A3AE.21B6E1...PAM.edu... (...) Does (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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(...) Not me, and I ordered on Monday too, but I haven't gotten mine yet either. 'Course, I got part of my KBKids order today. My guess is the rest of it didn't fit in the truck. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Got mine too, at least part of my order, anyway. 4561s are back ordered. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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(...) Nuts! I ordered mine Friday of last week, and it still hasn't arrived! I'm in California, so I wonder if that is the source of the delay. BTW, is your order info updated on your order page? Mine keeps showing "ordered sent to warehouse for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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Thanks! I should have made the connection, having been to their website more than once for my little Pokemon junkies. IMO, it could be worse, they could be wrestling fans. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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WOTC = Wizards of the Coast They are the little company that got big and bloated with the Magic: The Gathering card game. They bought out TSR (makers of Dungeons and Dragons) a few years ago, and they currently make the Pokemon collectible card (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WB store sale
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Clue me in, what's "WOTC"?. Thanks, Julie (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Well, I got my stuff today (Saturday), having ordered Monday with Standard shipping. It was sent USPS Priority Mail (how did they ship the expensive way?). The Pokemon card is a WOTC card (I opened my pack up to see, since from the outside all you (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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(...) Luckily they didn't get that memo in Birmingham, AL yesterday. I intended to buy 4, but they had 6. Emphasis on the "had"... Lady I spoke to heard there were folks calling "from the Internet" who were looking to sell them for lots of money. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Stone Tower Bridge FOUND
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I don't know if this is the message that you are referring to, but under Wal-Mart Lego Surprise and adventure (1/7/00) someone asked if anyone had found a stone tower bridge for under $39. Rose Mr L F Braun wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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Well sorry I can't help you out more, but the best I can do is a store a bit north-east of Atlanta. I visited the Snellville store last night and they had 15 of them left at $75. (Atlanta isn't a big Lego town it would seem, although the outlet (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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(...) Unfortunately that's not quite the case--I went tonight to a ZB here in mid-NJ, where I'd spoken to a regional manager yesterday. They called Huntingdon Valley, PA and confirmed both a) that they'd been selling 8480 for that price and b) that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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Yes, but all you have to do is call and have them shipped. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic)
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