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| (...) I very rarely by Lego at retail, the Speeder Bikes was the last one I did, because I know that I can get at least %20-%25 percent off on almost a monthly basis. Target, Shopko, K-Mart, FredMeyer rountinely have such sales, but these may (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Gee... might that have anything to do with the fact that we are AFOLs 24/7, while many of the TLC people are 8-5 employees 5 days a week ? Ray (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Gosh that sounds familiar. :) Tricky to work on building or sorting when you've got a baby that needs to be walked around. ;) James (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) It also silences the "I told myself I wasn't going to buy any more LEGO until I sorted all the ones I have!" voice. eric (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Regular sets? Other than my first post-darkage sets XW and Snow Speeder, nothing. Rare, discontinued and promotional sets are different stories. (...) Well up here in Canada, Bay always has at least 10% off all toys every weekend, and Zellers (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I hear you. I just usually don't buy like that. I'm not a SW fan at all, so while I can look at the SW sets (some of them) and recognize that they work better as models than a lot of other sets Lego releases, I still don't buy them thinking "I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I was just over to my local K-mart and they had put out 5 or 6 each of the 10 small Throwbots, so I got one went to the checkout and instead of 6 dollars it scanned for 50 cents!!, yep that's $.50, HALF a buck!!. I told the cashier hold on. I went (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This week via proxy, Shell set 1254 x 4. (...) Of course! I might be willing to buy some smaller or reasonably priced (a dime a brick or less) sets at full price, but if I want more than one of the set I will try to wait for at least a BOGO (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Yes... Yes you are... ;-). Just kidding of course although in the last year I have become extremely stingy. I think thats for a number of reasons. 1. Since the baby came I just don't shop very much any more. 2. Since the baby came my building (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Not at all. When the new sets for the year come out, I tend to buy them at full price. In recent memory, I have bought the following at full price: *All the Star Wars System sets to date *All the LoM sets (except the big base) *All the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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