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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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(...) Oh yeah. I forgot my original point, which was in reference to "should LEGO pay attention to us". The answer is: if we're only buying clearance sets, then no, because if that's the case, then we're obviously not the ones that LEGO is trying (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Right. But if they're not crap, I for example am not going to say, "Well, I'm not going to buy that just because it's not 50/75/whatever% off." If I like a set - or even the parts - enough, I feel no qualms about paying full (or nearly full) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That about sums up my shopping strategy too. For example, I've wound up with the smaller Life on Mars alien stuff on more or less impulse, but I'm waiting for a sale before I go for the big tan four-legged one. I'm also waiting for a sale to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Nope. :) If I see something that I like, I'll typically buy one off the shelf, at whatever the price happens to be. About half the time that's 15% off, but that's because I do more shopping when Zeller's does their monthly sale, not because I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) OK Dave, you get a "Brave Shopper" card to carry now. You know, those were sets I bought at regular price too.. (maybe some new Treasury at a Kohl's 20% sale, which is really like 15% off MSRP.) Also Desert Skiff, Droid Fighter, Pontoon Plane, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, you're not an idiot, of course. Maybe a little unthrifty, but not an idiot. :) (...) No, I'm sure a lot of AFOL's do. But I don't. I rarely pay full price for anything. I don't make enough money to feel comfortable buying much that isn't (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow, am I the only idiot who goes out and buys sets at full price? Whenever a cool set comes out, I always buy 1 or 2 of 'em just 'cause they're cool-- I don't wait for sales, really... but I hardly ever 'stock up' on sets unless they're on (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) They're out there. Like the one I visited just last week over in Bedford Falls. Quiet little town. Sebastian Kresge's picture still hangs by the front door. Only two checkout lanes (both with those quaint old National cash registers). Stacks (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Where are these Kmarts you guys are always finding? Rose D M Garcia wrote in message ... (...) broke, (...) once (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Right, but that's not our fault. If the sets don't sell they don't sell. If they're crap and they don't sell at full price (ala Rock Raiders) then Wal-Mart might order less next time around anyway. The fact that we might pick them up at 50-75% (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That may well be true. On the other hand, if Wal-Mart doesn't sell the sets at full price, and they have to clearance them out, then they will probably order less from LEGO next time around, and LEGO makes less anyway. J (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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You have seen the MASSIVE discounts on some of the Pooh sets on Etoys, right? If I could stomach Duplo, I'd buy some. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Why is that. When I go into a WM and buy something at 60-70% off retail, I doubt that TLC even knows it happens. The store manager might know it happens (esp if he sees me wheeling a buggy full of clearanced sets towards the register). The (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) One serious factor for me is that if I waited until I could get sets at 50% or better discount, I wouldn't be doing very much with pirates (I've bought two Crocodile Cages at clearance an that's it). I also probably wouldn't have that much of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I honestly cannot remember the last time I purchased any Lego at full retail. I find that if I wait long enough, i get everything that I want at a price that is actually affordable. And if you watch the sales and stuff closely, you don't even always (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This actually is normal for Target and some other retailers, selection expands for the Christmas/Holiday Season then shrinks the rest of the year, numerous sets disappear for the warmer months (ya I know how cold it is outside ATM :^) Then (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It's funny, one local Target (Fairfield, California) had the 5978's at $15.74 also. Yours was the only other one I heard of that did that (I remember when you posted about it). I also bought several. I have found some real finds (e.g., (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The last (and one of the few - maybe 1 or 2) time I did this was a couple months ago when I was late for dinner with some friends and remembered that one of their daughters had a birthday the next day. I snagged a Duplo set off the shelf at (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Lets see, hmm, last friday night. But it WAS at the LIC on a discontinued Paradisa set :^) I have bought some of the new SW sets already as well as some LOM sets, I also got a bunch of 'my' theme castle sets at regular price, missed them (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It must be nice to live in an area which gets much clearance at all. If I waited for 50% off sales or better, my collection would be pretty small, and would have very weird gaps. I buy most of my sets at 25% off (K-Mart BOG 50% sales - which (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Last weekend I went to the K-Mart I rarely visit and scored a hovercraft (8824) and a planetary decoder (6856) The boxes were pretty worn, although the 6856 was still sealed and the 8824 had a seal that was open. Not broke, the adhesive just let go. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I had these thoughts as I went out to Target yesterday to eat the dead things on the bottom of the fish tank. Target in Queens, NY is New-York-speed. Nothing gets to stay around too long. I first loaded up with 2001 sets. Sure, no clearance (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well in the Netherlands you're usually lucky to find anything marked down more than 10%. So I use lots of discount coupons, and try to buy bulk to get more discount... doesn't always work though :-( (...) Depends.. if it's really cool I'll buy (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Do the Droid Developer Set's count ? WM has them at $24.97 (regular price) even tho they used to be $99 elsewhere. I'm scanning back thru my inventory now. Probably the last time was almost a year ago. I bought a Roadblock Runners at a far (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The only time I ever pay full price for LEGO is when I order something through S@H that I know I cannot get anywhere else (or if I buy something that you can't get anymore from a private party). Otherwise I am terribly cheap and sometimes even (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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When was the last time you bought a new set at regular price? When LEGO comes out with good stuff, do you think "I can't wait for the clearance sale!" -- but you wait, hoping to make a killing? Should LEGO pay attention to the AFOL market share when (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Last weekend I went to the K-Mart I rarely visit and scored a hovercraft (8824) and a planetary decoder (6856) The boxes were pretty worn, although the 6856 was still sealed and the 8824 had a seal that was open. Not broke, the adhesive just let go. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah, well... that shipping cost thing works in both directions. They just shipped me 4 Mos Espa's for $13. Thats about half of what I could ship them for. Go fig :) Ray l#124 (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Siths at 63% off (including shipping) == "good deal"; 7101s + 7121s at 64% off (including shipping) == "bad deal"; Are you familiar with the expression "Cutting off your nose to spite your face"? Ran (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I would try again, I just looked now and it said sold out, then a few minutes late it was in stock again. Martin (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) AARGH! I just added Vision Command to my cart and it came up with "we no longer sell this item" and is now showing as Sold Out.... Wow, it was up there just two minutes ago. Hopefully the rest will still be there! Dave dwspeck@us.ibm.com "All (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ahem. And if you like the Model Team Red Fury/ies: They're $11.99. Yep. Stock up! (And yes, Rob, this is what looting feels like. Enjoy it, as long as you're not on the receiving end.) best LFB ;) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Subject says it all. Find it under the Brands>LEGO>System>Soccer use the wishlist method someone else posted for an additional 10%. Is this what looting feels like? -Rob. (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Save 10% -- Re: Furthur Price Reductions at etoys
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If you want to save another 10%, follow these steps: If you have another email address, create a wish list with the items you want under your first email address, share it with your second email address, then logout: www.etoys.com/exec/logout Now (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I noticed this at Ames going back to October, when I saw several big sets (different themes) marked "Clearance" to reflect markdowns from $59.99 to ... $59.00! Ames humor, I think. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Shell sets, Los Angeles only...still???
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Two stations in Pasadena have them. The one at Lake and Orange Grove has the Gas Station, while the one at the Rosemead/Michalinda exit from the 210 West has the others. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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WOW, the Lego X-Tracker watch is $12! Time Cruiser watch is $19. Other clocks/watches on sale too... (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | MN LIC finds
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I stopped by the MN LIC tonight, was looking to see if they had the 3450 Statue of Liberty set (they had about 4 but the boxes were pretty beat, and the ticketed price is higher than I remembered the mail order price being then adding the sales tax (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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To customers of Dwayne's LEGO Parts, I was out of town for 2 days, when I got back my ISP had messed up outgoing (at least) email. I am having trouble contacting everyone. Please be patient a bit longer while I see if I can get them to fix the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Man, it CAN get worse, believe it or not. It cost me $20 to ship 20 copies of Sith Infiltrator. Etoys is wanting to charge me *** $53 *** to ship 20 copies of 7101 and 7121. You could probably fit 40 copies of each of those sets (or more) in (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIIP (...) That 5316 should be 5216... the black roof service pack. Sorry for the error... 1 out of 30 ain't too bad. Chris <>< (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Furthur Price Reductions at etoys
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I just noticed that etoys reduced the prices on some of their items. Most notable 7171 - Mos Espa - $21.99 7101 - Light Saber Deul - $0.99 7121 - Naboo Swamp - $1.99 Vision Command - $23.99 Also take a look at the straight road plates ($2.99) Just (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Shell sets, Los Angeles only...still???
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Hey Y'all: A good friend of mine from the Bay Area is visiting the Simi Valley area this week. Are there any Shell stations in or around that area still carrying the larger, or medium sized, Shell promo sets? And by this I am asking about sets 1252, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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David Wertz <wertzdm@dot.state.sc.us> wrote: : Last night I scored an RIS 1.5 for $100 at TRU on the clearance isle. The : box was in pretty rough shape and was taped closed. It had a special : sticker on it marking it down. The regular price was (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Clearance Sales - bad this year?
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(...) The Ames near me has the absolute lamest clearance I have ever seen: the UFO Interstellar Starfighter, originally $79.99, at the low, low clearance price of... $79.00 I was...underwhelmed, to say the least. J (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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"Scott Runkle" <limerickpa@usa.net> wrote in message news:G727xz.ApJ@lugnet.com... (...) I also started calling about every 20-30 minutes or so starting around 9:00 or so. I reached Linda about 9:45 or so. She took my name and I mentioned I was (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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(...) I have seen more stuff here in North Carolina than I saw in NH (I don't think I visited any stores in MA or VT). Given that our area tends to not have much clearance, I would guess that in NE the stores either did a better job of estimating (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Right. But it's not an Outlet ;-) It generally has the same stuff or even MORE, but prices can be retail, lower, or higher than the Outlets. And the LIC is also listed at the URL I posted ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, not an Outlet, vbut there is an Imagination Center at the Mall of America. J (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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There is not one in MN. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I noticed there have been a couple of references to Lego Outlet Stores. Is there a list of Lego Outlet locations or, more specifically, does anyone know if there's one in Minnesota? Thanks Gary (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It may not be that Lego sold any better this year, or that it sold well at all. Perhaps the buyers at the big retailers just ordered less merchandise so that htey wouldn't get stuck clearing it out at 75% off. Troy (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Very poor pickings in southern California. Walmart and K-Mart are extremely picked over with little to go on sale, so I doubt there will be much. Target had 30% off for maybe a week and nothing much is left. Pathetic. Perhaps they were more (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Potomac Mills Outlet - Some good finds!
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Aaarrrghhhh! I forgot the number 703-490-1335 Thanx, Mark Millére LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millére's Spares (URL) -----Original Message----- From: Scott A.Runkle [mailto:limerickpa@usa.net] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:59 PM To: (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Shopko clearance
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I almost forgot to post this. Shopko has lowered their prices on most of their clearance stuff. 6600 $27.99 roadside repair $12.99 (and there are tons, I still can't get myself to buy any) speeder bikes ~$3.59 Rock raiders and a few others I can't (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Potomac Mills Outlet - Some good finds!
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Hey all Just got off the phone with "The Store", since I could not get through to Linda at Dawsonville No more managers specials for now, but they had some neat stuff. Ask for Buffie, Denise, Rich or Amanda & tell-em Mark sent-ya :-) 260 Idea Book $ (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 Piece Blue Tub - Food Lion - $9.99!! all toys 50% off! (was: 1200 Piece Blue Tub - KBkids - 16.49 !)
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(...) We don't have food lions in Columbus Ohio! I'm moving! ;) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) K-Mart went thru a big corporate clean-up. They seem less likely to do slash n' burn price reductions. Although individual stores seem to be the exception and do have a *few* great deals. K-Marts shelves are cleaner (on average) than I have (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Sith Infiltrator - eToys - $10 (was: Sith Infiltrator - TRU - 14.98 OMG)
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(...) The ones I ordered before Christmas arrived last week, in good order, and all that. I'm not sure if they'll let me order another 20 or not; I haven't tried yet, and I'm a bit leary to with their whole "we should have enough money to stay open" (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 1200 Piece Blue Tub - Food Lion - $9.99!! all toys 50% off! (was: 1200 Piece Blue Tub - KBkids - 16.49 !)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Fought writes: :) Tom I love one ups-man-ship, don't you :) :) I got nine so far, 6 more stores to hit, you gotta have your MVP card. I'm in Charleston, SC btw. Milissa Millére Visit my LEGO store, Millére's Spares (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New / Relisted at Bricksburg Depot
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I have just listed / relisted the following sets at my Brickbay store (URL below). All are MISB except as noted. 6558 Shark Cage Cove (used w/ box) (URL) Sea Hunter (URL) Road Rescue (URL) Mountain Rescue (URL) Tribal Chief (URL) Frontier Patrol (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Sith Infiltrator - eToys - $10 (was: Sith Infiltrator - TRU - 14.98 OMG)
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(...) Don't get too excited. This has been "on sale" for this price since before Christmas. I placed an order for more of them last week and it has yet to arrive - still listed as "in process". Etoys is just emptying its warehouses out before they (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Clearance Sales - bad this year?
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Is it the hazy mists of memory, or were the post-Xmas clearances a lot better last year? The only place I've found with decent clearance stuff is Target (so I'm glad they're building them up here now!) Everything else has been sadly lacking. Walmart (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Sith Infiltrator - eToys - $10 (was: Sith Infiltrator - TRU - 14.98 OMG)
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(...) Oh My God! (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RIS 1.5 for $100
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Last night I scored an RIS 1.5 for $100 at TRU on the clearance isle. The box was in pretty rough shape and was taped closed. It had a special sticker on it marking it down. The regular price was still $200. When I got it home and opened it up, I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Sith Infiltrator - eToys - $10 (was: Sith Infiltrator - TRU - 14.98 OMG)
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(...) :) :) Ben (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 1200 Piece Blue Tub - KBkids - 16.49 !
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:) Tom (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Sith Infiltrator - TRU - 14.98 OMG
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:) Tom (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Etoys blue light special
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Sorry the movie sets are sold out. Rose r2 wrote in message ... (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I found the following on sale at Etoys Movie maker sets $62.99 Vision command $43.99 Good luck! Rose (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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Scott Runkle wrote in message ... (...) You called while I was on the phone with Linda. Someone that called behind me must have taken the Paradisa set you wanted. Rose (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Remaining 2001 SW and LOM FINALLY sighted in Southern California
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All you other lucky people have been able to buy these sets for weeks, but they just barely appeared here in Southern California. I was at the Foothill Ranch Target which had no clearance items, but did have ALL the new LOM and SW sets (except for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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My thanks again to Rose, I finally got through, and it turns out that she DID save the items I had asked for! I think that this reflects really well on Linda at the outlet -- a lot of places would not have waited for me to get through again. About (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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What are the chances that either one of you would like to divest some of those Shakos? If that's not specifically the element you wanted, that is... If you're interested in selling them off, feel free to contact me via email. eric (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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Well, I tried calling every 15 minutes since 8am.... when I finally got through around 9:45, she took my number and called me back. Everything I wanted was gone when she called. That's life, I liken it to buying concert tickets. So don't feel so (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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Thanks for that info Rose, I'd really appreciate if she did, because I still can't get through (just tried it several times now). Likewise, if anyone actually gets to her, please tell her that I AM trying to call her as we arranged. I'd put my (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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She may have saved them for you. She told me 40 or 50 were spoken for. (5122). She was suppose to have 10 left, which she sold to me. Rose paul ferguson wrote in message ... (...) someone (...) that (...) 9:30 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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In my case (I think that I really was the first to get her -- she told me she had just gotten in, and I had called four times since 9:00 getting no answer), she didn't take my number to call me back. What I wanted: 5122 (no surprise) X 40 -- she (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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(...) Seems fair to me. (...) I just got the call back and the 6416s are gone. Shipping BTW is a flat $8.95 up to $100, not sure after that. -Rob. (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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She started doing this while I was on the phone with her. She needed me to call back so she could use a different phone. Before I could redial someone else got through and she took their number, then she called me back. She kept getting phone calls (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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(...) I finally got through around 10:00 A.M. If she took your name down at 9:30 A.M., that's your place in line. She said she was calling folks back in order so if stuff is gone by the time you reconnect, it was probably gone before 9:30 A.M. I too (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: ERROR
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(...) I'm really too tired today to write one correct mail ! Bye, Emmanuel. (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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Well Rats, I wish that they could improve the handling of these items, since I seem to have missed out despite the following: Called several times, finally getting to Linda at 9:30. She took down my list of items and name, but wasn't ready to take (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | ERROR
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Hi Legofans, Sorry: I made a mistake: you must read "6516" and not "6416" in my Lego list. Thanks for your understanding, Emmanuel. (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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Chris Giddens wrote in message ... (...) I called and got some prices so save Linda some time. (...) (15.99), 8408 ($17.39) (...) ($2.99), 5141 ($4.99), 5316 (error), 633 ($3.99), 3733 ($5.99) (...) ($9.99)(McDonalds) (...) I forgot to get a price. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | END OF COLLECTION
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Hi Legofans, Here is status of stock about all Lego models, listed on DYA webste today yet: ---...--- THEME Number (year) = quantity ---...--- BELLEVILLE 5874(1997)= 69 5890(1994)= 40 TRAIN 4541(1999)= 52 MODEL TEAM 5542(1998)= 37 ADVENTURERS (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Where can I get an extra light sensor?
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(...) Go to Pitsco-DACTA at (URL) under [Spare Parts, Tools & Resources]>[LEGO Dacta Spare Parts]>[Sensors] The 9 Volt Light Sensor Identifier is W779758, Cost is $22 + $6 shipping (place a $100 it hurts less ;-) -Rob Doucette. (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2001
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Jon Furman wrote in message ... (...) much (...) In past years S@H halted the specials from late Sept until January. Rose (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Some finds at the Georgia Outlet... 6416 Paradisa!!!!
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I took my monthly journey to the Lego Outlet in Dawsonville. Linda the manager and her assistant manager (who's name has slipped my mind) were, as always, super kind and excited about AFOL's. They read Lugnet, and use the set reference on Lugnet. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2001
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"Jon Furman" <rambocalrissian@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G711qJ.8A9@lugnet.com... (...) much (...) beggars (...) and (...) [ ... snipped ... ] FWIW - last week I was at the LIC in Orlando and there was a big "Discontinued" sign on top of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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