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Sorry about the length of this. I had an interesting experience shopping a few nights ago. I was at one of the usual stores I frequent, looking over the clearance items. I saw some LEGO sets that I was interested in, picked one up, looked at the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Zany-Brainy Sale
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I got a mailer from Zany-Brainy on Monday with two LEGO items on sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab ((URL) Alien Avenger ((URL) $29.95 The Zany-Brainy in Durham, NC has tons of both of them. Even at these prices, I didn't buy either of them. Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Found a $25 coupon for eToys
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Well, I assume this is the right place. For those people who haven't purchased from eToys before (or maybe for those who want to get a friend/relative to do the purchasing now) you can make use of this code to get $25 off a $50 purchase at eToys. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 6444 (and 8414 on sale)
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Frank Filz found them at 9.99 - the local KB store (in the Bayfair mall, for SF-area folks) had 4 @ 12.99, so I bought all 4. This particular store had the 8414 set on sale for $19.99 - I bought one last night, there were 3 left. Paul Sinasohn who (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | The Nugator Company Update and Special offer
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We have added a variaty of tiles and sloped bricks to the Nugator Company’s website. We also still have a lot of inventory to add so if there is anything in particular that you need just let us know. Other wise we will add the inventory as soon as (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Ideas book 260 at Busy Bee
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I've just been to Busy Bee, and they've got a pile of ideas book 260 for GBP 1.99. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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If it were me, and I thought they were intentionally misleading the public, I would contact the consumer affairs office of your state's attorney general's office. One call from the AG's office to the owner of the franchise, and I can confidently say (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) You have a chain called Schnucks? Cool. The possibilities for bad humor seem limitless with that name. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) Which chain? I haven't noticed that at Dierbergs or Schnucks. (...) Right, that's the idea. It prevents a form of bait and switch. I was trained on that law at a convenience store in St. Louis County (Rock Hill) in 1989. So the law - if I was (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | retail scams (was Re: FOTW at KMART)
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(...) One option would be to refuse. If you have the endurance, just stay there arguing loudly so that everyone who comes through finds out about it. Eventually, they'll call the police and then they'll really be in trouble. (...) Unless they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: KB Toys Sale
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(...) I was at a KB today, and didn't see any sign announcing a sale. However, it was before I read this group, so I didn't know to ask a salesperson about the ToyWorks sale. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) You know what I'd do? I'd go by there on a regular basis, order LARGE quantities of food, bags full of special-order hamburgers, etc. Then, when I caught them in the act of overcharging - make a nice little scene and refuse to pay. That would (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) There's a McDonald's around here where several items (about 1/2 of those we ever get) ring up at least 5% higher than the (consistent inside and drive-through) menus show. I first discovered this when figuring that a $2 milkshake could not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) the (...) Meijer. (...) In a way, this law makes a lot more sense than many others on the books. In my area, a certain grocery chain is notorious for mislabeling their items (well, they don't even use price (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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Well, I am sure some stores do mark up deliberately, but working with the Systems department at Meijer, many times, it is a screw up uploading the prices every week. Cashiers due submit forms when things come up wrong, so it can be administered to. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: DYA is back
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I took that post as a question meant to determine interest...I said yes. Paul Sinasohn (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) I don't know about the 10X thing first-hand, but I *believe* the idea is to discourage stores from having higher prices in their scanning-computer than in the displays. In this computer age, it's easy for stores to set things up so the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) I see the 10X thing as an incentive to fix things when they are wrong: the first customer who reports it may get a nice bonus, but the store should then _fix_ the problem. It really irks me when I have to spend time finding out that something (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) The 10X thing sounds really whacked. I still say he did the right thing. I've seen numerous products that were obviously mispriced by mistake. Can't believe any sane person would expect the law to back them up and force a store to honor a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lego sets at Costco
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The following sets at available at Costco for $27.49 6160 Stingray Sea Scorpion 6919 Insectoids Planetary Prowler 4970 Rock Raider Chrome Crusher 6434 Town Roadside Repairs Not great prices and 6919 and 6434 were a recent closeout out at Target. (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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