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(...) Just regular Wal-Marts, my old home of TN had nothing but Super Wal-Marts, but here in CA it seems that they don't build 'em that way. Only one in my area is even 24 hour, which hurts my ability to sweep a shelf since I sleep at night :) In (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm in southern california. I won't give my exact locations until I sweep my area. I know I'm greedy. :) I've been visiting target and walmart every other day for the past couple days. For some reason the planets aligned yesterday and all the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well I must be one of the lucky (hated) ones. I flew through the targets in my area on Wednesday and scored 4 of the 4561 train sets at 50% off. One of them is missing some substantial pieces though. 5 sections of curved track, coupling (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I was just at that Target last Friday and they had three Railway Express sets at full price. Bert (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.va.ric, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.us.richlug)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Gps57s.GA3@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) Well I went to Target Wednesday morning and checked out the offerings. Then Thursday afternoon I returned to buy a set for my son. Sometime in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"sun yun" <solasphere@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GprGnD.6G3@lugnet.com... (...) $50 (...) flow. Where are you? I went by one yesterday and everything was still 25%-30%. Some of this stuff may go to discount Liquidators. Liquidator World puts (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) After visiting 3 Target stores in Richmond VA this week,I found one store with no 4561s, one store with with three 4561s @ $90.99 (I found a piece of track out of one of the boxes and slid it back in), and one store with three sets at regular (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm starting to think you're right, nationwide, with a few very limited exceptions. As long as they clear the shelves at 50%, they don't need to GO to 75%. (and I am one of the many who is willing to just about clear them at 50 if I see it... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Lou Pereira" <louper@DELETE.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3C3EDC62.255C62...one.net... (...) That set seems to be store be handled on a store by store basis. Here in Raleigh where there are four Target stores (Cary, Garner, North Raleigh, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just wondering if anyone in the New England area has seen the 4561 Railway Express reduced beyond $99.99 at Target? All of the Target's I've visited in Mass. have not made the 4561 part of this year's clearance. Since they reduced the price after (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I visited the Targets in Mountain View, San Mateo, and Redwood City (California) today, and found 50% off. All the cheap stuff was in a separate section, mixed in with other toys. NOTE: They don't necessarily put all LEGO together. I found (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Swung by a KB outlet store today in Ontario Mills, CA. On any SW lego set marked 4.99, get 3 for $10. This includes Droid Fighter - musta been 200 of these. Landspeeder Duel Naboo Swamp (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh . . . the humanity! That is very disturbing information. I have never heard of this before. I wonder if other chains do this. It just reaffirms that I should hit up more Walmarts to save the Lego sets from this dire fate as I did today. I (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) 50% has finally hit my targets in california. I did notice something interesting though. I went a few days earlier and there were just a hand full of sets marked at 30%. I went today and the shelves were stocked with 5 times more merchandise (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I heard about this once a few years back. The person who described it to me said something to the effect... "we make it not resaleable, then dump some red paint on the pile of stuff in the dunpster". I was always a bit skeptical, but in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I quizzed a WalMart manager concerning the procedures for discounting products. WalMart management, specifically the toy dept. manager, has complete discretion as to when and amounts of the discounts that will be applied to the toys. Usually the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Revisited my local Target on a hunch...an entire new isle of clearance with... the 3 shuttles I was eyeing. ...(chanting)...I got 3 shuttles...I got 3 shuttles... ...dancing now... Man, can I move... :p (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) "North America"... but ya. It even says that. (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gpqn8G.DLD@lugnet.com... (...) but only if they are in the USA :-( loz (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I saw much the same today in Mountain View, CA, except for some slight differences in which sets were marked down. 50% off, no trains. --Bill. (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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