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Last year LEGO put up small kiosks in malls during the Holiday shopping season? Are they doing that again this year? In suburban Philadelphia, we have the massive King of Prussia shopping center. Last year LEGO had a kiosk in the "Court" portion of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Those were a Waldenbooks/Borders operation. I worked in one when I was at Waldenbooks during Christmas 2002. My kiosk (in Towson, MD) did terribly - we ended up doing about 19% of the sales we had planned on making. A big part of the problem (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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I would say that the amount of excess stock/stock that was returned by Walden books in the last few years (and I bought up through liqudiators/clearance outfits) meant they sure didn't sell what they had expected, and yes even up here in Canada (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I remember returning at least 50 (URL) 4708s> from our kiosk alone. At least I got to sell LEGO at least once in my life (until they open a Brand Retail store in (URL)!). Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) It looks like the current strategy is to open year-round stores with Pick-A-Brick in a few places rather than have kiosks in a lot of places. Yeah, it sucks for people in areas without a LEGO store, but maybe you'll get one next year. (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Now everyone knows my pain. I live in Phoenix and we don't have a Lego Store yet. So shipping is a real killer. However I would rather pay shipping then paying tax. If you order from out of state (all except for California) you do not have to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) If you mail/phone/Internet order something from out of state you do not pay tax unless that company is located in the same state you are. That's true for most if not all states, including California. Trouble is I think different states have (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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