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Subject: 
Bogus "clearance" at TRU
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Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:36:48 GMT
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Warning--this post contains info about a clone brand, but it’s relevant to LEGO, so bear with me...

TRU currently has a bunch of stuff with green price tags and signs all over the store proclaiming an additional 30% off green-tagged items. Sounds groovy, right?

This item caught my eye yesterday. It originally retailed for $79.99, and the green tag listed it for $69.99. With the 30% discount, that comes to about $48.99, or 39% off the original price. Sweet deal, right?

Well, not quite. Months ago my local TRU overstocked this item and subsequently reduced the asking price to $49.99. It seems that, immediately prior to the green-tag sale, they bumped the price up almost to full MSRP, and well above what they’d been asking just days before. The net result is that the “30%” discount is actually just under 1% off of the price they’d set previously.

Is this legit? I recall KB toys getting into some trouble over pretty much the same kind of price-tweaking, but I can’t remember the result. It’s a crappy move IMO, however you slice it.

Has anyone spotted this happening with LEGO or other products?

Dave!



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(...) I don't know about the sale, but I can say that it is still far to much to pay for this particular set. This mountain set is by far the worst of the MB Dragons set. I have unfortunately bought it, and regretted it ever since. There is hardly (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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