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Re: TARGET WAS CRAZY
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Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:20:29 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Raymond Flournoy wrote:
> > The lady even said," you knew this was going on sale didn't you." I
> > replied No.
> > I just wanted the set.
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> > She will never know my secret. LOL
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> Did anyone else see an AP newswire photo on the day before Thanksgiving
> of some guy in Oregon wheeling a Target cart stacked with what looked
> like about 12 Falcons? The article was simply about Target's marketing
> and holiday prospects in comparison to other retailers, but the picture
> had special meaning for folks like us.
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> Oh cool, the photo's available online!
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> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051122/480/pd10311222055
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> BTW, I bought one Falcon early, and one store I visited on Friday said
> that they don't price match special event prices. I physically brought
> the set back to a store on Saturday, and they matched the price no
> problem. Anyone else have trouble getting the difference refunded?
>
> --Raymond Flournoy ()"o)
> ======================================================================
> flournoy@post.harvard.edu "Because, of course, a man with an
> flournoy@yahoo-inc.com obsession is a man who has very little
> sales-resistance." -- C. S. Lewis
The person in the photo is likely to be William Swanberg. The photo credit date
(Nov 16th) and the location (Portland, OR) match pretty close to when and where
he was arrested. That AP photog deserves some kind of wacky pulitzer for being
in the right place at the right time. Someone out there want to call the
Portland AP office and tip them off please ? I would think that the photographer
would have a much better original (digital likely) than we are seeing on the
web.
Ray
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| (...) The person is not Swanberg according to article posted with the photo. Trust me I had the same thought last night, but over came the temptation to post that concern and found the caption this afternoon. It could be an accomplish: Franklin (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Did anyone else see an AP newswire photo on the day before Thanksgiving of some guy in Oregon wheeling a Target cart stacked with what looked like about 12 Falcons? The article was simply about Target's marketing and holiday prospects in (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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