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Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:46:05 GMT
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Ray Sanders wrote:
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> Let me tell you about computers.... Don't ever trust them... ever !
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> <short story>
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> a few weeks back I visited a certain TRU. I noted that they had two 6335
> Indy Transports on the shelf. On that particular day, I was not thinking
> 'Town', so I just filed it away in brain for future reference. Then,
> this morning, I decided to do a buying run for various things. The first
> TRU I visited (different town, 100+ miles away) I asked them to check on
> availability of that SKU. They checked and said none were available in
> any store in this region. Drat, somebody got em.
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> Later, the day wears on, the miles add up. Towards the end of the day, I
> keep wondering about those two 6335s. So I go and visit that store (a 35
> mile detour on the way home). I talk to the manager, he looks on his
> screen and says 'nope, we don't have any'. I go back to the Lego aisle
> and poke around looking for whatever I can find interesting. I pick up a
> box off the shelf, and lo, there they are. Both of them. With Indys in
> hand, I go find the manager and show him. He could not believe it. Off
> by one maybe, but not two! This time I did the smart thing and bought them.
>
> Moral: even when the computer says 'ZERO STOCK', go and look, just to be sure.
They may have been returns or exchanges. I could easily see these not
getting back into stock.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
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