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| Well, (...) I know that at my store, I don't know about others, if we don't listen to management or do what they want, we're gone. Plain and simple. Doing that would eliminate the chance of other people having the same experience with that same (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Joel... Great to hear you work for TRU.... we could all use an inside man to let us know of the national sales about a week in advance...(hint) Thanks and keep up the great work... Dave Joel VanAtta <CompGuy926@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Dave Jost wrote in message ... (...) Don't count on it, I suspect that would be a violation of Lugnets TOS... Frank (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) ...not to mention that most of TRU's sales aren't anything to faint over anyways. best LFB (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) How so? James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) If he leaks inside information. It would also probably be a violation of his terms of employment. It is also unlikely he has access to the information. Most retailers are very protective of their marketting plans. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Ah, ok. I must not have had enough coffee yet today - I missed that angle. But any national sale which isn't in a flyer a week ahead of time is a poorly marketed national sale. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Say what? The weekly sales (that are nationwide) RARELY get out to the consumers before Sat evening at the earliest, for sales that start Sunday. Unless you are on their mailing list, and even then, they try to get the circulars to you as close to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Really? I don't pay a whole lot of attention to flyers and such (they typically go straight into recycle), so I basically assumed. Wow. Why on earth would they not want to advertise a sale ahead of time? Since you imply its common, I suppose (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Because of the idiots who would then go into the store with the ad and demand the sale price, too lazy to look at the dates the sale is good for, most likely. (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Also becuase it might siphon sales at full-price. I.e., why but it today... wait two days and save 25% :) Ray (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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