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Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
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Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:26:38 GMT
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James Brown writes:
> Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Hi all-
> >
> >
> > Robert M. Dye found, back in late December:
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> > > Green Technic Car (reg $7.77) - $5.00
> > > White Technic Car (reg $9.99) - $7.50
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> > It's time to start combing Wal-Marts again; they're clearing
> > things out with alacrity. While Princeton's was just on "normal"
> > half-price schedule, having one of the 6479 Res-Q base ($35),
> > one of the Xtreme-Team Challenge ($25), and about nine of
> > the Hydronauts 6180 Search Sub ($25), I happened to appear
> > in North Brunswick, NJ precisely at the moment when that Wal-
> > Mart was shifting its clearance merchandise and literally *dumping*
> > sets into bins! I managed the following: 10 of the white $10 Technic
> > cars for $1 each; five of the green ones, also $1 each; 4 of 6556
> > Scuba Squad, $1 each; 6 of 6836, V-Wing Fighter, $2 each; 3 of
> > the Rocky Ridge Playscape-themed set for $1 each; and three of
> > the giant grey baseplates for $4.44 each.
> >
> > Yeah, it was a good day. Might be worth checking out other
> > Wal-Marts--there's apparently a lot of discretion available to
> > the individual store in what they mark down and how much.
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> > LFB.
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> I believe the term I'm looking for is "grumble grumble bitch bitch" :)
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> I went to my local Walmart this weekend (and a couple others, besides), and
> found the great, amazing, fantastic clearance item: Twisted Time Train had
> been marked down from it's discount price of $24.97, to the all-new low-time
> clearance price of $24.00. (prices in CAD, BTW)
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> Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed that here in Canada, I've got to be
> extremely lucky to find a single store that will ever do more than a 20% sale.
> Even the Walmarts and Zellers (formerly K-mart, to you US folks) seem to think
> that they can just continue to sell on retail forever.
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> The closest thing I've seen to a FOTW was when TRU marked their Western sets
> down to 50% on Boxing day.
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> Am I alone in this?
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> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
up the december 97 Zellers offer 25% off the first ( or second ?) week of the
month, Last year it was down at 20% and this years it seam to be 15% :-(. I
also saw last summer 25% off at TRU on all Lego but since then only occasionaly
some old stuff they want to get rid off at about half price.
Martin
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| (...) Not just you. One thing I do every time is try to find a damaged box, even if it's just a tear in the box or a dent or something, then ask the department manager if there's a discount on damaged boxes. I've only ever been told "no" once. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I believe the term I'm looking for is "grumble grumble bitch bitch" :) I went to my local Walmart this weekend (and a couple others, besides), and found the great, amazing, fantastic clearance item: Twisted Time Train had been marked down from (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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