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Re: Great K-Mart Sale
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:48:49 GMT
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I have been buying even numbers of sets (2,4,6, etc.) with the same price on
them to get the maximum discount (%25 off) at K-Mart. When you buy two sets at
a time, the closer the prices are, the better deal you'll get. I also make
frequent trips to make sure the discount amount is correct.
In lugnet.market.shopping, Frank Filz writes:
> Thomas Main wrote in message <36FCF188.AE3BDF9A@appstate.edu>...
> > he latest K-Mart flyer I got says that their stock of Lego is at buy
> > one, get one 50% off sale prices. The second set will be at 50% off the
> > reg. price of the lowest priced item. SOunds great to me :)
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> Incidentally, on this sale, plan to make several trips to the cash register
> or a trip to the customer service desk after the cash register if you buy 4
> or more sets and the prices are different. The computer will ring up the 50%
> discount on the n/2 cheapest sets... (I did luck out by an extra $5 plus tax
> savings by winding up at the customer service desk, I had purchased a a $3,
> 2 $4, $6, $12, $13, $48, and $50 sets, so the computer initially took of
> $7.50. The customer service desk took off an additional $30 and didn't take
> into account that there were 4 discounts already - hey, I see that as an
> annoyance bonus - I have to say this K-Mart has pretty good service, the
> other day, when I picked up a 2146 Freestyle set and it rang up at $29.99, I
> told the cashier I had seen it marked for $25.99 on the shelf (some of the
> boxes at least were marked $25.99), he just corrected the price without any
> hassle - of course they had also just flashed the lights for the "you need
> to check out now, the store is closing" warning)).
> Frank Filz
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| Thomas Main wrote in message <36FCF188.AE3BDF9A@a...te.edu>... (...) Incidentally, on this sale, plan to make several trips to the cash register or a trip to the customer service desk after the cash register if you buy 4 or more sets and the prices (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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