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Re: Stupid: Bought an Open Box
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:42:53 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
> > In cases of
> > missing parts from sealed sets, I think they should. In cases of missing
> > parts from tampered sets, then I think it's the store's responsibility. But
> > in my case, it was a specifically discounted buyer beware type thing,
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> Consumer Affairs will ask you if it was clearanced. Just be frank with
> them,
> and if they want to charge you then you can decide if it is worth it.
> Customer satisfaction is usually more important to them than assigning
> blame for the missing pieces.
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> Pretty often I buy clearanced items that *have* been opened and are
> *obviously* missing pieces, and then I *don't* talk to Consumer Affairs,
> because I can see that there are enough pieces in the box to make it
> worth buying anyway. If it is too disgusting inside I'll return it
> to the store, though. I'll leave off before I start a thread about
> the most disgusting thing you've found in an opened Lego box. :-)
>
> /Eric McCarthy/
*grin* I just got a 6456 Mission Control that I found on a Fred Meyer
clearance table for US$80 clearanced at 50% off. It had been opened, and about
33% of the pieces were missing... but it had some pink 2x10 plates, and some
McDonald's-printed bits, and some *shudder* Mega-Bloks in it...
Pardon me whilst I go and wash the stink of clones off myself.
-Cheese
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| (...) LOL... I picked up a Duplo tub on clearance at TRU last weekend. It had been beat up, opened, taped and re-taped many, many times. Marked down to $4.90 from the $15-ish range. When I brought it home and performed a brickventory, we discovered (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Consumer Affairs will ask you if it was clearanced. Just be frank with them, and if they want to charge you then you can decide if it is worth it. Customer satisfaction is usually more important to them than assigning blame for the missing (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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