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Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:43:20 GMT
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So far the best deal I found was the 6280 Armada Flagship. Last November
I was clearence reduced to 27.99 Can at Zellers.
Martin Legault wrote:
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> James Brown writes:
> > Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > > Hi all-
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert M. Dye found, back in late December:
> > >
> > > > Green Technic Car (reg $7.77) - $5.00
> > > > White Technic Car (reg $9.99) - $7.50
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > LFB.
> >
> > 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 it's discount price of $24.97, to the all-new low-time
> > clearance price of $24.00. (prices in CAD, BTW)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The closest thing I've seen to a FOTW was when TRU marked their Western sets
> > down to 50% on Boxing day.
> >
> > Am I alone in this?
> >
> > James
> > http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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> 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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| (...) 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 (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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