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Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sun, 6 Feb 2000 23:36:02 GMT
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G'day folks,
Today I found 2 5798s (Sphinx Secret Surprise) with discount prices on them.
They are in the "Boxes are Pretty Beat Up" section of the store, but
everything still looked sealed. The price was Cdn$33 (approx. US$22). Is
this a decent price for this kit? I'm assuming it's a decent kit to begin
with..., the base plate looks pretty cool. MSRP was US$50 I guess.
Now I have a question about clearances. I keep reading all these posts about
USA-based Walmart, Target, and other department stores, and even Toys'R'Us,
etc., having these phenomenal clearance sales. And the whole bit with how
there are general schedules that the stores go through to mark things down,
ie, so many weeks at 15% off, then so many at 50% off, and then 75% to end or
something like that. And the criterion for clearing them simply seems to
be, "well, they're last year's sets".
Anyhow, my question: why don't they do this in Canada? All I ever see are
little 15% off sales, every month or so (Walmart for example). I don't ever
see things marked down unless the box is bashed in or opened, and even then
the prices are usually regular. And I don't get why everyone else seems to be
getting sets at 50% off and more, in undamaged shape, and not even a year old.
Biggest score I made was catching an "All Star Wars LEGO 20% off" sale at
T'R'U right after Xmas this year. The LEGO just seems to slowly disappear at
regular prices, but no clearances.
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Kyle D. Jackson
LUGNETer #203
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question
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| (...) Yeah, I wonder the same thing! I'm in Vancouver, BC and we only get 15-20% off sales once in a while. Each time I read about people in the States getting sets at huge discounts, I get quite jealous! Maybe we should move south of the border. :) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question
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| (...) This is a pretty decent price, assuming all of the pieces are there. This set comes with a lot of good stuff if you like the Adventurers theme: 7 minifigs (Baron von Barron, Slyboots, Dr. Kilroy, Johnny Thunder, Harry Cane, Miss Pippin Reed, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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