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Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:47:10 GMT
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 04:39:07 GMT, "Michelle" <mms@cnwl.igs.net> wrote:

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. Discounts range from 25-50% off. That seems to be the only way to find a

You're lucky. I've gotten a damaged box (pretty severely, too), with
instructions missing, of a set that should have been put on special to
sell out a few years ago when it weas discontinued, for 100 instead of
115. That's the best I've done.

Kinda sucks, compared to $5 buckets ... (those are prolly even buckets
including 1*x bricks, too, aren't they? - buckets here are $20, for
BASIC line buckets with 2*x bricks.. )



Jasper "Oh well, maybe I should quit whining and organise a mass
import of _real_ buckets sometime" Janssen



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  Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
 
Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36c3b9f9.91186294@l...et.com>... (...) if (...) department (...) "no" (...) find a (...) Another Wal-Mart story ... I was in another part of town the other day and ventured into a Wal-Mart near the place I was (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
 
(...) The buckets with 1x bricks were here in Vancouver before Xmas: I got one just after Xmas for 50% off because it had been opened (was probably a return) but I haven't seen one since. I'm hoping that when they get another Lego shipment with the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
 
Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36c3b9f9.91186294@l...et.com>... (...) if (...) department (...) "no" (...) find a (...) Just the same. I found an Octan Gas Station (the older one) last month, apparently used once as a display item (with opened, (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: Wal-Mart Clearance is underway! {FOTW}
 
(...) 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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