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In lugnet.market.shopping, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeff Hudson writes:
> > I went to Niagara Falls for my spring break last week and stopped by the
> > Countryside Toy Outlet in Waterloo. It was a really neat place with large
> > Lego models, a play area and their Lego store. The prices on the sets that
> > are available from shop at home weren't much lower, but they had some older
> > sets that were on sale. They had a ton of 6497 Twisted Time Train and 6766
> > Rapid River Village, but I don't remember the sale prices. They also had a
> > lot of service packs on sale, including 5303 train buffers and couplers for
> > $2.99 Canadian (roughly $2.40 US after tax.)
They have sale prices on some of the train sets, which might make the price
less than ordering from US S@H.
Does anyone know if Countryside ships? (within Canada, that is.) If so, I
> wouldn't mind getting their phone number - can't hurt to have another place to
> look for Lego, and most of the US routes are closed to us Canucks.
Yes, I do believe they ship within Canada.
They can be reached at 519-746-5346
> > Later in my trip I went to a mall in St. Catharines called the Pen Centre.
> > I walked into a store called the Bay and found what I would consider a FOTW.
> > They had 6493 Flying Time Vessel, 6494 Mystic Mountain Time Lab, 6982
> > Explorian Spaceship and 6280 Armada Flagship. They had 4-6 of the 6494 and
> > 6982, and 10+ of the 6280 and 6493. Unfortunately all the sets were at
> > retail prices and I'd already spent most of my Lego budget in Waterloo. But
> > I splurged and bought, of course, more than I should have.
>
> The Bay frequently has older stock sitting around gathering dust. This is
> because their prices are typically 10-15 percent above MSRP, and they very
> rarely discount more than 10%. So, predictably enough, their stock moves with
> the speedy uphill rate of molasses.
My local Bay store has a price guarantee on toys
perhaps your location does as well.
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
>
> (x-posted to loc.ca)
Kevin
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| (...) Cool, thanks! (...) Yeah, that's new this year, but I suspect it won't apply to sales or discounts - which means it's still not as good as Walmart (which doesn't advertise pricing, so isn't eligible for most price matching) or Zellers (which (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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