Subject:
|
Re: Possible markdown at TRU on Mystic Mountain Time Lab
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.market.shopping
|
Date:
|
Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:54:38 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1271 times
|
| |
|
|
I asked the manager: "Are you ever going to sell those sets - you have
enough to last till the 3rd coming of Christ." He said he was considering
marking them half off. I told him that at half off of the $50, I would
clean them all out. He said OK. He was already pushing a pallet of other
stuff I brought through the store, so that may have helped. Also, he was
making room for a Kids R Us in the store and I think it cleared out a needed
endcap for him.
I went to the other TRU and tried on the 6 sets they had, but I got no
better than $37.50, which I passed on. I might go back, if my margins on
ebay for unwanted parts can justify paying that much. I don't want to get
stuck for too much to get the BURPs (and a few other items) out of the set.
I might go and try the same thing with some of those western/Indian sets, as
they also have a ton of BURPs and I still need about 800-850 more.
Mike
Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:38DC0FDB.45836648@pilot.msu.edu...
>
>
> Frank Filz wrote:
>
> > Mike Poindexter wrote:
> > >
> > > While picking up a raincheck on tubs at my favorite TRU, I asked the • manager
> > > if he was ever going to sell the <set:6494> Mystic Mountain Time Lab. • He
> > > has had them marked "clearance" at $50 for over a year. He told me he
> > > couldn't pay people to take them, to which I replied, it depends on • how much
> > > you pay them. I ended up getting them for $25 each, so I picked up • all 14
> > > of them. I am guessing that I can make back my $25, or at least I • hope I
> > > can, as it only has a couple of parts I want.
>
> Mike, could you possibly let me know what mechanism they used to justify • the
> price? A local TRU has 13 of those sets, and I'd love to get them at $25 • or $30
> each. Their manager said that only the Corporation (insert sinister beat • music
> here) could make a price change unless items were damaged, and that they'd • go back
> to the vendor anyways (to which I said "why haven't they" and the manager • assured
> me that the Lego rep was coming next week and might take them away...fat • chance,
> and they won't get $25 back for them anyways), the usual spiel that • doesn't hold
> water but that I look like a weenie for arguing with. If I knew how they • did it
> administratively, I'd have a valid counter--my other option is to go over • their
> head and call Corporate, which I'm loathe to do because it will surely • cost me a
> good few hours on long distance for uncertain results.
>
> I thought about getting one at $50, but nahhh...I got my one at Meijer for • $35,
> and I won't pay more than that.
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
>
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
4 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
