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This was already posted on FBTB, but I didn't see it here. The sale is 75% off the entire stock of Star Wars items sold in the Toy and Sporting Goods departments, and runs through June 3rd. However, the sets haven't been coded to come up 75% off (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I had the same experience, although it took 10 minutes and a call to the manager to get me my discount. The service desk clerk attempted to tell me that it was just "figures and stuff", even though the ad clearly stated all SW items in Toys or (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) They had to enter it in by hand, but they admitted that I had them dead to rights. Fortunately they didn't invoke the "right to limit quantities" option. It only took about three visits by various managers and ten minutes to clear my (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeff Johnston writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Please do tell, Jeff; where's the nearest Ames? I haven't seen any around... -Shiri (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) (URL) an ugly site, but it does have a store locator, and I know they're in MA. best Lindsay (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks... unfortunately, all their locations are too far to get to without a car... :-( [just another month, Shiri... one... more... month...] -Shiri "trying not to drool over thought of permit" Dori (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, the one I was in was in Beautiful Tax-Free Salem, NH - I work a few minutes from the border. The closest one to you that I know of offhand is over near TCS... J (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, I tried, but didn't get the discount. The store manager kept telling me that it was star wars brand only. I thought I was going to walk out with 4 destroyer droids for the price of one. O well. It was the Ames in Weymouth, MA so don't (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) What is Star Wars brand? Aren't all the SW toys made by various toy companies who have just paid for the license to make them? What makes action figures any more a star wars "brand" than an X-wing Lego set? Hrmmm.... (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) me (...) That comment made me do the confused-doggie-head-tilt (rarf?) too. I simply pointed out the words "ENTIRE STOCK" and the Ames management acquiesced. I think it was intended to apply primarily to the designated "Star Wars area" items (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) companies (...) of (...) spectre (...) After (...) action (...) (and now from Sydney, Australia...) TARGET tried the same trick in April with their Star Wars stock, then a week or so later included Lego. TRU down here have had SW specials, (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Usually it's stated in the ad when those exceptions are made--and the excuse "that was a misprint" is hardly going to fly in a situation where a company was clearly caught with its proverbial pants down. The honorable thing to do is take the (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) group (...) brokers, (...) against a (...) imagine (...) G'day Lindsay, We also have the BBB in Canada as well. I think their "mission" has changed a lot over the years. But in their current state, they take complaints from consumers about (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Lindsay, who's David Horowitz? I'm sorry, being Jewish I know a few David Horowitzs. :-) Kind of reminds me of a license plate holder I saw one time: Another Goldstein. There's a reason these names are so popular but it isn't really a topic (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) Check the Ames on Rt 22 outside of monroeville. I've had some good finds there. Also, not really related to the Ames sale but I recently had a cool experiance at the S.W. Randalls in Squirrel Hill. I went in looking for older sets and got (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) Sorry for presuming everyone's as consumer-savvy. ;) David Horowitz is sort of like Ralph Nader in being a consumer-rights advocate. He had a TV show back in the early 1980s called "Fight Back!" where he took on business disputes and (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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<big snip> (...) of (...) watchdog group (...) brokers, (...) against a (...) the (...) the (...) I'd imagine (...) Just got back from a local Ames (NJ). Went through the clerk, the customer service rep, dept manager and finally the store manager. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi All, Well I went to the local Ames in Wilkes-Barre and found a sign up stating that the Star Wars Lego products were not part of the sale. So I e-mailed Ames customer service with a disappointing comment about it. And I am shocked. A little over (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm glad it worked out OK. Of the two Ameses (?) I visited, I had no real problems--at the first one, the cashier did ask for confirmation and the management, which was uncertain about applicability, quickly relented and allowed it. The one I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Greetings neigbor, I live a few hours north of you near Syracuse NY...No signs up here, but I think one Ames pulled alot of the Lego SW stock... So I e-mailed (...) Wow! I am amazed...I had a hard enough time with TRU and KB returning e-mail (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Wow...that is a terrible experience. I feel pretty lucky. I've visted 5 Ames stores so far with plans to visit another tomorrow. Two of the stores had almost nothing - mainly Flash Speeders and the $6 sets - so I didn't even ask (the Ames (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I've had pretty good luck here in my area. I've pretty much cleaned out my local Ames with no trouble (except for Technic and a very few of the System sets); the first time I went in the cashier rang the stuff up and took the 75% off. Apparently (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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G'day all, So since I work in Michigan, but they don't have any Ames stores, I had to scheme up a way to get in on this 75% deal. Option #1 was to drive to Ohio and start looking. But that required actual effort. However, option #2 only required me (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) On balace, I guess I have done fairly well...I have visited 5 stores and purchased at 3 of them...I skipped 1 store because their stock was limited to droid fighters, skiffs, flash speeders and A-wings. I skipped the second one at the end of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Crikes, you're in a perfectly good part of Ontario,and you drive across the Ambassador / through the tunnel everyday to work in Detroit? Strange folks, you are. (...) Well, if you need a Snowspeeder, I can bring one from my Ames haul with me (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(Continueing the story from my last post)... Well, my story is rather nice compared to some that I have read. After work I took a copy of the e-mail from the customer service rep to the Ames and asked for the person stated in the e-mail. A few (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I bet the margin, at least for power players like TRU and K-mart is a lot bigger than that. Otherwise, they'd take a bath each time they run a BOGO 50% off. Mom and Pop's may only get 20/25%, but big guys probably run close to 40/45%. (A local (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm beginning to believe that K-Mart rudeness and inept customer-service is universal; I've had bad experiences at 3 different K-Marts in my area - the managers treated me with contempt when I once tried to score a discount on opened (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I must say that I have only had one problem at a K-Mart, in this springs BOGO sale when I found an old set which didn't come up in their computer as LEGO, and had difficulty convincing the customer (un)service person that the set really was a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) waiting (...) worked (...) I have also had many problems at K Mart. The good thing about K Mart is that they have many discontinued sets at good prices. The problem is that almost all the sets that are older than 1998 come up not on file. So I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Well, I broke down today after Lunch and decided to go for it and see if they would Honor the 75% off LEGO SW. I wasn't two greedy so I only bought a few of the BIGGER sets. Walked up, I made sure I went up to a Nice Looking Girl at the check out( (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr)
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(...) Well, I hit two nearby Ames, and I made out like a Bandit! I snagged 5 7115s, 5 7144s, 2 8002s, 12 7111s, 4 7101s, 7 7110s, 8 7128s, 5 7104s, 2 7161s, 4 7124s, 2 7134s, 3 7180s, 2 7140s, 3 7151s, and 2 7150s. Total Price? $263.91!! Woohoo!! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Only in Oswego, and only to you....lolololol For what I have spent in the last few days, I should probably get a dinner from a Customer Service rep.... Wow I get a Big guy w/ handcuffs, you get a date...what the heck am I doing wrong? John (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr)
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I went to Ames in Concord, NH and Manchester, NH. At the first one, I picked up on of each SW set I didn't have (about $200.00 retail) and went to pay. When the first set rang up at full price, I pointed out to the clerk that these should be 75% (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Glad to hear you didn't have any problems. I went to one last Ames (7th one for me) today, and they refused to give me the discount. Since they had a lot of stuff, I did what I read a couple of other people here did and fired off an e-mail to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) if you flipped over that paper you would see the 20% Lego sale which starts Sunday...an Ames employee left a clip board on the shelf next to a bunch of Slave 1s I purchased; half a dozen of these slips were attached...one side said Lego toys (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I hit another Ames as a favor to a fellow AFOL...Due to long check out lines, numerous screaming babies and a couple Irate seniors at Customer Service, the manager waved to the Cashier in front of me to mark them down and get the ine (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Sigh...yes, that's an impressive stack. I hope you're planning to build, suh! ;) I've had to put most of my back sets in storage because of this haul. Methinks the fire sale will begin sooner than I'd planned... (...) Yep, they're always (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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