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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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| | | | | Re: Ames 75% off Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Shiri Dori
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Shiri Dori
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Jeff Johnston
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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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| | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Ben Cox
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Mike Stanley
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Peter White
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Kyle D. Jackson
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Jeff Stabile
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Kyle D. Jackson
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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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| | | | | | | | ZB Sales and Ames Scores —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Toki Barron
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Christopher Tracey
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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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| | | | | | Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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