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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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