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Subject: 
My Bargain Shopping Report
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:14:28 GMT
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Hey,

I have been doing a lot of bargain shopping the last few weeks, and here is
a report of most of what I found.  All of these stores were in SC, USA:

K-Mart:

I had more luck here than anywhere else.  I pillaged over a half dozen
K-Marts.  Prices and availability were fairly inconsistent from store to
store, and the prices marked were usually higher than the prices that rang
up, but here is what I found, as best as I can remember (it was a lot):

4805 Ninja Knights - $1.00 - I picked up about 10.  Several stores had
several copies left, and they rang up this price at all of the stores I
checked it on.
8247 Road Rebel - $1.00 - I picked up about 10.
1853 Hypno Cruiser (with storage bucket) - $4.00 - Picked up the only 2 I saw.
6499 Time Tunnelator (with time machine) - $2.00 - Picked up 4.  Only one
store had them, and I left a couple there.
5928 Bi-Wing Baron - $1.00 - Picked up the only 2 I saw.
8226 Mud Masher - $2.00 - Grabbed the only 4 I saw.
6599 Shark Attack - $2.00 - One store had 5.  I grabbed them all.
6433 Coast Watch - $7.00 - Several stores had them.  I got 2.
6109 Sea Creeper (with giant ray) - $1.00 - Got the only one I found.
8252 Beach Buster - $10.00 - Item wasn't in store database, so they gave it
to me for that price.
2152 Robo Raptor - $1.00 - Also wasn't in the database, but at a different
store.
2151 Robo Raider - $2.00 - Found one.
6007 Bat Lord - $1.00 - Got the only one I found.
6110 Solo Sub - $1.00?
6716 Weapons Wagon - $4.00? - Found one.
5936 Spider's Secret - $2.00 - Found two.
6407 Fire Chief - $0.50?
6836 V-Wing Fighter - $1.00?
6837 Cosmic Creeper - $1.00? - Got 2.
8246 Hydro Racer - $1.00 - I got 4.  There were more.
6903 Bug Blaster - $0.50? - I got 2.
5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins - $32.00 - Got one of the 2 I saw.
5978 Sphynx Secret Surprise - $$18.00? - Got 1
5958 Mummy's Tomb - $18.00 - Didn't get any.  Got one in the $30 value pack
they have though.
6107 Recon Ray - $1.00 - Got 1.  This one was different prices at different
stores.
6033 Treasure Transport - $1.00 - Got the only one I saw.
5938 Oasis Ambush - $1.00?  - Snatched up the only one I saw.
3050 Shanghai Surprise - $2.00 - Nabbed two.
4980 Tunnel Transport - $30.00
3052 Ninja' Fire Fortress - $18.00
4293 Classic Value Pack - $18.00

Tuesday Morning:

I hit the Tuesday Morning sale on Wednesday too.  Most of the sets seemed to
be non-US.  This is a list of most of what I bought, but they had some other
stuff too.  Some of what I got will be repeats of the other post on this,
but I'll still list them for completeness:

6558 Shark Cage Cove - $15.00
8239 Cyber Challenge (with storage case) - $12.00
8268 Scorpion Attack - $10.00 (not that great of a deal)
4525 Road N Rail Repair - $5.00
8217 The Wasp - $4.00 - Got the last one
6791 Bandit's Wheelgun - $1.00
5906 Ruler of the Jungle - $2.00
2847 UFO Flyer - $1.00
6100 Aquashark Dart - $1.00
2849 Gyrocopter - $1.00
6585 Hang Glider - $1.00
6559 Deep Sea Bounty - $20.00
6441 Deep Reef Refuge - $30.00
8299 Search Sub (with CD-ROM) - $30.00 - My personal favorite find!
6097 Knight Lord's Castle - $40.00
6093 Flying Ninja Fortress - $50.00
3758 Purple Bucket  -$5.00
WalMart Value Pack - $15.00

Wal-Mart:

Didn't have too much luck here other than:

6180 Hydro Search Sub - $15.00 - That store had several
5976 River Expedition - $30.00?

Big Lots:

6099 Traitor Transport - $12.00
6589 Radical Racer (with rocky ridge playscape) - $6.00

Best Buy:

Yes, Best Buy, the electronics store.  They carry Mindstorms stuff, and they
had some good deals:

9732 Extreme Creatures - $10.00 - It was marked $20.
9730 Robo Sports - $10.00 - Also marked $20.
9735 Robotics Discovery Set - $80.00
9738 Droid Development Kit - $50.00

KB Toys:

6979 Interstellar Star Fighter - 32.00?

Toys R Us:

3038 Spider Slayer - $15.00
8257 Cyber Strikers - $19.00
4561 Railway Express - $90.00 - Marked down to $100 + used $10 flyer coupon.

Sorry this post was so long.  This is my first one.  I have been wanting to
post for a while, but I just learned that I can without being a member, so I
had a lot to report.  I just haven't gotten around to getting a membership
yet, but I will.  BTW, thank you to all who have been posting their shopping
news here.  You have helped me out tremendously over the past few months
since I found it, and I hope this post will help return the favor to some of
you.  One last thing - I just went to TRU last night and they had a bunch of
the brand new sets out.  I will post another one here in a little while
reporting on that if you are interested in reading it.

David



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: My Bargain Shopping Report
 
(...) <Super Major Snip of Great Info> (...) Great post with lots of useful info, David! Thanks for taking the time to share. I would certainly be interested in reading more. Now if you'll excuse me I'm headed over to Best Buy to see if I can find (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: My Bargain Shopping Report
 
Yea Best Buy!!! 3 Extreme Creatures for E-Bay or best offer. Fred (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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