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Re: Zany-Brainy Scratch Off Sale
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Date:
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:12:39 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Walsh writes:
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> "John B Wood" <jwood@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:G46K2H.Bv1@lugnet.com...
> > > I received a couple of cards in the mail today - the sale is • 11/17-11/18.
> > > As in the past, the scratch off gets you somewhere between 10% and 50% • off
> > > of your total purchase.
> > >
> > > Details:
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> > > 5,300,000 total cards
> > >
> > > 50% off: 17,354
> > > 40% off: 17,354
> > > 30% off: 34,708
> > > 20% off: 69,416
> > > 10% off: 5,161,168
> >
> > That gives you about a 2.62% chance of getting better than 10% off - not
> > good odds. Sure enough, mine was only 10%...
> > Any one do any better?
> >
> > -John-
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> I ended up with three cards, all three 10% off. Last year I had a 30% off
> card. I stopped by ZB and didn't buy anything - at 10% off nothing is a
> "must have" at this point. Last year they had some Model Team and Train
> sets, nothing like that this year (at least in the two ZB stores near me).
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> Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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> PS: They seem to have a lot of cards in the store, ask for another one when
> you walk in, you might do better.
Cards in the store...
The employees were even commenting on the miserable 10% off cards in the
store, so I challenged the manager that I wouldn't buy anything at only 10%
off, since TRU next door was having better sales...
After scratching 37 cards and they all were 10% off, she relented, agreed
with my position, and I left empty-handed.
-Jon
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| "John B Wood" <jwood@execpc.com> wrote in message news:G46K2H.Bv1@lugnet.com... (...) 11/17-11/18. (...) off (...) I ended up with three cards, all three 10% off. Last year I had a 30% off card. I stopped by ZB and didn't buy anything - at 10% off (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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