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Re: Walmart Droid Developer Kits
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 00:33:17 GMT
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Jacob Kraft wrote:
> If some stores are putting large numbers of a given set on the shelves (29
> and 54!), it sounds like they have too many and really are trying to get rid
> of them, so $24.97 might be the actual price and not an error. Of course,
> this doesn't mean that there wasn't an error in their stock order. Usually
> I only see 2 or 3 of any given large set on the shelves at one time.
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> They could have overstocked, sold them for cheap on their website for awhile
> (while they still had their warehouse full), and then corrected the website
> price as the stock moved out to stores and the warehouses emptied.
> Remember, some people did place successful orders via the web before the
> price error showed up -- e.g. some posters successfully went through the
> entire order process on the web and got the cheap price.
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> Of course, its all speculation unless you work at WalMart and know what
> happened. I imagine that if it was an error that was costing them hundreds
> or thousands of dollars that they would correct it fairly quickly. The fact
> that they haven't makes me believe it is not an error, but just the way they
> price things as the stock moves through their system.
I stopped by a Wal-Mart (Fridley, MN) tonight to see if they had any.
They did not. I did, however, see a LEGO rep there. She informed me that
500 Wal-Marts nationwide would be receiving them. I saw her refer to some
sheet that mentioned the $25 price, so it's probably not a mistake.
-Christopher
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| (...) Given that the price is 24.97, it's definitely no mistake. The 6180 Search Sub was the same way--$14.97. The manager of my "special" Wal-Mart told me what the deal is with those: If it ends with a 7, it's a final markdown (like Target's 4), (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: Walmart Droid Developer Kits
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| (...) I'm glad that I held out when WalMart had the Droid Developer Kits mispriced on their Web site. I went to our local WalMart tonight hoping to find some at the $25 price, but there were none to be had. Dejectedly, I thought I'd stop by the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Walmart Droid Developer Kits
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| If some stores are putting large numbers of a given set on the shelves (29 and 54!), it sounds like they have too many and really are trying to get rid of them, so $24.97 might be the actual price and not an error. Of course, this doesn't mean that (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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