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Re: FOTW; Greatest Lego Discout Ever ?
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Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:15:03 GMT
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I got Spider Slayer for $19.98 (Canada, about $14 US) but it was
opened.  Oh well, seems like all of the parts were there.  The fact that the
motor hadn't been stolen seems like a big hint that nothing was.  It's a
pretty good cheap parts/motor set, but the model I tried to build has problems
with it.  So, a $70 US set for $14 US is a discount of about %80... okay, you
win.

In lugnet.market.shopping, Craig Livingston writes:
Ok...It really isn't a find of the week, but while shopping all the K-Marts
in Houston, I ran across two really interesting items. One was a 5918
Scorpion Tracker for $.25. Not the greatest of sets, but at 93.75% off, a
really good deal.

After buying it, I wanted to come home and start a thread on the greatest
retail discount for a non-damaged, unopened set (it had very little shelf
wear). I was curious if this purchase was indeed the biggest discount yet.
It was for me, even out-weighing a number of sets bought at a 90%,
Going-Out-Of-Business sale at K-Mart. But, forgetful me, I forgot :)

Today, after hitting 3 more K-Marts, I wasn't likely to forget. I found a
5958 Mummy's Tomb for $.15. Yes, that is not a typo. This set too was
unopened and non-damaged. By my calculation, that is a discount of 99.5%.
The cashier and myself were dumbfounded and I honestly believe it was a
mistake (maybe it should have gone in the computer as $15). But she took my
$.16 and bid me a good day.

Unlike most sets, the scanner only called both sets "Lego's", rather than by
a descriptive name. Cool, huh?

Any other good discount stories?

- Craig Livingston

PS - In case you were wondering, I was scouring K-Marts for cheap Ninja
sets, mainly $1 Ninja Knights and $3 Shanghai Surprises. I actually found
about 20 of each in all of Houston's K-Marts and I am quite happy :)



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Ok...It really isn't a find of the week, but while shopping all the K-Marts in Houston, I ran across two really interesting items. One was a 5918 Scorpion Tracker for $.25. Not the greatest of sets, but at 93.75% off, a really good deal. After (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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