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AFOLs as cheapskates
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:13:33 GMT
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When was the last time you bought a new set at regular price?
When LEGO comes out with good stuff, do you think "I can't wait
for the clearance sale!" -- but you wait, hoping to make a killing?
Should LEGO pay attention to the AFOL market share when we are
such bottom feeders?
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Message has 11 Replies:
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| (...) The only time I ever pay full price for LEGO is when I order something through S@H that I know I cannot get anywhere else (or if I buy something that you can't get anymore from a private party). Otherwise I am terribly cheap and sometimes even (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Do the Droid Developer Set's count ? WM has them at $24.97 (regular price) even tho they used to be $99 elsewhere. I'm scanning back thru my inventory now. Probably the last time was almost a year ago. I bought a Roadblock Runners at a far (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Well in the Netherlands you're usually lucky to find anything marked down more than 10%. So I use lots of discount coupons, and try to buy bulk to get more discount... doesn't always work though :-( (...) Depends.. if it's really cool I'll buy (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) The last (and one of the few - maybe 1 or 2) time I did this was a couple months ago when I was late for dinner with some friends and remembered that one of their daughters had a birthday the next day. I snagged a Duplo set off the shelf at (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I honestly cannot remember the last time I purchased any Lego at full retail. I find that if I wait long enough, i get everything that I want at a price that is actually affordable. And if you watch the sales and stuff closely, you don't even always (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Lets see, hmm, last friday night. But it WAS at the LIC on a discontinued Paradisa set :^) I have bought some of the new SW sets already as well as some LOM sets, I also got a bunch of 'my' theme castle sets at regular price, missed them (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Wow, am I the only idiot who goes out and buys sets at full price? Whenever a cool set comes out, I always buy 1 or 2 of 'em just 'cause they're cool-- I don't wait for sales, really... but I hardly ever 'stock up' on sets unless they're on (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) This week via proxy, Shell set 1254 x 4. (...) Of course! I might be willing to buy some smaller or reasonably priced (a dime a brick or less) sets at full price, but if I want more than one of the set I will try to wait for at least a BOGO (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Regular sets? Other than my first post-darkage sets XW and Snow Speeder, nothing. Rare, discontinued and promotional sets are different stories. (...) Well up here in Canada, Bay always has at least 10% off all toys every weekend, and Zellers (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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| (...) I very rarely by Lego at retail, the Speeder Bikes was the last one I did, because I know that I can get at least %20-%25 percent off on almost a monthly basis. Target, Shopko, K-Mart, FredMeyer rountinely have such sales, but these may (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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| (...) Er, last week. (...) Bottom feeders? I owe Lego *nothing.* I work for a living. I pay my bills. I pay my taxes. I pay my tuition out of my own pocket. Forgive me for not handing over my wallet to Billund. Free market economy. Plain and simple. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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