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Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 06:20:26 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Erik Olson writes:
> > When was the last time you bought a new set at regular price?
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> > 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?
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> > Should LEGO pay attention to the AFOL market share when we are
> > such bottom feeders?
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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 sale-- exceptions being the Guarded Treasury, Droid
> Escape, Speeder Bikes and the Defense Archer...
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> But I do buy stuff for regular price... Am I one of the only ones?
Nope. :)
If I see something that I like, I'll typically buy one off the shelf, at
whatever the price happens to be. About half the time that's 15% off, but
that's because I do more shopping when Zeller's does their monthly sale, not
because I particularly care.
If I see a set that looks interesting, but is expensive, I'll wait for a sale,
but I can't rely on seeing any given set at more than 20% off, ever. Locally
(and in most of Canada, as far as I can tell) we don't get the huge
126% off clearance sales that seem to sweep the US on a weekly basis. ;)
If I'm buying repeat copies of something to break up for parts, then I'll shop
around until there's a bargain.
James
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| (...) That about sums up my shopping strategy too. For example, I've wound up with the smaller Life on Mars alien stuff on more or less impulse, but I'm waiting for a sale before I go for the big tan four-legged one. I'm also waiting for a sale to (...) (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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