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Re: no break at walmart for a tattered 8456
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 03:45:04 GMT
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I have an unmentionable relative who works at Wal Mart who said that pricing
is up to the dept manager and they receive a set monthly markdown budget
from corporate to move old merchandise. So the markdowns are spread out over
all the clearance toys which explains why my local WalMart has $5 Sith
Infiltrators and $58 Gungan subs. After Christmas this same WalMart received
from some dark warehouse 20-6180 Hydro Search Sub for $14. I would love to
see if that warehouse has old Ninja sets. Hope against hope.
"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message
news:GAF0Fo.G1E@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Heverly writes:
> <snip>
> >
> > I suppose the box is still on the shelf there, I can only hope
> > someone of power notices that box, and decides to mark it down to 50%
> > off just as I walk into the lego department.
>
> WMs are very funky about mark downs. If something has been around • forever, it
> finally goes back to full price. The toy dept can override that, but • usually
> won't (especially if someone is showing interest in it). One of the worst • over-
> pricing I've encountered was a 6493 Flying Time Boat. MSRP was somewhere • around
> $40-44. One of them popped up in a WM (from who knows where) and was • promptly
> priced at $49.97. I asked several times about it, but got nowhere. The • last
> couple of times I checked, it seems to have been sold. Good for them.
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> The next worst was the day I found a decent haul at a small WM. I usually • price
> everything at an aisle scanner before going to checkout. I found a couple • of
> copies of a Technic Star Wars sets (forget which one) that were scanning • for $6
> (down for $30-ish). Between the time I scanned it and got to the checkout • (20-30
> mins), corporate kicked the price back up to MSRP. *shrug* It was a minor
> annoyance on an otherwise good day.
>
> Ray
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| In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Heverly writes: <snip> (...) WMs are very funky about mark downs. If something has been around forever, it finally goes back to full price. The toy dept can override that, but usually won't (especially if someone is (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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