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| | | (...) Maybe yes, maybe no (on the discount). They claim that the tub was a $20 item, lugnet seems to think it was a '$40?' item. Set in question appears to be <set:4291>. The KBW picture shows a standard green lid with what appeas to be a green (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | Peeron's pic is correct. I have about 5-7 of these tubs from a previous KB Online sale, and that's the baseplate, alright. And the tub DOES have a separate green lid, thankfully. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | What I find humorous was that this used to be listed on the regular KB site for $15, with an "Original Value" of $25. Now it seems to be listed at a straight $19.95. Troy Ray Sanders <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:GG4Cu7.2Mq@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | "Troy Cefaratti" <mnementh@dsl.telocity.com> wrote in message news:GG4zwK.K6@lugnet.com... (...) site (...) [ ... snipped ... ] As I recall the only time it was $15 was during a KBKids.com sale when everything was 25% off. At $15, this tub is a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) KB in general confuses me. I just don't quite get their pricing strategy. LEGO sets an MSRP and most retailers hew to it, or go a few cents below (like Walmart) KB on the other hand is typically 10-20% above MSRP. I don't know other toy lines (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Will Hess
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| | | | (...) I think trying to make the consumer THINK they're getting a deal is the point. Almost everything in the store has those handwritten prices in red ink on the labels. Will Bricksburg Fire Department: www.bricksburg.org GoB Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) (ersatz handwritten...) yes, I agree. But does it actually work. Don't answer that, because "yes" would just depress me. ++Lar (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: KB Wholesale? —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | (...) I'd have to say that it does. Unlike us, not everyone knows what the MSRP of each set is supposed to be. Tell them that it is $25 and they'll believe you. I've not fallen for this at KB because I know to expect such things from them. I did, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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