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Re: KB Wholesale?
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Date: 
Sun, 8 Jul 2001 15:11:16 GMT
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One thing for their inflated prices, it makes their discounts (on the web
site, at the outlets etc) look bigger.

I just don't get it.

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

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  Re: KB Wholesale?
 
(...) (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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(...) 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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