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Re: Harry Potter Disappeared???
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:58:48 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Bryan Wong writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, James Seibert writes:
> > Harry Potter sets have disappeared from the shelves of the two local
> > Wal-Marts and one K-Mart in the Paducah area. I purchased a few sets but the
> > castle, Hagrids Hut, and other were gone then two days later the shelves
> > were cleared out completely. I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed
> > the same development occuring their local stores. I can only guess they have
> > sold the entire stock that was delivered to them but I am concerned that
> > will be all the stock they receive until after Christmas. I just hope my
> > local stores get resupplied because they always have good after- Christmas
> > sales.
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> Yeah I'm not sure what's happening... First I heard that the HP sets were
> available at a Toys R Us in mall X. Then I saw the HP sets at a Toys R Us
> in my area, but now they've disappeared, including the display. Yesterday I
> went to mall X and that TRU doesn't have the HP sets either!
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> Maybe they're not "allowed" to sell the sets yet.
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> I'm in Vancouver, BC, Canada in case anyone's interested.
If Van is like Edmonton, it's not that they've been pulled, it's that
they're *flying* off the shelves. I found them at a TRU, full line on the
cardboard display. Later that night (accidently got 2 Diagon Alley and no
House Gryffindor) the display was half-empty, and had obviously been
restocked at least once. Two days later, they had Sorting Hats and
Forbidden Corridors. That's it.
Pretty much the same deal with Walmart.
$0.02
James
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| (...) Yeah I'm not sure what's happening... First I heard that the HP sets were available at a Toys R Us in mall X. Then I saw the HP sets at a Toys R Us in my area, but now they've disappeared, including the display. Yesterday I went to mall X and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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