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Re: FOTW: RIS Expansion Kits at CompUSA, $9.88 each
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Sat, 10 Nov 2001 02:38:55 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Walsh writes:
> The CompUSA in Raleigh, NC has a few of these sets but not at this price
> ($10). Everything the Raleigh store has is at the $30 level. Not a bad
> deal but far from $10.
Yeah, CompUSA in Vacaville, CA had two Extreme Creatures for about $30 and that
was it.
> While looking at the Mindstorms sets I noticed that CompUSA had some
> Bionicle sets (small ones) listed for $0.01 - that's right - a penny. I
> took a RIS expansion set to the register in hopes it would scan for less
> than what was listed on the shelf but they did not. So I had them scan the
> Bionicle and it came up as not in their system. I told the lady it was a
> penny and she said "that can't be right, we don't sell anything for a
> penny".
>
> I showed her the shelf tag and perplexed, she went and got the manager. He
> was also perplexed and believed it was a mistake. He believes it was part
> of a "buy LEGO product XYZ, get a Bionicle for $0.01" type promotion but
> couldn't find the details. He took shelf label down while I was standing
> there and told me he would honor the price of $0.01 if I wanted to hold them
> to it as he was required to do so by law.
>
> I decided not to take advantage of what he believed be an error and he was
> very relieved. My good deed for the day. Now I might have not have been so
> willing to pass up a deal had it been for something that contained real
> bricks. Bionicles don't do much for me so not getting them is not real big
> deal to me. FWIW - I could have gotten six copies of the small orange one
> (MSRP $3) for a penny each had I really pressed the issue.
A similar thing happened to me at CompUSA a while back. I saw some 5902 River
Raft and 6498 Go-Kart polybags on pegs in the children's software aisle, but
there was no sign of any current freebie with purchase on any of the LEGO
software packages. I took one up to find out what software they came with and
no one could tell me. It rang up at a penny and the guy didn't want to mess
with them, so he told me I could have all six that were left for a penny each.
BTW I wouldn't press for a bargain like this one, but I always let them know
how appreciative I am when they do come through with a great deal.
Maggie C.
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