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Hello, just a friendly note that my local Target begins the first rung of Lego clearance this Sunday at 8 AM. I was just heading out the doors a little after close as the overnight stockers were beginning to label the sets, but I did pause long (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Score! Joel, you are an angel. Thanks for the heads up. Any chance you can work a miracle on my wallet now and allow me a second trip? :) Your prices are basically right on. $10 sets are $6.90, Droid Escape $4.40, same 30-35% they often do (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"John Radtke" <jaradtke@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GosxEK.D0L@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) $4.40, (...) I stopped by my local Target (Cary, NC) while I was out this morning and found that markdowns had been made on LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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The target I was at today had 3 or 4 4561 Railway Express sets for $90. Is this a good price for this set? I'm mainly into technics. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Walsh To: lugnet.market.shoppi...lugnet.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) about (...) Wattos Junkyard is $24.40 Spielberg set is $125 - $50 Mania magazine coupon = $75 There are also coupons for the LOM sets. Rose (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just wanted to mention that this does not look like it is effect in the Bay Area. I went to the Target in San Leandro, and none of the Lego I found was on sale. They did have a TON of Arctic value packs, just a guess that those will be reduced in (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Chris, I went to the Target in Newark (Fremont) and it had items on sale. I found one copy of Slave I/Landspeeder. I also got an Arctic 6575 for $13 (only saw 1 copy). They didn't have any A-Wing or Imperial Shuttle though they had a lot of Droid (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The large Bionicle set is the RC Manas. It was being sold at my local Target for $60.20. The kids seem to love the Bionicles. Target had about 50 SQ FT of them, and they were almost out of them! Rob robo2705@hotmail.com (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Well, if anyone was about to pick up some of the Imperial Shuttles, and are will to part with one, I would really like it. I went to 4 Target's today in the east bay. Newark/New Park Mall, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and San Leandro, none of them had (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) What I would do is buy one at that price if you don't have one. Then if any are left when they are reduced further, either buy another at the lower price and return it with the receipt from the $90 one or, if you like the parts, keep it. I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Since there are people that will buy train motors from it for fairly good cash (I'll take *all* (as in *no* upper limit) anyone wants to sell from the set at 15 each shipped via slowmail, others offer more money I bet) and the controller is (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Target's new policy is that if an item is on clearance when you return it, you only get the clearance price value. Rose "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Gp0zK4.3Bv@lugnet.com... (...) any (...) price (...) keep (...) for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:Gp14xA.FAD@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Even if you have the receipt? That doesn't make any sense. I know they do that if you return something without the receipt but if you have it, they (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That has been their (and other stores) policy for items that don't have receipts for an awfully long time. But I suspect they would have a hard time getting that policy to stick if you have the receipt for your purchase. My experience in the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) BTW as of November 1st Target will not accept returns at all without a receipt or a gift receipt. Maybe this clearance policy is also something new. But I agree with Larry, I don't see how they can do that, especially when it says on the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Washpost has some verbage on this... (URL) you read that story too, MC? (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Well I will let you know tomorrow. I just got the gift receipt for a Target brand item (toy) that I know is now on clearance. I know it was bought at full price. Rose "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) LOL, it practically sounds as though I quoted it! Actually I hadn't seen it-- trivial info (especially for things I enjoy like shopping) seems to stick in my head. BTW glad you're posting again, things were pretty dead around here without you! (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Unfortunately I am not able to be much help with this topic. I went to the Target by my house to return the toy. They gave me full credit for the toy. So I went back by the toys to see if they were on clearance and they were not. So the two Targets (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks for checking, Rose! At my local Target (and I suspect many others) the toys are not classified as seasonal (with a few exceptions as the one below). When I was there today a salesperson told me that the Christmas items are going to 75% (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Rob Drechsel" <robo2705@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gov2DL.767@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... lots of snippage ... ] (...) Since it is Wednesday and Target typically does mark downs on Wednesday, I stopped by two Target stores today (Cary, NC (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Confirmed. Here either. However my Target has put some 30% off stickers on Jack Stone sets that were previously undiscounted (unless it's a false memory)... (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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