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Re: A day of shopping
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:12:43 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> Today I did one of my 'grand tour's of shopping. Six WalMarts, six K-Marts, one
> Target and one BestBuy (which was picked clean). Add to that three K-Marts, a
> Target and a WalMart I checked the day before Christmas.
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> One thing that stood out was the virtual absence of certain sets from the recent
> Christmas season...
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> 4708 Hogwarts™ Express (none found at any of the above mentioned stores)
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> 4709 Hogwarts™ Castle (none found at any of the above mentioned stores)
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> 7317 Aero Tube Hangar (only one store, out of 19, had any of these left)
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> Anyone else noticing strong sell-thru on these sets ?
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> BTW, one K-Mart (but only one) was running a 'all Harry Potter, 50% off' sale.
> After some discussion, they decided that it included the HP Lego sets. So, I
> drank heartily from the fountain of the Blue Light Special :)
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> Ray
[ updating ... ]
After visiting 45-50 stores since Christmas, I finally saw a couple of 4709
Hogwarts Castle yesterday. One each at two K-Marts. Still at the $89.99 price
(not that I expected any difference). In both cases they were stuck up on the
risers where most people would not think to look for them. In both cases they
are now plainly visible :)
Ray
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