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Re: Walmart Clearance?
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:50:16 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David W. Speck writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Rose Regner writes:
> > Does anyone know if Wal-Mart has lowered their clearance prices yet? Does
> > anyone remember their clearance sale pattern, i.e. how long between mark
> > downs.
> >
> > Around here they have the greatest selection of clearance sets, but we
> > recently went from having one Wal-Mart that rarely marked down sets, to five
> > with one more being built near my house.
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> > Rose
> I was just 'chat'ing with a friend about this. It was this time last year
> when Walmart.com had a number of clearance items (i.e. Silver Champion for
> $28, Railway Express $45). However, it appears that they are holding onto
> their stock longer and not offering the large sales. Whether they've caught
> on to our buying 'patterns' is unclear. There are a few clearance on their
> web site, but not worth the effort (IMHO) when comparing to last year at
> this time.
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> I may not remember the store sales correctly, however Walmart seemed to be
> more erratic - each store having it's own levels and timeframes for marking
> down items. I saw the large clearance sections being setup in a couple of
> Walmarts just after the new year - but alas, no Lego finds. I only hope
> they start throwing some of the slower moving, or older, sets on these
> shelves at prices similar to last year.
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> Dave
I have noticed that Wal-Mart has been carring fewer of the $60 and up sets
than they used to in the past, but that Super Wal-Marts (the big 'uns) tend
to still stock heavy on LEGO. In my area (So Cal) there are only 3 out of 7
that have decent selection day to day. As of now, few LEGO Harry Potter
sets can be found on the Wal-Mart shelves, seems that what did not sell
between the release of the movie and X-mas has hit clearance in most stores
at 25% to 75% in my travels. There were a lot of these Harry Potter sets
(no Hogwarts or Express) at two particular Wal-Marts in my area, one group
at 50% (made my selection and left half the shelf behind) and the other at
75% (moved shopping cart to shelf, reached arm behind all sets and scooped
all into my cart :). All in all I made out like a bandit on this my second
best deal on LEGO ever at clearance time. It is out there, but you have to
be quick and lucky to run into it as I did. I'm afraid the next clearance
at these stores will be mostly Jack (yuck) Stone, cause they have a lot. I
have no idea why they are so anxious to be rid of Mr. Potter sets which are
still new.
Play well,
-Aaron-
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| (...) tend (...) 7 (...) stores (...) Did you find these at Super Walmarts or just regular ones? All of our Walmarts are of the Super size. There were a lot of these Harry Potter sets (...) I bust a gut over this last comment. I previously only (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I quizzed a WalMart manager concerning the procedures for discounting products. WalMart management, specifically the toy dept. manager, has complete discretion as to when and amounts of the discounts that will be applied to the toys. Usually the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I was just 'chat'ing with a friend about this. It was this time last year when Walmart.com had a number of clearance items (i.e. Silver Champion for $28, Railway Express $45). However, it appears that they are holding onto their stock longer (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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