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Re: Walmart Clearance?
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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 06:16:51 GMT
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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 markdowns will be done over weeks but in
several cases the markdowns are done in only a few days. Here is the catch,
if a manager is tired of continually discounting the merchandise, the
manager can discount the price to zero, and then trash the item. Once the
amount of time and energy spent discounting the items exceeds the profit or
price of the item, it is the managers decision to discount to zero dollars
and destroy/trash the items. And yes, this happens to Lego. Some managers
who do not want to mess with discounting may run all their discounts on one
day and then trash the items. I know this sounds unbelievable, but if the
manager has enough funds in the dept. budget to discount the items, the
situation above can and usually does happen.
And don't even think of dumpster diving, they prosecute for theft property,
even their trash. No, I have not tried it. Although if dumpster of Lego is
out there, I will be sorely tempted.
"Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message
news:Gpqsns.BDG@lugnet.com...
> 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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| (...) I heard about this once a few years back. The person who described it to me said something to the effect... "we make it not resaleable, then dump some red paint on the pile of stuff in the dunpster". I was always a bit skeptical, but in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Oh . . . the humanity! That is very disturbing information. I have never heard of this before. I wonder if other chains do this. It just reaffirms that I should hit up more Walmarts to save the Lego sets from this dire fate as I did today. I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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