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Hi, I went to Toys R Us before and saw that there were 2 Railway Express (4561) train sets left (both at normal prices $139.00 each). What caught my eye was that one had a tear in the box, and looked as if someone tried to get at some pieces in the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) They do, but don't count on one. As I recall several people in our area (New England) tried getting discounts on damaged sets after learning that the Lego Outlet struck off a whopping 50% for even simply dented sets. Most TRU's didn't offer a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That was my experience as well....a while back I found a very badly shelf worn/abused 4559 and knowing full well that the set had not been normally available for atleast two years I really wanted it. The person at the customer service desk (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi, I tried to get a discount for a very shelf worn 7191 X Wing once with a ripped box. When I took it to the service desk at TRU and asked for a discount they looked at me like I was from Mars...I then took it back to its place on the shelf and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) My impression is that managers are afraid of encouraging people to trash sets themselves in hopes of getting a discount. It seems that when a damaged box is found, they will often try to "repair" it by sealing it up again to see if it will (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Dan and I found a Mindstorms set opened and missing the RCX - we asked the manager for a discount, he said no, and said that it "happens all the time" (sets being opened and things being pulled/stolen out of them) - this was in MD somewhere a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) From my experience, TRU is downright obnoxious when you make inqiries about discounts - even when a set is obviously missing items. I've actually seen managers reseal boxes missing items and replace them on the shelf after I've turned down an (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I was at a TRU today looking for sale items and they had one #4591 on sale at $98 and change, the box was completely shrink wrapped and looked pristine EXCEPT for one little flap that indicated it had been opened. They also had a couple (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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