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Re: Toys R Us question
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 22 Jan 2002 03:03:24 GMT
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David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Joe Franco writes:
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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 box- but everything looked to be intact in the
> > box. My question is, Does Toys R Us give discounts for opened or tampered
> > products?
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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 discount, some offered to take off 10%. Really depends on whoever the
> manager/person on duty is. I get the feeling they have the authority to take
> off whatever they see fit, but aren't generally as easy to convince as the Lego
> Outlet stores. Your luck may be different...
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 year or so ago :(.
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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