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I'm upset with Wal-Mart and their "we don't sell merchandise the computer says not too" rule. Tonight after work, I stopped by to pick up a few items and check on the Lego clearance shelves. I got lucky as they had been marked down again. There (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi Scott... I live in Brisbane, Australia and we (the BUGS group) encounted the same problem just before Christmas last year. We went to K-Mart in Cleveland (yeah one here too :P). I think we saw 5 on the shelf sitting their waiting for someone to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsHqL5.4Fo@lugnet.com... (...) items (...) the (...) superior (...) was (...) know (...) had (...) I (...) management (...) I picked up three copies of 6776 from a Wal-Mart about a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I had a similar thing a few months ago in a Wisconsin Walmart, however I was able to get mine. Basically, I had bought a whole series of clearance Lego and as there were long lines at the checkouts, I decided to use the self scanning lane. I scanned (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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While I can certainly understand your frustration, I'd think this is probably a safety mechanism and a good policy for them to have. Most items that are recalled are usually recalled for safety or quality issues. Imagine the backlash if a store were (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Scott, I had a similar thing happen to me, but the manager overrode the price and allowed me to buy it anyway. I know it's frustrating that all Walmarts don't follow the same policies, but sometimes it's to our advantage. Better luck next time! By (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Been there, done that, had that happen to me also, at least 10 times so far, maybe a bakers dozen. Oh well. Ray (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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A point you have missed is that Wal-Mart problably paid over $30 for that set in the first place. If they sell it to you for $20 - $30 they will be losing money, however if they return it to TLC under a recall then they will get back the full (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Melody Brown writes: <snip> (...) <snip> All the 6776's dissappeared when the recall first came to light, but this one set somehow surfaced and I figured it was safe to buy it. Afterall, it was clearanced twice. Scott (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) <snip> (...) They had some Watto's Junkyards there for $20 and if I find the 6776 on the shelves again today when I go there, I'll pick up both of them and try this. Scott Member 718 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) <snip> Unfortunately, my Wal-Mart doesn't have self scanning lanes and I usually go there at two in the morning where the staff has all the time in the world to make sure everything is done by the book. Scott Member 718 (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsIJHH.69F@lugnet.com... (...) [ .... snipped ... ] (...) go (...) to (...) In the Raleigh area all of Wal-Mart stores are no longer open 24 hours. Most are now open from 6 AM until (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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One of the superior ladies pointed out an incident with a recalled toaster that she sold. The set was taken off the shelves some time ago and finally reappeared. I don't think Lego would take the time now to repackage that set and ship it back to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I need to find the manager there who will bend the rules to make me happy, because Wal-Mart is not going to get tore up losing $10 on a clearance item. They wanted to get rid of it, that's why it was on clearance. I was doing them a favor by trying (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Better (...) I'm hoping that all of the ones that actually were sent back will end up making to the discount shops or atleast to the S@H specials now that the "uproar" has died down. Of course, they' probably just send them all to the K-8's :( (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah, if Brad could convince someone to repack them in a generic white box (with '6776' in large letters), toss the comic book, and price the innards at $25, I think the AFOLs would buy out the entire offering in less than a week. Ray (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) (with (...) $25, I (...) I'd suggest they don't even bother to do that. I believe that the likelyhood of someone over-reacting about it now is slim. Especially if they go the S@H special route, everyone that knows about the specials would (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Most of the Wal Marts around the Mpls/St Paul area are also no longer 24/7 haven't actually been in one since around x-mas time, It started about a year ago IIRC with the Bloomington store then Eden Prairie stores... Ok so its 2 of the 6 or 7 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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