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Re: Wal-Mart shopping frustration
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:13:03 GMT
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"Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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 is(was) a 6776 Ogel Control Center that has been
> sitting on the shelves for quite some time. It was marked $30 for over a
> month and tonight was clearanced even further to $20. I took it to a
> scanner to confirm this price but all I got was a Ask Sales Associate for
> Help. That's odd, I thought to myself. Anyway, I finished my shopping and
> proceeded to the checkout lanes. The last thing she scanned was the 6776
> and it rang up not for sale. I knew exactly why (9-11-01 outrage about • the
> back of the box), but didn't say anything at first. She called her • superior
> over who told her not to sell it and I politely asked what the big deal • was
> about selling a recalled toy. She called her superior over who didn't • know
> what she was doing, so she called the manager over and he flat out refused
> to sell it to me. He said that since it is a recall, it would go back to
> the manufacture. Yeah right. I pointed out that the recall for that set
> was months ago, and yet it was still here- No answer. So I asked why it • had
> been clearanced from $50 to $30 without getting noticed, then from $30 to
> $20 without getting noticed and they couldn't give me an answer again. So • I
> paid for my purchase and left, feeling frustrated that Wal-Mart's • management
> has no backbone.
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> This reminds me, I have never seen a 6776 with different packaging in any
> store. Did they really repackage them, or was that just b.s.?
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> Scott
> Member 718
I picked up three copies of 6776 from a Wal-Mart about a month ago but the
scenario was very similar but the result was different. Mine also had a $20
clearance sticker on them but wouldn't scan. When I got to the register
they still wouldn't scan (I have seen items that won't scan in the store
scan at the register). The woman called over a co-worker (not sure if she
was a supervisor or not). The messed around trying to override it and ended
up re-scanning a Watto's Junkyard (also $20) that I was buying instead.
Mike
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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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| 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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