Subject:
|
Re: Wal-Mart shopping frustration
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.market.shopping
|
Date:
|
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:06:03 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
257 times
|
| |
|
|
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 the way, these sets may make it back onto the shelves.
You might keep an eye on them. That's what happened at my Walmart. Seems
like someone in the back didn't know why they were pulled and put them back
on the shelve. Poor communication seems to be something that Walmart excels
in! haha So don't give up yet!
Tom
In lugnet.market.shopping, Scott E. Thomas writes:
> 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.
>
> 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.?
>
> Scott
> Member 718
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Wal-Mart shopping frustration
|
| (...) 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)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Wal-Mart shopping frustration
|
| 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)
|
18 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
