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Re: Worst case of gouging I've ever seen. It made me cry.
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Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:00:44 GMT
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Oh wait, it gets even sillier. At the very same KB, they had some Ewok
Attacks (MSRP $12.99) mis-tagged at $9.99 even though it, too, was in their
system for the price of $16.99. Wasn't too good a sale, but it might be
awhile before these go on clearance so I bought out all the mistagged ones I
could find. I pointed out the price tag discrepancy when it scanned at $17
and looked the guy in the eye and said, "Those were all the ten-dollar ones
I could find." He just nodded and bagged my Ewoks. Anyway, I think this
might be specific to that one location. That place used to be a real
scalper's paradise back when Episode I and Pokemon were just coming out a
few years ago. The then-management would put clearance and new merchandise
to the side for their friends who'd turn around and resell it 3 or more
times above retail. I once walked in while a team of scalpers were loading
their minivan full of KB bags, while the head scalper was chatting it up
with the store manager. I believe they changed management due to some
complaints to corporate but the new management still tend to over-inflate
the prices on new stuff, I'm *hoping* to discourage scalping which is
rampant in our area, rather than just to price gouge (would be senseless
anyway, Kohl's, K-Mart, and Wal-mart are all clustered around that street,
and they're all at retail).
binky
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:GsqK1y.I04@lugnet.com...
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> Kay-Bee ToyWorks, Plainfield, NJ:
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> 7201, 7202, 7203, and 7204 are all marked at the *steal* price
> of $16.99 each! That's only $10 more than list! I think they only
> have a few dozen of each, so hurry out and buy yours TODAY.
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> </scarcasm>
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> It was so bad that I had to ask if that wasn't just a price-gun
> error--but it was indeed listed at that price in the computer, and
> the salespeople and management were all quite aware that it was
> an incredible and unreasonable markup (and willing to say so).
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> Unbelieveable. Just when I thought it wouldn't get worse than
> $8 for a $6 Landspeeder, I see $17 for a $7 Final Duel. Can anyone
> else verify this insanity elsewhere in the diseased Kay-Bee network
> of stores?
>
> best
>
> LFB
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