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Subject:	Re: Next Round of Tuesday Morning Sales (Bit of a Scoop)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:12:28 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Greg Perry writes: ... > The only item that I found worth considering was the Mickey & Minnie Fishin' > Trip Bucket (4178). I decided to pass though because the price was still a > little steep. So I went home Friday night empty-handed. Today, my Tuesday Morning still has them at $19.95, left over from the last sale. Also left over was various Duplo and a 1351 Movie Backdrop Studio. > They had two of the Shell promotional sets - 2555 Belville Beach set ($9.99) > and 2554 Racing Pit Stop ($6.99). I also saw some 2556 Shell Ferrari's at $19.99. > While checking out, the employees confirmed that they had in fact just put > those out on Saturday and that they had a lot more LEGO to put out for the > re-opening on 4/16 (I think that's the date). I didn't see any other new sets. The TM had some Mindstorms Accessories. The 9732 Extreme Creatures and 9730 RoboSports were marked as 'Clearance, take 40% off price', which brought them down to $18. The 9736 Exploration Mars was not further discounted. Maybe this belongs in market.theory, but is Tuesday Morning breaking any kind of law by advertising sale prices at 50% off that are completely fictional? For instance, I have only ever seen the 2555 Belville set at Shell stations for about $10. Yet TM claims that they sold once for $24.99. I know that KB Toys, FAO Schwartz and many others routinely mark up LEGO well above retail, but not Shell promotional sets, surely. It's too bad that TM needs to resort to this chicanery, and also too bad that shoppers flock there believing that they are getting a deal. Cary

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		Re: Next Round of Tuesday Morning Sales (Bit of a Scoop)
(...) I know LEGO often provides Suggested Retail Prices that are well above what normal retail channels sell at, including Shop at Home. For example, Mindstorms RIS 1.5 SRP is $237.99. -Rob. (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: Next Round of Tuesday Morning Sales (Bit of a Scoop)
"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:GunzGs.3JG@lugnet.com... (...) Fishin' (...) a (...) last (...) ($9.99) (...) [ ... snipped ... ] My visit to TM this morning (actually two of them) resulted in four copies of 2556 (two (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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		Next Round of Tuesday Morning Sales (Bit of a Scoop)
Here in Richmond, VA there is a Tuesday Morning store just up the street from me. There is also one crosstown that I visit occasionally on my lunch hour. I dropped into the "lunch" one the other day and saw that they had a sign on the door that (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.us.richlug)

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