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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeremy Scott writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeff Jardine writes:
> > Big sale at amazon.com: 2¢ off the Dark Side Developer Kit. The price was
> > slashed from $119.99 all the way down to $119.97, so you'd better hurry:
> >
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/shop/B734ACB4
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> > Jeff J
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> I have noted this before, and I thought, "why does amazon bother mentioning
> that they have a set for $.02 off?" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! Ahh-STUPID-choo!
> 'Scuze me!
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> ~just my TWO CENTS!
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> Jeremy Scott
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> Yay! Pun....
I think it's obviously an automated process, the item was probably repriced, or
recently readded to their database at $119.97. They most likely have the
original price stored - and it automatically generates the sale notice and
percentage. At least, that makes sense programmatically. If you really want
to confirm the reason, e-mail them.
Dave
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| (...) Rather, they store the MSRP, and calculate the percentage from that. The odd thing is, until the DSDK vanished from stores, walmart.com, shop.lego.com, etc. a few months ago, Amazon had it listed for ~$100, the real MSRP. I don't recall if (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I have noted this before, and I thought, "why does amazon bother mentioning that they have a set for $.02 off?" OOO...OOOH! Ahh-STUPID-choo! 'Scuze me! ~just my TWO CENTS! Jeremy Scott Yay! Pun.... (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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