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| | | (...) Interesting... the toy guy in our local Zellers (not the Lego rep, the store employee) told me that TLC really loves it when they have a sale on Lego because the store takes the hit, they still pay TLC the same price for the sets. Maybe it's (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: Next year —Kevin Zwicker
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| | | | | In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Wilson writes: <Snip my own message> (...) I'm also in Canada (Montreal) so I doubt that it is a factor. The rep told me that, at most, the retailer took a 10% hit on his margin during sales. The rest of the discount (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | Re: Next year —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | | Kev z --- your store employee or Lego Rep is wrong. Think, for a minute, about the number of transactions involved...even given computers, and we all know that the big chain computers are not always right, how could a retailer POSSIBLY track all the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: Next year —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) This squares with my experience (which is mostly on the back end, not the retail floor per se). Unless a manufacturer gives out some sort of special promotion, inventory costs what it costs. It's up to the store how much or little to charge. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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