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| | | (...) Eh, not exactly. From the way it reads, they got ticked off about price tags being printed with simulated "hand-printed" red cross-offs and markdown prices being built in. I was sceptical about this simulated handwriting bit, so I looked (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —Kevin Salm
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| | | | (...) Honestly, I cannot belive this case went forward and that the guy even won. Seems like the court made a pretty incredible ruling. MSRP is the SUGGESTED retail price. Individual retailers should be permitted to sell at whatever price they (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —Paul Ferguson
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| | | | | In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Salm wrote: <SNIP OF PREVIOUS MESSAGE> (...) <Additional Snip> You should note, however, that some states, at least, cover this matter under "truth in advertising" laws. Massachusetts prohibits advertising items as (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —David Laswell
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| | | | | (...) Did he actually win? Anyways, if he did, I think I know exactly why he did. I remember hearing how, in the early-mid 1900's, big department stores would run these scams where they'd advertise some huge percentage discount off of everything in (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | | "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message news:HK6DpC.A16@lugnet.com... (...) won. (...) permitted to (...) important Kevin, I think that you are misreading the purpose of the lawsuit. The problem isn't with KB selling stuff above MSRP. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) I didn't, and I'm in there 3-6 times every week. (...) Ah, see, I pretty much stick to a handful of different lines, so if they didn't mark those up (or if they marked up Star Wars toys during a period of time in which they stocked _NOTHING_ (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | Re: Class Action suit against KB toys —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | (...) I was in a Big Lots today. Most of the recent BL price stickers are merely a price and a bar-code. I think Big Lots has done away with the MSRP shell game (at least in the toys dept). (...) I have seen subtle pricing variations at Target (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Marz Update (Re: Class Action suit against KB toys) —Jeremy Scott
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| | | | (...) An update regarding Marz... I got a license to buy LEGO from them a few months ago. (Their prices were too high for me to make money, only 10% off of MSRP) After waiting a while to get the license, I go to their site to discover that that day, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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