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Warning--this post contains info about a clone brand, but it’s relevant to LEGO,
so bear with me...
TRU currently has a bunch of stuff with green price tags and signs all over the
store proclaiming an additional 30% off green-tagged items. Sounds groovy,
right?
This item caught my eye yesterday. It originally retailed for $79.99, and the
green tag listed it for $69.99. With the 30% discount, that comes to about
$48.99, or 39% off the original price. Sweet deal, right?
Well, not quite. Months ago my local TRU overstocked this item and subsequently
reduced the asking price to $49.99. It seems that, immediately prior to the
green-tag sale, they bumped the price up almost to full MSRP, and well above
what they’d been asking just days before. The net result is that the “30%”
discount is actually just under 1% off of the price they’d set previously.
Is this legit? I recall KB toys getting into some trouble over pretty much the
same kind of price-tweaking, but I can’t remember the result. It’s a crappy
move IMO, however you slice it.
Has anyone spotted this happening with LEGO or other products?
Dave!
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| (...) I don't know about the sale, but I can say that it is still far to much to pay for this particular set. This mountain set is by far the worst of the MB Dragons set. I have unfortunately bought it, and regretted it ever since. There is hardly (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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