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Re: Possibly another GST infringement? What RRP for 6083?
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lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 05:22:06 GMT
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I bet they'd notice if the price on a set under $10 jumped to over $100
though. Goof-ups are one thing, although I bet the larger the kit, the more
they'd notice.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Deidre Rushton Brumby <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message
news:Fx7GrL.G21@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.org.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
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> > After verification [looking at a catalogue to see the set pictures] the
> > $20-something Ninja set was 6045.
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> Thanks for digging up those prices! The odd thing is that the 6083
> is the only Ninja set they had. I thought maybe I'd looked at the tag
> for something else altogether, but I'm normally pretty careful to match
> the set numbers to the shelf tag because stuff gets moved around on the
> shelves a fair bit. Giving it further thought, maybe the stockperson
> transcribed the wrong price off a price-list giving the 6083 the 6045 • price
> originally, and then they noticed and corrected when they GST-ed. Or
> maybe I just remembered incorrectly :) Either way, it seems they are in
> the clear over that one, thanks for the info, you've saved me from making
> a twit of myself :)
>
> On the transcribing thing, I'd often wondered if the 6474 City Digger at
> Target was mispriced in the same way, as it was given the same price as • the
> 6477 Fire Fighter's Lift Truck, noticing the similarity in set numbers.
> Good to see they've fixed it now according to Benjamin in another thread.
> It is more than slightly annoying that some careless person sitting in an
> office somewhere typing prices into a computer can goof up like that and
> end up being responsible for massively overcharging for an item nationwide
> (well, at least Vic and Tas).
>
> Deidre
> drb@tasmail.com
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