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Subject:	Re: Scout on sale at Fry's Electronics for $69
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf
Date:	Sun, 14 May 2000 05:55:27 GMT
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It was pretty much the same story at the Palo Alto Fry's. I saw at least 50 RDSs. They rang up at $69.99, but the boxes and the shelves still said $149.99. Since the boxes had been opened (who? why?) I appreciated having Paul's inventory. I counted 10 bags total, though. Paul Gyugyi wrote: > > Every single one of the 100 or so boxes in Sunnyvale had been > opened. I checked and everything seemed to be there. > The key components to look for are: > The Blue Scout > 2 motors. > Bag with 2 touch sensors & 2 clutch gears. > Bag with 2 foam balls and motor wires. > Seven other bags of parts. (9 bags total) > Three constructopedias. > > -gyug > > In lugnet.robotics, "Tilman Sporkert" <tilman@activesw.com> writes: > > If you live near a Fry's Electronics store in the US, check out if they have • the > > Robotics Discovery Set. The stores in the San Jose, CA, area are clearing them > > out today for $69. Yes, that's not a typo or a misprint - I already got one at > > that price. > > > > Tilman

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		RE: Scout on sale at Fry's Electronics for $69
(...) I wonder if there's a problem with the glue of those little seal stickers. Who would open all the boxes in such a big pile. I've seen the stacks of these sets at Fry's for month now, and they haven't been moving. I.e. it's not like they got (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Scout on sale at Fry's Electronics for $69
Fry's usually opens things like that to put inventory control tags into the boxes; if the tags are on the outside of the boxes, they are more easily removed. TRU does the same thing. -Cheese (...) $149.99. (...) have (...) them (...) one at (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

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		Re: Scout on sale at Fry's Electronics for $69
Every single one of the 100 or so boxes in Sunnyvale had been opened. I checked and everything seemed to be there. The key components to look for are: The Blue Scout 2 motors. Bag with 2 touch sensors & 2 clutch gears. Bag with 2 foam balls and (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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