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(...) Two comments... 1) 219 is not exactly a discount, which is what I thought TigerDirect was... a discount house... 2) I could not determine easily if shipping was extra or included. If extra it's even worse of a deal since S@H doesn't charge (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I need to buy Mindstorms for my son. Where's the best deal? I'm assuming I'll be buying it mail-order. I live in Phoenix, just in case someone local discounts the price. TIA, Dirk (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I also noticed that the local "Target" store (in Illinois) is carrying the mindstorms and the extreme creatures expansion - $199.99 and $49.99 respectively. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) After calling around to a few places (this was two weeks ago) the only place I found that actually had them in stock was LEGO Mindstorms directly. $219 + shipping to Colorado (~$232). Got it in three days. Jim West NIC Team Lead MCI Worldcom (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just stumbled on some at the Citadel MediaPlay in Colorado Springs. I managed to convince my parents that it would make a wonderful Christmas present (that, and the offer to pay for half didn't hurt). As I recall, it was 199.95 plus tax with the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I picked up mine at the Fry's in Tempe for $199. I was down there last week and they still had a couple of them left. The Toys-r-us at Mentro Center had a sign saying they had them, but I could not find any. You may just want to call around. Brett (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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Larry Pieniazek writes: [Snip] (...) This IS the page you get to from the Lego Mindstorms page. At first I thought "oh cool! S@H has gone online" but no, it's someone else's site. I guess I should have mentioned the fact that this was from Lego's (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The discount is the time you have to wait........ Is it not scarce? Do they not have them in stock? Soooooo, they discount the waiting period......... Sorry, I am just being silly..... (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, it may or may not be scarce. I have in the last two days been to the Learningsmith in Cherry Creek Mall, Denver CO, and the Learningsmith in Woodland Mall, Kentwood/GR, MI, and both of these fine establishments have at least 3 of the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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