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I am doubtful of the 24.99 value placed on the minifig set as well. It's not enough to get me to bite.
Why bother offering free gifts and not stocking up on it ?
If you don't mind explaining to a newbie (me he he), why is volume 4 the one to get?
Also, unfortunately, the Bricktober deals are typically less and less appealing as the month goes by, so it makes it 'more difficult', if you know what I mean, to try and get each additional set (whatever they are for that year).
The other week I went in person to TRU and spoke with customer service about their Buy Two Get One Free PROMO, and how it didnt work for all sets. I pointed out that MMV and IS aren't listed as exclusions to this deal, and that TRU should honor their promo and let me have one for free if I bought two. It worked! I bought three MMV and three IS online, I paid full price plus tax, and when they arrived I brought in all six items to the TRU store and returned them all, where they let me repurchase them all over again at 66.66%.
Actually that isnt quite how it happened. there were two sales reps. One sales rep wanted to just refund me one of the three sets and give it to me for free. The other guy wanted to credit my credit card back all three sets, and then resell them to me at 66.66% to reflect the effect of the promo. Its the same difference. But they messed up, and they accidentally gave me one for free, and then sold me back the other two at 66.66% after issuing me a full refund! After taxes, I walked outta there paying a little more than 50% RRP for all 6 sets. HAHAHA
I dont know that that "mistake" will happen to any of you! BUT... its worth investigating in the TRU store in YOUR city to see if they will honor what their promo says is an exclusion. It says very specifically that Ninjago, Technic, and Friends are not included in the BOGO50%. Everything else should be counted in that promo, and the people in the store just may honor that if you try!
Good Luck!
Just make it simple, and even their $8/hr employees should be able to figure it out. :)
Checking out with your purchase takes FOREVER if you have a coupon, points dollars, or there is a promo. Some coupons only work if you use their CC. Some TRU dollars will take down the total of your purchase and cause you to miss out on a bonus. Also, all of these various coupons, etc. have to be entered in a specific times during checkout. Learned all of this the hard way, over may checkout experiences. You need a degree in higher mathematics to get thru the process, and then exercise your brain as you try and determine if you were charged the correct amount.
I see the logic behind what they do, but it becomes very complicated very fast. Don't ever checkout at TRU if you are half asleep, distracted, or in a hurry!
Seems like others on this board have been successful in getting the money back, though
Sad news: I went to the Times Square TRU and found the POTC Fountain of Youth for 4 dollars less markup than it was here in Queens, and many other sets cheaper too. It seems that their competition with the Rockefeller Lego Store keeps them honest (often explained as why Rockefeller has a 10% mark-up on everything)... Will be going back there on Sunday morning to get the 2nd week's VMF set as they had a few things I wanted, but passed on the other night.
-bill
Perhaps that was the idea? :)
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/6838/us-walmart-com-super-star-destroyer-ultimate-r2-d2-death-star-now-oos-reduced
First.. Toys N Bricks had this awesome coupon flyer, $5 off $25 for either Games or Duplo
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Then in the forum about the 2nd week someone noticed almost all games are 20% off, and that's of normal prices... including the brand new hobbit game
In store I scanned the Hobbit, which had been marked up to $39.99 in two NYC stores, and $40.99 in their Times Square flagship store, and it came up for $27.99.
When I checked out the 5$ coupon worked for both sets! $25.49 would have been a good buy, but $22.99 is excellent for a brand new set.... a set with almost 400 pieces including only the 2nd ever release of the 2x2 inverted tile, this time 34 of them in tan, albeit all printed as the game's matching tiles! Also there's 17 bright green 6x6 plates, for people who are excited about that new color. The microfigures are in tan, dark tan, DARK BLUE!, and light bley, I'm not 100% but I think that Dark Blue and maybe Dark Tan are new microfig colors. For people who have been waiting for a 1 dot tile to complete their lego dice here's your chance, 2 each of 2 & 3 as well. A map of some section of middle earth!
All in all it's a nice little kit and I'm glad I went out and was able to get them for this price. One note, the box seems to be shallower than previous fullsize game boxes, maybe 3/4 or 2/3 the depth but still the same length & height as other games like Hogwarts or Ramses Pyramid.
I'm not sure if the coupon will continue to work like that or if it was a fluke but it's well worth checking out, especially if you're trying to get the Minifig set. I got 2 Hobbit games and #4191 POTC Cannibal Escape for a total of $60.97 before NYC sales tax. Full retail would have been 81.97, not including the Vintage Minifig set! 25% savings on two brand new set and a slightly older one ive been meaning to get for parts for a while and 5 very cool minifigs (did someone say B&W Classic Space?!!)