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Then on the drive home my wife mentioned she had a $5 off $40 coupon for KMart, so we stopped at a store in a small town, and there was a 75918 T Rex that rang up for $35.50! Grabbed a mixel I figured my nephew would like and we were out the door with a $30 T Rex!
Not a bad day for my first Jurassic World sets!
75059 UCS Sandcrawler $12 at Walmart
Decided to check a scanner in store and it rang up $12. Checked out and looked at the contents of the box when I got to my car. Everything intact! Still can't believe it. Once in a lifetime deal!
75059 UCS Sandcrawler $12 at Walmart
I think this is the winner. Anyone here ever got a better deal? I mean that is more than 95% under the standard RRP.
And the person at the checkout didn't say anything?
You would NEVER get that over here. Every cashier would know that they don't sell a set that normally costs hundreds of Euros for almost nothing. Even far smaller mistakes don't go unnoticed. I once wanted to buy something with an RRP of 200 Euro, labelled at 70 Euro. The cashier gave me a look as if I had changed the label, called the manager and found out that the label was indeed wrong (store mistake, just my luck), it was meant to read 170 Euro. Needless to say I didn't buy the thing in the end. I get the feeling that everything over 50 percent discount raises eyebrows and suspicion at the checkout as such discounts are very uncommon, unless it is something really crappy they want to get rid of. Lego usually doesn't fall into that category though ;-)
They are far too worried about the customer shooting them, if they say anything bad.
If the Manager later querries the sale, the checkout person just says
"Computer said $12. " :) :) :)
I think this is the winner. Anyone here ever got a better deal? I mean that is more than 95% under the standard RRP.
And the person at the checkout didn't say anything?
You would NEVER get that over here. Every cashier would know that they don't sell a set that normally costs hundreds of Euros for almost nothing. Even far smaller mistakes don't go unnoticed. I once wanted to buy something with an RRP of 200 Euro, labelled at 70 Euro. The cashier gave me a look as if I had changed the label, called the manager and found out that the label was indeed wrong (store mistake, just my luck), it was meant to read 170 Euro. Needless to say I didn't buy the thing in the end. I get the feeling that everything over 50 percent discount raises eyebrows and suspicion at the checkout as such discounts are very uncommon, unless it is something really crappy they want to get rid of. Lego usually doesn't fall into that category though ;-)
I like how you threw in the "usually."*cough*Galidor*cough*
But by all means keep the stereotypes and generalizations coming.
Don't mix things up. I never made that comment about shooting. That was Venunder.
And it has got nothing to do with being smarter or anything. Simple common sense.
Oh and by the way, the experience I described happened before Christmas, which is the busiest time of the year in shops over here. Guess it would be similar in the US. If there is a computer error like this one (and it definitely must have been one, there is no way in hell Walmart wanted to sell that set at 12 bucks), it will get noticed. Usually ;-)
It's a weird system and policy that they have, but hey, it's Walmart!
KiltyONeal, thanks for the info, that is very interesting. This doesn't happen over here unfortunately (then again, we don't have Walmart).
I have wondered about this just recently, when seeing the oft-mentioned Ant-Man Final Battle set in our local toy store. They have three of them sitting on the shelf that have been there for months, like most of the super hero sets (which are not very popular here). They are still marked at their RRP of 24.99 Euro, which is also very expensive, especially in relationship with the RRP of that set in other countries, and probably one reason why they don't sell. Anyway, I took one and asked at the checkout whether there was the chance of a bargain deal. Sometimes one gets lucky but this time they said no, only select items get a discount. These "select items" currently were two large Ninja Turtles sets, can't remember the set numbers, at a discount of around 15 to 20%. That's about the best you normally get.
The strange thing is that sets like those super hero ones sit on the shelves undiscounted for months, and then suddenly within a week they are all gone. Does the store send them back to Lego unsold? Or where could they go? Confused.
I got LEGO 8084 Snowtrooper Battlepack for $2.00.
The totals were as follows:
- Cave Woman (6)
- Royal Guard (5)
- Evil Dwarf (4)
- Egyptian Queen (4)
- Boxer (3)
- Lizard Man (2)
- Fitness Instructor (2)
- Lumberjack (2)
- Snowboarder (2)
- Zookeeper (2)
- Ice Fisherman (1)
- Gangster (1)
- Detective (1)
complete set, but dusty!
"We have 12-16 Ninjago Lego sets, including some fairly large vehicles. Most are disassembled, so your child would have to sort out which pieces go to each set, but we also have all the direction booklets as well! I can imagine there's an occasional piece missing, but my son loved them, and mostly kept them assembled in his room, so they should be pretty much intact.
Asking $75 OBO. Please reply off Listserv, thanks."
I was kicking myself when I saw it late that night, wishing I had checked my email earlier because surely it would be gone. But I still responded that if they were still available we would love to buy them for $75.
Well, apparently she had received lots of interest but no commitments (people wanting more details, to see first before making an offer, etc.) so I got them!
We picked them up last night - a big box full of partially assembled Ninjago vehicles. I stayed up late sorting. Her son had almost all of the vehicles from 2012 (including Destiny's Bounty!) and a few from 2013. I'm about half way through and they all seem in excellent condition and 99% complete (so far missing only a few gold claws and maybe some weapons and the condition is excellent other the a little dust and some have crooked stickers.
I can't believe my luck (I never find deals like this) and my son is thrilled as he loves Ninjago.
That's got to be a record for a new set to go from release date to a goodwill shop.