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BMF sold for only $32.50? Really at WallyWorld
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09-03-2008, 11:09 PM
gw2tulsa
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 93
EXACTLY.
I didn't do a single "unethical" thing regarding purchasing these.
They were in the clearance section of this stores remodel. I didn't put them there. I wasn't even LOOKING for one of these - I went to Wal Mart for a can of spray paint
The associate was going through ALL the items on this shelf and checking them to see if they had their final 75% of original retail markdowns already done.
I simply asked if she could check the Falcons for me since others had reported seeing them on clearance (for about 30% off AKA $100). That would still be too expensive for me, but I would have told our OKC Star Wars collecting group and they could have tracked them down on their own.
In this case the Falcons never hit the 30% off clearance or even the 50% off and went directly to the 75% off bin. Till that point they were still on the pallet displays with the rest of the SW Toys from the Clone Wars launch a few weeks back.
This is a once in a lifetime situation that was PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE in this store and this associate followed here instructions EXACTLY as she was told. Those instructions were to mark everything in the Clearance section that was "non-replenishable" (ie, not being restocked) at 75% off.
She was clearly suprised at the clearance just as much as I was, but she was doing what she was told from the start.
I've seen others claiming that this was somehow wrong or that either I or the employee were somehow ripping off the store and Hasbro. I'm offended at the assumption and the accusation.
Besides if I really did something completely unethical and potentially illegal as so many are assuming I did - would I have really sent it over to Philip to report as a news item on Rebelscum? I've known the guy for over a decade now and have been involved in this hobby for even longer than that.
-Gary
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Read the guys post and you'll see it wasn't a "wrong" deal. The employee knew it was $150, when she scanned it. She (the employee made the choice to discount the item, first to $75, then to $32.50 and she said she knew she would probably get in trouble.
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