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If you think this is bad, just wait until clearance season.

Their corporate policy does not allow for price matching in addition to store coupons. Unaware seasonal employees and managers willing to placate demanding customers will allow some people to be successful in violating these policies. https://corporate.target.com/about/shopping-experience/shop-with-confidence

I'm really having a hard time wrapping my head around this price matching talk on this thread. Maybe it belongs over on the ethics thread, if so, then feel free to move it. Here goes, Members are pitting Target against Amazon on certain sets. For instance, Target has sets on sale this week along with the $10 off $50 deal. Amazon then matches the sale price minus the $10 off price. Then we go back to Target and ask them to match the new Amazon price and use the $10 off again? This seems highly unethical, or am I overthinking this?

This is going to be a busy night for that "dude with a mop"(c)

Star Wars LEGO Star Wars Resistance X-Wing Fighter 75149 $44.99 [44% off] Dropped 36% on Dec 16 10:31 AM

Update post: Here's what it looks like now: Thats what you get when the cats also want to play with some Lego.. Perhaps I should build an AT-AT and place it in there so nobody would notice that there's something wrong...

My best suggestion is to just mess around with it until you get the best combination. It changes so often it's hard to give sound guidance.

I think JJ's film despite the flaws paved the way for RO. Regardless, I do think RO has a superior script to TFA. Edwards took more chances with the writers / reshoots and it paid off. RO is like Apollo 13. Despite knowing the end, it was a good watch getting there. In my opinion, Rogue One is the only prequel film to ep 4.

The Turdis. Suddenly it all makes sense.

I'm meeting @California92563 to see the movie in a few minutes. He wanted to cosplay. I told him I'd show up in my Obi Wan cosplay. What do you all think? He told me he'd be dressed like this, so I could easily find him:

Damn...What a bummer. Sucks when large sets sell for under MSRP after it's sold out on LEGO Shop @ Home. I can recall when the 10179 sold for 20% less than MSRP on Amazon after it disappeared from LEGO Shop @ Home. What a disappointment.

for those who don't know like myself... 70312 = Lego Nexo Knights Lance’s Mecha Horse https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-NexoKnights-Lances-Mecha-Horse/dp/B017B1BIG0?SubscriptionId=AKIAJQSYTIGRBKVM26KQ&&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B017B1BIG0

Large discount on 70312 at Amazon when you buy two.

76057 Web Warriors Ultimate Bridge Battle for $1.70 out of pocket Walmart price match of their website for $69.99 plus $5.16 tax Minus $5.00 Energizer battery Walmart gift card rebate. Minus another $5.00 Energizer battery Walmart gift card rebate. Minus $7.58 Zantac 100% rebate prepaid Visa (so I got a box of Zantac, $3 Ibotta rebate, used a $4 coupon, and got the original purchase price back). Minus $7.58 Duo Fusion 100% rebate prepaid Visa (so I got a can of Duo Fusion, $3 Ibotta rebate, used a $4 coupon, and got the original purchase price back). Minus $48.29 in Walmart Savings Catcher rebates. $1.70 on my check card.

Found an unexpected pair of Wall-E's on the shelf at Target yesterday... wouldn't scan at the price checker... went to service desk where I discovered one of them had a $42 clearance sticker on it. The other scanned at $60. They refused to allow the $42 price for both, saying the clearanced one " ...is probably a customer return..." I'm thinking "...they're both returns you dummy...", but I keep quiet. Still not so bad... $60+$42= $102... minus $25 coupon and redcard + tax = about $38 each OTD. Also scored 2 70412 Pirate Soldiers Fort at BAM for about $18 each + tax.

Costco.ca, always good for a smile... You searched for "lego". Did you mean "leg"? ... and in case you were wondering they have 58 results for "leg"

Has @exciter1 created a new username?

42055 199$ costco online!

Loved the ending ... pure perfection

Last 40 min I probably teared up 3-4 times and had just as many geekgasms. I was surprised at how many scenes in the trailers didn't make the final cut tho.

Considering your avatar, I found this statement especially funny.

I'm in. 35 minutes until start. I can confirm at least 15 glowing lightsabers, 3 chewbacca masks, and a half dozen assorted robes amongst attendees.

Because a lot of UK ebay sellers are quick flipping idiots who should stick to scalping west end musical tickets. In other countries it is moving steadily up. People have no damn patience these days and that is coming from me.

I don't think we mind people boasting a bit or giving tips to a good "possible" deals. Some folks just like to sour the community or provide for their own self-interest without contributing. Folks can choose to block those members when needed. Yes, every store manager is hired to run the register.

Sydney Opera House on amazon 319. One left

Not Lego-related but some folks might want to wear an inexpensive decent looking Stormtrooper helmet under mistletoes and sipping egg nog next week. It's the black series helmet. $54.65 (32% off). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D1GR1B0/?

Go see it and come back later.

The Bothans stole the plans for the 2nd deathstar in Jedi, not the first death star.

Sorry guys..Jeff tried to give me the explanation about the crawl. It felt like Star Trek. Just sayin'...

Yeah it's exactly what I was hoping for, a modern day OT film. It was breathtaking seeing part of the rebel fleet and the x-wings, tie fighters, star destroyers etc with all of that detail.

Man, I was really hoping that BOGO 40% off applied.

FYI - Those Max Profit posts are still resetting the threads new posts. I'm reading stuff from last night again...

I thought movie was great. Better the Force Awakens. So much less preconceived expectations given all the unknown characters. Left wanting to see it again

Rumor says that dual batman polybag could be a freebie at certain movie theaters like when Lego movie came out. With a ticket purchase you were getting Emmett polybag, they had 2 different Emmetts I think. That makes sense to me but we'lI see. I remember running around city when Lego movie came out, buying tickets, getting Polybags, flipping those and giving tickets to friends. I didn't even see the movie till on tv lol

You would never see any of Val-E's posts. Is that what you want?

So heres my collection so far. May take a few posts due to image size.

My favorite character:

Quick to judgment. Give it a month, or 12

On top of that, mess around with their 3 retail sites as well (syw.com, sears.com and kmart.com). They each work slightly different. And one more time the reminder: make sure you clear any unused coupons from your list of applied coupons (and sometimes they are hidden so you want to keep removing all coupons once you found your working combination and then reapply the working coupons) because they sometimes switch out which coupons apply during the checkout process (which can lead to nasty surprises).

Prime almost at $350

Just received shipping confirmations on my 2 Deep Sea Operation Bases from TRU. Thank goodness, because one of them is a Christmas present. Still waiting on the Droid Battle Carriers.

Oh, it's Dr Turd. Nevermind!

I loved that red 5 nod, I guess we now know why there was a job opening for Luke

Thanks for avoiding spoilers. I wanted to get a feel for how you all liked it. I don't have anyone to go watch it with, so it looks like I'll be catching it by myself sometime in the next couple of days.

Chameleon

It's still too early to declare the UN a flop. Let's see what happens with the two big sellers. Do they stay low to clear most of their stock or do they eventually lead the price higher when the small sellers have given up and they've made enough for the Xmas season. Does another big seller jump into the mix too? It just won't shoot up like the early Architecture sets but maybe it does the slow rise that's considered more "normal". I just think you will get a faster return with WH or TF which is why I got out. I don't have the deep pockets to have everything. Personally, I think the UN Headquarters is too "political" for people who would also have a corresponding view of the UN as an organization to make the set attractive to the general public while it will still be attractive to architecture people.

I don't doubt that, but then you're comparing them to SH sets...

All look the same to me.

It's been a while since I've posted as life has gotten busy, however, this year has definitely been an eye opener for someone like me jumping back in the game after being out of it 9 years. I think the Death Star remake definitely had the biggest impact, completely sucking the wind out of many reseller's sails. The idea that you could potentially buy a set at a premium only to have it rereleased in a couple months to a year was completely and totally devastating to me as a collector and reseller. I have stopped buying sets at post market prices because of this, and I am betting many other collector's have as well. Tied for second would be the clones and just market saturation/lego fatigue. As someone who recently was buying sets at post market prices, I have since noticed that the sets I was buying from Jan. - May of this year have now since dropped in price. For example, I was watching the SSD like a hawk looking for a decent deal on it early this year. I felt LUCKY to buy one brand new in box for $800 dollars, and that was stalking eBay's Buy It Now Newly Listed listings. Now it is extremely easy to buy one at $800 an can be found for less. A set selling at $1,000 is difficult to move, whereas before it was standard. This is one example of either the clone effect or the Death Star Remake, or saturation. It's hard to say, but the bottom line is the set has decreased 20% in price since the beginning of the year and most of this drop has been since the release of the clone SSD. Whether coincidence or not, it is a real drop with timing that coincides with the lepin releases of SSD, DSII, 10179, etc. This is quite concerning for a flagship level set such as the SSD. 2017 will definitely be interesting from an investment perspective. In 2016 the market has changed more than ever before, and 2017 could be even rockier.

I bought the Pet Shop at a local store here for $100 with tax included, gave me a discount for the hell of it since I was asking for the Palace Cinema but they did not have it.