Noticed lots of LEGO on sale tonight at ASDA. General Grievous down from £24.99 to £10.99 (Obi Wan etc down to around £12). The majority of old series 2 Micro Fighters are down to £4.50 & £5 (purchased the Snowspeeder!). 76025 DC Universe Justice League vs Sinestro is down from from £19.97 to £12. A few Ninjago are also down from £20 to £12. 31033 creator set is down from £17.99 to £9.97. The one I went for because it reminds me of the old Technic 80's Go Kart is 31030, down from £9.97 to £5.83. Bargain!
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InkBlotTest to ijw0161
31 Dec 1510#3
Parents can say "no". Parents do not have to buy these goods. There is no coercion on the part of the supermarkets. If people are willing to pay the price sought at a given time, the goods are worth that much. There is nothing criminal about it.
UltimatePhoenix
31 Dec 154#4
woop woop thats tha sound of tha police woop woop
DannGo to ijw0161
31 Dec 153#13
What a silly comment.
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ijw0161
31 Dec 151#1
Slightly annoying how these supermarkets basically steal all the parents money before xmas, then offer the items at a reduced price. Criminal
InkBlotTest to ijw0161
31 Dec 1510#3
Parents can say "no". Parents do not have to buy these goods. There is no coercion on the part of the supermarkets. If people are willing to pay the price sought at a given time, the goods are worth that much. There is nothing criminal about it.
jayok to ijw0161
31 Dec 151#9
Are you so naive to think that shops should sell off their toy stock cheaply for the busiest time of the year for selling toys? What you should be doing is picking up bargains this time of year for Christmas presents next year
DannGo to ijw0161
31 Dec 153#13
What a silly comment.
steamuk to ijw0161
31 Dec 15#14
If you teach your child how the world should work 1st and how it does work 2nd, then you can expect a life of outrage. Like the vast majority of people here, we understand that things change in perceived value and become better or worse opportunities. You, as may your child benefit in the future from understanding this.
simonhill82 to ijw0161
1 Jan 161#19
Why don't you keep your receipt from the one before Xmas then purchase it at the cheaper price then return it with the receipt from before Xmas full refund for items purchased at discount prices
borak to ijw0161
1 Jan 16#20
No it's called business, January sales to drive the down period in sales and makes way for all the stuff you'll buy next year because you wouldn't be these next year and the storage costs would make them lose money
Dryosh
31 Dec 15#2
Picked up the sinestro one this evening at £12 they also had minecraft dungeon but it was sold out.
ijw0161 to Dryosh
31 Dec 15#5
There were a couple of the Minecraft Dungeon left in Radcliffe if that helps anyone? (If someone neeeeeds one I'll get it them)
UltimatePhoenix
31 Dec 154#4
woop woop thats tha sound of tha police woop woop
craigmaslinfb
31 Dec 152#6
Agreed
coralissilvercove
31 Dec 15#7
LoR1977
31 Dec 15#8
Nothing in the Asda Wolstanton in Stoke, happy hunting
malm
31 Dec 15#10
Any Lego advent calendars spotted anywhere.
callumhalliday
31 Dec 15#11
Any of the new force awakens sets ?
InkBlotTest to callumhalliday
31 Dec 15#12
I'd be surprised if there are many substantial discounts on them just yet. The film hit the screens just two weeks ago so surely retailers would want to capitalise on revenue opportunities from merchandising.
I'd imagine these discounts are for clearance so they have room to stock the upcoming 2016 sets.
Fluke1981
31 Dec 15#15
Nothing in Trafford Park.
callumhalliday
31 Dec 15#16
True I'm just hoping to snap up the new millennium falcon haha getting too excited
Humperdinck
31 Dec 15#17
Not much left in stores near me. Scooby Doo lighthouse was reduced from £39.99 to £25.97 but sadly the ticket on the shelf was all that was left by the time I got there :disappointed:. Grievous was £21.97. The police prison truck was a good price for £13.48 (was £17.99) and Speed cars (Porsche and Ferrari) from £12.99 to £8.43. Excavator and Truck were £26.23 (from £34.99) and picked up a police chase from £19.99 to £14.99.
richt
31 Dec 15#18
It's store specific as my local superstore in Rossendale has not got Lego on sale now.
InkBlotTest
1 Jan 16#21
I don't think the storage costs are the main problem. I'd say the bigger problem is when old and possibly less desirable inventory occupies space that could prevent a retailer from taking on new, more lucrative and more sought-after inventory, hence the term "clearance sale".
ijw0161
2 Jan 16#22
I'm not stupid. I know what you are saying. I know it is business, but it is cruel when some parents have spent £400 yesterday when they could have spent £200 today
Oneday77
2 Jan 16#23
Depending in the age of the kids. Spend £100 now for next year, then£200 later. Still save £100 but get £400 of stuff, while keeping in trend.
InkBlotTest
2 Jan 16#24
Exactly how does it constitute cruelty? This is nothing like a family buying a puppy for Christmas and abandoning it shortly after or leaving it in squalid conditions without food and water. Try to get some perspective about what is "cruel".
For goods to become significantly less expensive a short period later isn't something that happened overnight. This has been going on for decades. As I said before, parents don't need to buy these goods in the first place and the supermarkets aren't forcing them to buy them. Parents aren't in a captive market that's subject to price gouging either so I see nothing cruel, immoral or otherwise wrong about these huge price drops or the fact that the goods were more expensive in the first place.
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I'd imagine these discounts are for clearance so they have room to stock the upcoming 2016 sets.
For goods to become significantly less expensive a short period later isn't something that happened overnight. This has been going on for decades. As I said before, parents don't need to buy these goods in the first place and the supermarkets aren't forcing them to buy them. Parents aren't in a captive market that's subject to price gouging either so I see nothing cruel, immoral or otherwise wrong about these huge price drops or the fact that the goods were more expensive in the first place.