dark1san Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 She pulled one over on Toys R Us tonight with their buy 1 Lego set get the other 50% off. I Grabbed the Batman Catwoman set for myself, and a Bionicle figure for her little brother. Got up to the register to check out, and it rang up to 40 bucks, I was like, "Oh they aren't buy one get one 50% off" forgetting the Lego Super Heroes aren't included, and the girl was like, "No". My fiance who's not afraid of confrontation with anyone who saw the sign saying buy one Lego set get one 50% off says, "Oh so then you guys are promoting false advertisement in your store?" "I teach consumerism to students at my high school, and go over things like this all the time with them all the time." The girl not wanting to argue with her asked me did I see the sign as well, which I replied, "Yes". So she took half off the Bionicle set and took the bill down to 25 dollars. Not sure how well of barterers you all are, but if you would like to give a stab at it, go ahead. The signs in the store do not state that the Super Hero sets are not included, it says not all sets, but doesn't list them.
mostlytechnic Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Signs on the shelf in my store did list what was excluded (super hero, new ninjago, dino, forget which else) According to the ad, this coming week (dec 18-24) there's b1 get 1 half price on all but star wars. However, as of right now, it's not applying to super hero online. I did just order a pair of Tower Bridge though :)
Henchmen4Hire Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 That's pretty dickish, why put the employee on the spot like that? It's not their fault you guys are trying to exploit possible loopholes. Like you said, the sign says "not all sets", so a reasonable person would think "hm, I should ask an employee what sets are excluded so I don't make a scene at checkout and hold up the line with my non-sense." But eh, I guess $15 is worth the trouble for some people lol
TheLegoDr Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 It isn't really false advertising if it says not all sets are included and you already knew the superhero sets weren't included. That is you taking advantage of an employee that doesn't know which sets were/weren't included. And in our TRU, it always says which sets aren't included on the sign.
Vindicare Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 That's pretty dickish, why put the employee on the spot like that? It's not their fault you guys are trying to exploit possible loopholes. Like you said, the sign says "not all sets", so a reasonable person would think "hm, I should ask an employee what sets are excluded so I don't make a scene at checkout and hold up the line with my non-sense." But eh, I guess $15 is worth the trouble for some people lol Yeah...I gotta agree here.while we don't know exactly what the sign said. I don't think it would have said "not all sets". That just doesn't make sense. It would, like my local TRU, and by the sounds of it, others too, it lists what theme(s) are excluded.
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