Legodog Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 What time is this shiz supposed to start online? 12:00 Pacific time? Not sure. I see the BOGO banner but the sale doesn't seem to be working yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I have my finger on the trigger for when it starts...I kid! But I'll probably buy something if I'm still awake at that time. What sets are you eyeballing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legodog Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I have my finger on the trigger for when it starts...I kid! But I'll probably buy something if I'm still awake at that time. What sets are you eyeballing? For me it all depends on the prices. They will probably raise the prices once the sale starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkness Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I was wondering why I couldn't add 3 of the Funhouse sets into my cart. Guess we will have to see how much they jack their prices up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbox1 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 it seems the online prices got jacked up since last night. what a suprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legodog Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 it seems the online prices got jacked up since last night. what a suprise! It might be tough finding anything worth buying since they raised the prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eracine Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I find it sad that the BOGO for TRU is decieving. It is one thing to raise prices which is their right, but to do it before a sale... I was going to look at the Pet shop but it is not part of the deal. Anyone getting anything? Thank goodness BP is here to let us know the pitfalls that are out there. Not sure the average mom or dad knows that they are overpaying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbox1 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I find it sad that the BOGO for TRU is decieving. It is one thing to raise prices which is their right, but to do it before a sale... I was going to look at the Pet shop but it is not part of the deal. Anyone getting anything? Thank goodness BP is here to let us know the pitfalls that are out there. Not sure the average mom or dad knows that they are overpaying. i agree with the deceiving part. i don't feel bad for consumers who do not shop around though. it amazes me how toysrus can compete with target and walmart. it seems the only way they can do it is on the sheer quantity of different items they offer. i am certainly not buying anything since even with bogo, you will more than likely break even in comparison to target or amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legodog Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I find it sad that the BOGO for TRU is decieving. It is one thing to raise prices which is their right, but to do it before a sale... I was going to look at the Pet shop but it is not part of the deal. Anyone getting anything? Thank goodness BP is here to let us know the pitfalls that are out there. Not sure the average mom or dad knows that they are overpaying. I'm looking now but it might be hard to find anything that you are saving more than just a couple dollars on. Not only did they raise prices and exclude hard to find items but they are also limiting the quantities on a lot of stuff to 1. Not sure if there are any limits on the quantity in store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eracine Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 notice that the Fun House which I believe is their exclusive is not even on their? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbox1 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 notice that the Fun House which I believe is their exclusive is not even on their? yes. that was the only item i would have bought. off to lego store i go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legodog Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 notice that the Fun House which I believe is their exclusive is not even on their? Unless you mean in store I see the Funhouse on their site but it is $54.99. Even with BOGO sale you are paying more than the regular price. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12261089&prodFindSrc=search I am amazed at how bad this sale is. I guess I will have to wait for a true BOGO 50% off at Target or elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Many folks will be buying up all the Series 9 minifigs during this sale, but that's about it. I only find decent deals on the exclusive City stuff during these TRU BOGO sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmotz Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 it seems the online prices got jacked up since last night. what a suprise! Mad at myself cause I got home from work late last night and decided to wait until this morning to buy some just to see the higher prices. Not buying now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue866 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I got two Hillside Houses! I wanted more of these and you can't get them at Lego.com anymore! There's your deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I just looked and wow did they jack up the prices! Yesterday Jabba's Palace and Vampyre Castle were both $99.99, Today they are $149.99 and 109.99, respectively. Seems like TRU relies a lot on pricing misinformation where many buyers aren't aware of the true MSRP or pricing at competitors. Only after they have exhausted those buyers do they ever have a real sale. I did buy some stuff last September when they had the buy two get one free deal. That got me some Vampyre Castles at $78, including tax. I guess I will wait and see if they do that again because none of the prices I've looked at are worth it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chihuahualawyer Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I added 8 items to my cart last night that totaled $509. This morning I updated my cart and the new prices brought it to $547, including BOGO discounts on 4 of them. It's crazy that I would have to pay more for this sale than I would have last night, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Is anyone looking at the Dino sets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflannagan Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 The only deal I could see that gives me 8% off Amazon prices is Olivia's Treehouse and Olivia's Speedboat (the Speedboat is EOL'ing), which I got today at local TRU. The other sets I wanted (including Star Wars, etc) were marked up. However, you might be able to get *two* Olivia's House (2nd biggest Friends set I believe) at local TRU- one at MSRP of $79.99 ($5 marked up to my knowledge), another at 50% off - which essentially means you can score two Olivia's House's at 20% off MSRP, mathematically, before tax. I really wanted to pull the trigger on this 20% off, but decided not to, because I already got two Olivia Houses's on Amazon sale at 17% off only recently. You can't do this on the TRU website, because it says limit 1 per customer. It's a shame the bigger Star Wars sets (R2D2, SSD, etc) are not subject to buy 1, get one 50% off. :-( edit: sorry, what I said earlier was incorrect - there's limit of 3 Olivia's House per customer if you shop at TRU online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emazers Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I was over the Toys R Us at 10 this morning, I got 2 Vampire Castle's I had a $10 Rewards Coupon, so I got both for $82 each, and I also got 2 LOTR Battle Helm's Deep, had another $10 Rewards Coupon, so got both for $106 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiss Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 They do have the 5771 hillside house and the 4644 city marina on this deal. They are both are labeled retired on lego.com. After the F$@?ing TRU price hike and taxes, both are still about 10- 13% off or so. Pretty good deal for retired stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raykong Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I cleaned out the helms deep from my store. I bought 6 sets, with the discount they are just a bit under retail, but they are hard enough to find so I figured I'd pull the trigger, the rest of the items were t or more than amazon/target even after you take into account the sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chihuahualawyer Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I ordered at TRU online: 2 x Olivia's House (3315) 2 x Dino Take Down (5883) 2 x Olivia's Speedboat (3937) Total was $164.94 before tax. My local B&****** has Helm's deep. I can get it 25% off, but the box is not mint. Should I do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 During last weeks $15 off $75 purchase sale I picked up 2 x LOTR: The Hobbit Barrel Escape 79004 for $79.48. Doing the math I noticed I would have saved about $8 more with this sale. I asked for a price adjustment and she just knocked off 50% oo one of the items on my receipt. Luckily, she knocked 50% off the sale price of $37.49 (orig. $44.99) and she refunded me $19.86. I ended up getting both of these sets for $59.62 or less than $30 each including tax. I also saw two Super Heroes: The Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape (6857) sets on the shelf today, so I picked up those as well. Luckily my TRU has these priced at $49.99 each. I ended up getting both of these for $79.48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflannagan Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I ordered at TRU online: 2 x Olivia's House (3315) 2 x Dino Take Down (5883) 2 x Olivia's Speedboat (3937) Total was $164.94 before tax. My local B&****** has Helm's deep. I can get it 25% off, but the box is not mint. Should I do it? How? Were you using multiple accounts? When I checked it in the early AM, it said customer were limited to one 3315 (Olivia's House). Edit: Never mind, I must have been looking at some other set. Olivia's House is limit of 3 per customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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