Pretty much everything in two stores I went to this morning were on sale/clearance. Most were 20-30% off. Not that great, but today only when you spend $200 you get a $50 gift card (to spend on more Lego, of course).

I grabbed AT-ATs, Imperial Star Destroyers and Brick Bountys. I doubt the most popular (and already retired sets) won't make it very long today, but the gift card should be good to grab some of the slower moving sets tomorrow. Now I'm checking store stock and planning to hit up a few more farther away to clear out the SW sets I want.

Hah, you beat me to it by 2 minutes! 

 

Think this is worth stocking up on a few? Will CT actually have any lego left for me by the time I get back into town on the 27th? Hmm. 

6 minutes ago, Zelgazra said:

Hah, you beat me to it by 2 minutes! 

 

Think this is worth stocking up on a few? Will CT actually have any lego left for me by the time I get back into town on the 27th? Hmm. 

You have to receive it in the mail too, which might take a few days

Gah. Probably useless then. Got in touch with a collector who is downsizing, selling off (current) UCS and modulars at retail, tax free. Better use of funds I reckon. My CT didn't have any of the sweet clearances this thread discussed, which leads me to have little faith they'll have sweet clearances on Saturday. Can't win em all I guess. 

Edited December 24, 201510 yr by Zelgazra

I'm thinking about the gc too since I have a $15 off coupon on ebay too. But maybe no lego left lol

I'm thinking about the gc too since I have a $15 off coupon on ebay too. But maybe no lego left lol

Thanks for the reminder! Totally forgot i had that coupon.

Anyone check out CT if they had further clearance prices?

No additional discounts in the lower mainland stores I've been to.

FYI, No more AT-At, ISD  around the Montreal island ..., + no additonal discount so far, I've visisted 9 CT and everything was like it was before Christmas 

the only set left is the Brick Bounty at my local Ct.

No further discount to what was already reported

My North Van CT still had some lego, all of it on clearance but hardly any of it marked, had to use the price checker to confirm. Once confirmed, I went to customer service desk and asked "If I buy these today on Credit, and get a Gift Card in the mail a week or two from now, can I return them and re-buy them on the gift card?" and the reply was "Of course, just bring your receipt in and we can do it without the product." 

 

Kicking myself for not phoning and asking on Boxing Day as I had a $10 ebay coupon which I couldn't otherwise find a good use for... it's expired now (27th, doh) but the $90 GCs are still available. Anyway, if you grab some GCs and then go grab stock (or even potentially use it on stock you've already grabbed) after the mailing duration, you should be good to go on the exchange!

I left my $15 go to waste. didn't get the gift card but didn't think I would make the trip back. Don't want to risk the whole just bring in the receipt thing again ?

It worked out conveniently for me as there's a CT around the corner from work, so I can stop in there literally any day of my work week.  Not so for everyone obviously. Worth a note though. Worst case you bring the product back and return then re-buy I guess. $10 is $10!

It worked out conveniently for me as there's a CT around the corner from work, so I can stop in there literally any day of my work week.  Not so for everyone obviously. Worth a note though. Worst case you bring the product back and return then re-buy I guess. $10 is $10! [emoji4]

It is really only $7.22

How does that math work? Did they charge you shipping to get the GC? I've got an even 90.00 charged to my PayPal.

10 minutes ago, Zelgazra said:

How does that math work? Did they charge you shipping to get the GC? I've got an even 90.00 charged to my PayPal.

$10 is 7.22 US, without the bank taking its cut.

Oh! I thought the gift card was in CAD!

59 minutes ago, redghostx said:

$10 is 7.22 US, without the bank taking its cut.

I still don't get it at all .. it's 90Cad to buy for 100Cad gift/card certificate .. where are you taaking the 7.22US here .. Amount on the card is still 100$ and you pay 90$ .. I my missing something ?

+ what bank taking its cut ?  .. need more infos

 

 

*** this seller has sold 3,283 cards since thursday .. at 90$  = 295 470$ in less than a week only for Canadian Tire .. think about all the other he is offering! , hope someone is helping him packaging ! lolllllllll

Edited December 30, 201510 yr by gravtation

Quote - $10 is $10. Except when its really 7.22 because our dollar stinks

11 minutes ago, redghostx said:

Quote - $10 is $10. Except when its really 7.22 because our dollar stinks

ok but this doesn't matter here.. in this case since we are charged in CAD , we pay in CAD and de GC is in CAD .. and Canadian Tire is CAD only ! pouahhaha

51 minutes ago, gravtation said:

I still don't get it at all .. it's 90Cad to buy for 100Cad gift/card certificate .. where are you taaking the 7.22US here .. Amount on the card is still 100$ and you pay 90$ .. I my missing something ?

+ what bank taking its cut ?  .. need more infos

 

 

*** this seller has sold 3,283 cards since thursday .. at 90$  = 295 470$ in less than a week only for Canadian Tire .. think about all the other he is offering! , hope someone is helping him packaging ! lolllllllll

This looks like the company that supplies all the big box stores with all the giftcards.

hmmm is it worth buying? All the good Lego sets are gone from CT.

2 hours ago, Zelgazra said:

My North Van CT still had some lego, all of it on clearance but hardly any of it marked, had to use the price checker to confirm. Once confirmed, I went to customer service desk and asked "If I buy these today on Credit, and get a Gift Card in the mail a week or two from now, can I return them and re-buy them on the gift card?" and the reply was "Of course, just bring your receipt in and we can do it without the product."

This type of purchasing is not ethical... Why are you encouraging people to do this? That's how all the good promotions and policies that stores have disappear .. when people abuse the process.

Any more posts about this on Brickpicker will be deleted and I'm only leaving this one here because I want people to read my response.

If you'd like to discuss further, please PM me or another mod about it. Thanks.

15 minutes ago, tacsniper said:

hmmm is it worth buying? All the good Lego sets are gone from CT.

For sure there's some sets left that might be good later on, but not at only 20%off, I mean for right now.. give us a real deal 35% and more and I would wipe them clean!

2 hours ago, gregpj said:

This type of purchasing is not ethical... Why are you encouraging people to do this? That's how all the good promotions and policies that stores have disappear .. when people abuse the process.

Any more posts about this on Brickpicker will be deleted and I'm only leaving this one here because I want people to read my response.

If you'd like to discuss further, please PM me or another mod about it. Thanks.

I have to question this in public (and hopefully gain a public response)... How is this any different at all from the recent pages of Price Matching shenanigans on the TRU thread, about people getting hundreds of dollars back from purchasing Tumblers last week pre-boxing day? No mods called anyone out over there about it and there was quite a large discussion, how is this different (besides the fact we're talking about a fraction of the value in savings....). Furthermore, I quoted the sales rep word for word.... by the sounds of it CT doesn't care or think it's unethical, so how is it unethical in your books??? They're still getting their full value of money.

Edit: Just to be clear, we're talking about clearance items. I work in retail. CLEARANCE [not SALE] effectively means 'get this stock out of the store fast, we need it gone to make room for future Product Orders pronto'. They just want it gone. I can't imagine how this could possibly affect the 'promotions and policies' you speak of. Yes, if I was purchasing it at full MSRP, or during a time-sensitive SALE period, and then taking advantage of the GC deal, I could see that being on the line of unethical. But it's clearance stock. I'm doing them a favour and myself a favour in one fell swoop. 

 

Confused to say the least mate. 

Edited December 30, 201510 yr by Zelgazra
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