I really enjoy the hunt (I'll probably get blasted for this) sometimes even more so then the toy itself! Case in point was when I drove around all of Sydney looking for Wreck Gar and ended up also finding HA Jazz.

But on the occasion where I'm simply just too lazy to get off my ass. I do call. I seem to share the same experience as many of the previous posts so I agree that you need to get specific and it helps. Although, I've never had success finding something via calling.

And another reason calling isn't effective is coz unlike yourself who's a crazed transformer fan, the store staff don't go scrummaging through the back of the pegs or behind boxes to see if someone has hidden one there!