Kmart toy sale 2nd to 15th July.

[jaydisc]

FYI:

Kmart has two types of layby:

Standard 8-week layby. Available for anything NOT marked "Too hot for layby".

Christmas layby. Only for items indicated as available for this (xmas tree icon in cat). If you want more than 8 weeks on one of these you just go to the layby counter without the item and with the catalog and they'll order that item for you and it can't be picked up until Dec 1.

This probably belongs in the Kmart thread.

[Zahhak]

For everyone in Perth, Belmont Kmart has deluxes marked as $19, not 22...I tried scanning a toy but it said price check error...I'm not sure what its like everywhere else and I didnt buy a deluxe from Kmart to see.

[Gasaraki]

For everyone in Perth, Belmont Kmart has deluxes marked as $19, not 22...I tried scanning a toy but it said price check error...I'm not sure what its like everywhere else and I didnt buy a deluxe from Kmart to see.

I found the same at Kmart Innaloo:
ROTF Deluxes & FAB marked at $19
ROTF Leaders at $68
Looks like a response to Big-W's prices to me.

[Tropisetron]

Oh yes... Kmart is also selling their animated 2 pack (Purple Shockwave+Bumblebee and Sunstorm+ratchet) for AUD35.

[griffin]

I found the same at Kmart Innaloo:
ROTF Deluxes & FAB marked at $19
ROTF Leaders at $68
Looks like a response to Big-W's prices to me.

The Garden City store that I went to yesterday had all but the FABs prices changed, and wouldn't you know it... I only wanted the new FABs from there. Fortunately they were willing to price-match to BigW (musta just asked if they had FABs, without asking for specific ones, because the ones I wanted aren't in BigW yet).

The big bummer though - they wouldn't accept my staff discount card on price-matched items. That's new, because I've always been able to get the extra staff discount on price-matched items. As a manager at DavidJones recently pointed out to me - loyalty and staff cards are the reasons why a person would bother to buy something at their store, if they are only prepared to price-match 'instock' items. Otherwise, they would just buy it from that nearby store and save the time and hassle.

I guess with Kmart, you still have fly-buys or gift-cards as a reason to go to the trouble of price-matching an item that you know is instock at the nearby competitor.

[blackie]

The Garden City store that I went to yesterday had all but the FABs prices changed, and wouldn't you know it... I only wanted the new FABs from there. Fortunately they were willing to price-match to BigW (musta just asked if they had FABs, without asking for specific ones, because the ones I wanted aren't in BigW yet).

The big bummer though - they wouldn't accept my staff discount card on price-matched items. That's new, because I've always been able to get the extra staff discount on price-matched items. As a manager at DavidJones recently pointed out to me - loyalty and staff cards are the reasons why a person would bother to buy something at their store, if they are only prepared to price-match 'instock' items. Otherwise, they would just buy it from that nearby store and save the time and hassle.

I guess with Kmart, you still have fly-buys or gift-cards as a reason to go to the trouble of price-matching an item that you know is instock at the nearby competitor.

they did it for us when i scanned mine for all the members at the meet the other night, wierd

[griffin]

Maybe it's just the Garden City store being stindgey. After all, they were still charging $29 for the FABS...

[TF76]

I price matched the cents difference then used a staff discount at kmart yesterday. I think if it wasn't accepted the system would reject it. Like how target rejects staff discount when there is 15% Off storewide. Kmart tried to refuse double discount on a wii console last year but it scanned and went through the system.

[jaydisc]

Just noticed this morning that Kmart replaced their online catalog with a new one reflecting the updated prices ($68 for Leader, $19 for Deluxe). I wonder if they'll print new ones too? I doubt it.

[SGB]

Looks like TFA Shockwave w/Bumblebee is on sale as well. Picked one up this afternoon and the price rang up at $35.