Toys'R'Us very interesting sale

[Sam]

In this case, I think the best reward we can give to them is to shop elsewhere, such as Big W. Unfortunately, a lot of people who do not follow toy news or are after exclusives will be buying from them.

[Golden Phoenix]

I have. Have you?

It's deceptive to advertise a $59 item as $69?

I'm assuming they hadn't updated the system yet. The other stuff that was 40% off had to be updated manually at the register.

It is still dodgy as hell. It gets worse if they put the prices back down right after.
If they do go back down, then surely that is evidence they are intending to mislead people. Isn't that covered in some trades act or something?

[jaydisc]

There's an awful lot of condemnation on what are admittedly "assumptions". If the truck is still selling at $59, the more likely theory is the catalog has a typo. I've put a call into TRU customer service so we can hear the explanation from the horse's mouth.

Can someone tell me what the "battle packs" are? Are they in the catalog?

[Golden Phoenix]

There's an awful lot of condemnation on what are admittedly "assumptions". If the truck is still selling at $59, the more likely theory is the catalog has a typo. I've put a call into TRU customer service so we can hear the explanation from the horse's mouth.

Can someone tell me what the "battle packs" are? Are they in the catalog?

The battle packs are little Star Wars sets usually 20 each. They have been 2 each year. They have a crummy little vehicle and 4 minifigures. They are usually generic figures like clone troopers or rebel soldiers. Army builders essentially, very popular.

They weren't in the cataloge. It was just one example. They had those big 'on special, was $XX now $YY' tags.
With these I want to see if they are at other stores or just Doncaster

[jaydisc]

I just spoke to TRU customer service and here's the deal:

1. The truck WAS JUST on sale for $59. That sale ended today.
2. The truck's regular price is $69.99 and is advertised in the catalog as "Huge Value", not a sale item.

In other words, at least concerning the truck, there is nothing deceptive going on here.

[Golden Phoenix]

I just spoke to TRU customer service and here's the deal:

1. The truck WAS JUST on sale for $59. That sale ended today.
2. The truck's regular price is $69.99 and is advertised in the catalog as "Huge Value", not a sale item.

In other words, at least concernin the truck, there is nothing deceptive going on here.

Didn't know it was on sale before. Fair enough for the truck. But the other Lego still seems strange

[jaydisc]

I suspect the explanation will be similar.