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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: freakx2001 on August 27, 2010, 10:44:17 PM

Title: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: freakx2001 on August 27, 2010, 10:44:17 PM
UPDATE: No need to read any further disregard... the mystery has been solved...

Hey Guys,

With all of this talk about POC, I have been interested in picking up a few figs for my collection, although I normally stick to ARAH. So the other day I was in Walmart in Ottawa and was checking for Transformers and noticed that they had the first wave of POC.

I picked up the Alley Viper and thought he was amazing, but I quickly put him back when I seen that he was $12.xx (close to $13).

When did a single GI JOE figure becomes that much? its almost $3 more than a Star Wars figure. Its crazy.

Anyways, today I was Watertown, NY looking for stuff, and both Target and Walmart are selling joes for $6.99 USD. Now I know there is a tiny bit of an exchange rate, but basically the Canadian price is double that of the American one....

WTH?
Title: Re: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: bandonov on August 27, 2010, 10:47:08 PM
Why is your walmart charging $13 for it?  Did you scan it to make sure it was not mislabled?  Every other Walmart in Canada has been charging $7.92 for PoC. 
Title: Re: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: morgardee on August 27, 2010, 10:48:31 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Why is your walmart charging $13 for it?  Did you scan it to make sure it was not mislabled?  Every other Walmart in Canada has been charging $7.92 for PoC. 

What Bandonov said. They should be just under $8.00
Title: Re: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: freakx2001 on August 27, 2010, 10:52:58 PM
LOL.. seriously??? HAHAH no I didn't scan it.. I just walked away in disgust when I read the peg. Maybe someone had mislabeled the peg...

Mod shut down this thread before I get any more embarrassed.. LOL
Title: Re: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: bandonov on August 28, 2010, 07:38:11 AM
If you do more reviews like how you did your U.S.S. Flagg we will over look this....  ;D :lol:
Title: Re: USA vs Canadian Pricing... WTH
Post by: BHMike on August 28, 2010, 07:31:20 PM
Actually, I'm glad he posted this - Walmart (and other stores) should be up to date on the pricing tags on their pegs. There's no reason they can't update them the day they go on sale, or change prices.

It just goes to show people - be sure to scan an item before walking away. Thanks for the post freak! ;)