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Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« on: February 20, 2009, 10:25:18 AM »
Cambridge Wal~Mart now has their two remaining singles carded figures marked up to $9.92.

Boo!!
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 11:12:38 AM »
Well I guess that good news for the smaller shops as Walmart and Toys R Us are in the same price range and I'd rather support the small guy. In fact, I know of some places that are cheaper then Walmart now.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2009, 02:59:17 AM »
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 03:09:45 AM »
I haven't seen any carded Joes hit the floor at my local three wal-marts in some time, most seem to be stuck with either no Joes on the pegs or various picked over assortments from around October's shipments. At eight bucks each, I was ok losing out on file card and card art. But at 10, I may as well pay another buck or two and get real American versions sent to me. I really loved looking around Wal-marts for carded Joes but it seems like it's gonna be a habit I drop. Still hope to get vehicles, comic packs and movie stuff through them though, if I can.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2009, 10:38:36 AM »
Quote from: "morgardee"
Well I guess that good news for the smaller shops as Walmart and Toys R Us are in the same price range and I'd rather support the small guy. In fact, I know of some places that are cheaper then Walmart now.

Our local comic shop is up to $11.99 for one figure. 
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2009, 06:54:51 PM »
I don't buy a lot of 3 3/4 Joes but I had to shell out the $9.92 for a Croc Master at a Hamilton Walmart today.  Couldn't resist.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2009, 03:10:35 AM »
A few cases of waves from last year appeared in London Walmart this week. Destro IG, Snake Eyes Commando, Spirit, TF Flint, CG, CC with MASS element and maybe some others. Surprised me.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2009, 09:31:14 PM »
I noticed this in my local Walmart today, I usually don't look at the prices  :shifty:  but this really took me back.   >:(
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 09:30:56 PM »
So much for "Roll-Backs", eh?  Good ol' Walmart
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 08:30:37 AM »
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So much for "Roll-Backs", eh?  Good ol' Walmart

Good point. I'm tempted to email them on tha point. Now they have Roll-Ups.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 11:24:19 AM »
I'm new to collecting the 25th joes, and picked up a Bazooka figure at a local Wal-Mart a couple weeks ago, for $9.92 + tax.   I promptly returned it after realizing that CDN single-carded figures don't get a proper filecard, just a folded piece of paper inside.  ::)No thanks.

I won't be trying to buy any more Canadian single-carded figures.

As for comic packs, I picked up the Wild Bill/Scrap-Iron pack from Toys R Us recently ($12.99 + tax) and was pleasantly surprised to find the filecards that were enclosed were NOT bilingual.
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Re: Wal~Mart raises prices on Singles ... again
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 01:06:12 PM »
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So much for "Roll-Backs", eh?  Good ol' Walmart

Good point. I'm tempted to email them on tha point. Now they have Roll-Ups.

Bah, Roll-backs are such a scam anyway.  They "never have sales" but instead "roll Back Prices"...  then quietly roll them all forward again after a few weeks. 
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