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Old 12-21-03, 10:38 AM
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Ok, I get it. It was probably just a mistake at that one store. They looked at the list and marked it without thinking. At the registar did they manually have to change the price? Yeah I thought so. I also got lucky in a similar manner. The store near me had the new Legacy of Kain game for $15.
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Yep original price of 49.99 came up, cashier just called another cashier with an override key, and that was that.
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I totally forgot that KB Toys still sells games.
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Yeah, clueless employees. My friend found Project Gotham Racing 2 marked at $14.99. Rang up $50 of course, he tried to haggle with them but no dice.
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I have a Kaybee Toy store that is running the 20% off sale, but I had them check NBA Street 2 for the PS2 and it still rang up at $31.99. Is every store that has the 20% off sale going to close. I would like to take advantage of their great unannounced sale. Is there a list of stores that are closing available?

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Old 12-22-03, 12:49 PM
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How long does this sale last?
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None of the stores are closing, they are just phasing out games. The clearance sales would last until stock is gone I imagine.
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From the selection actually at the stores, this could be over with by now.
Old 12-23-03, 12:16 AM
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My store has the crappy 20% thing. I cant believe they have DDR Max for $10, thats insane
Old 12-23-03, 03:21 PM
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20% here too. Too bad, since there were two copies of Otogi and three copies of Panzer Dragoon Orta.
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i hoping that as time goes buy the percentage will get higher and higher and eventually get to 60% or so before they sell everything
Old 12-24-03, 11:39 AM
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Originally posted by Quake1028
None of the stores are closing, they are just phasing out games. The clearance sales would last until stock is gone I imagine.
None of the stores are closing... yet.

However, it's just a matter of time before either a significant number of individual KBs or the entire chain joins the ranks of Child World and Zany Brainy as the ghosts of toy retailers past.

It will take a Christmas miracle for KB to figure out some way to survive against Walmart's increasing dominance in toy sales, long-term.
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anyone know if there is a participating store in las vegas?
Old 12-24-03, 11:38 PM
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The KB Toys at The Parks at Arlington is not discontinuing video games, but the one in Hulen Mall in Fort Worth is. The discount is currently 20% off but does not include Game Boy Advance games. It appears that they will continue to carry those.
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My brother picked me up Panzer Dragoon Orta today for $10.
Old 12-25-03, 12:17 AM
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Well, I decided to check out my KB Toys again and to my surprise I saw $9.99, $14.99 stickers on games Needless to say I picked up a few for myself and for Copenhagen. I may have to go back there on Saturday or even Friday to see if they have any copies of F-Zero GX...and any Castlevanias.
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