Retail FAIL: Walmart #3709
Atlanta is home to some pretty creepy places, like our notorious "Murder Kroger" (as seen many times on Cops). "It’s a grocery store with a deadly twist —
you’ll get shot in the head for your shopping list!" Someone SHOT MY HOUSE when we moved in.
So when Walmart #3709 starts slashing (prices?) get the hell out of the way! I have watched this Padmé Evolutions set with its splash of blood (and, YES, it is REAL blood) waft around the store since its debut. It has been outside to soak up the warmth of the Garden Department, and it has made the trip from Toys to Clearance (without ever being marked down) repeatedly. Back and forth it swanned about, too good for a mark-down.
So when I saw a clearance sticker on it today, I knew the time was right for us to be together. (Jokes about Queens should be saved for my FaceBook, kthxbai.) I was so entranced by the beauty and gore that I forgot to scan the damned thing. I get to the register, and it buzzes up at FULL PRICE. I actually had to haggle the price down, and to top it all off (and seal the deal) I had to exclaim, "And there’s BLOOD SPLASHED ON IT!" I got the hook-up.
I’m cheap, but I’m not about to soil Padmé Evolutions‘ reputation by telling you how cheap she was. How much or how little would you pay for a toy with blood splatter on it?
Walmart #3709 — for bloody, messy shame! Retail FAIL!
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Okay, mine isn’t quite that bad. They do still have one of the Rebel Pilot sets with the Twi’lek pilot floating around at full price. But no blood stains.
I just wish my area had gotten in the exclusive sets. Not one store in a 50 mile radius got them. The only place I’ve seen them is the Fairview Heights WM & that’s about 90 miles away. And all they’ve had the 2 times I (or my buddy) were up that way is about 10 each of the Rebel & Imp Pilot sets. I still need me some Clone Commandos dammit.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:39 am
You must have a Clone Crazy Kook up that way. Obviously they got them at some point. (It’s not like they don’t all ship in the same big box.) So find your Clone Clown, and kneecap him.
I think I see a not-a-contest-but-a-challenge coming on. Let’s see your Retail FAIL! (To enter challenge you must be over 18 years of age, and don’t take a camera into stores. Just snap it with your phone.) A bounty/reward may be in it for you. There’s plenty of cool stuff, and ’tis the season for FAIL! [If you have been banned from e-mailing me, entering anything resembling a contest, or you're just insane — you cannot enter. Your crazy mother cannot enter. No one in your zip code can enter, and you know who you are.]
Oh, and silly string sprayed all over the toys doesn’t count. That’s standard operating procedure here. (I’ve seen it all over the country, so it’s just bored employees.)