RE: R\C Stuarts at Wally World [TANKS]

["flier" <FLIER-at-sbcglobal.net>]

The Stuarts are apparently a local store item as 
opposed to a national stock item.  They're purchased 
by the regional buyers.  Individual store management 
has the ability to set the price as opposed to the 
nationally stocked items.  Since they take up a fair 
amount of shelf space, some stores are deeply 
discounting to get rid of them.  Other stores are 
selling them out without discounting.

There are now about 5 different versions of the 
Stuart including some dual-channel versions that will 
operate on either 27 or 49mhz.

I've got a couple of the winter camo versions now.  I 
sold my original paintball conversion for a tidy sum 
and am now doing a second conversion for a gent.  
I'll probably keep the other to convert for myself. 

Regards,

Ted


--- Original Message ---
From: "Steve Tyng" <STyng-at-acptrust.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Subject: RE: R\C Stuarts at Wally World [TANKS]

>Walmart has the most sophisticated sales tracking 
system of any retailer
>in the world.  They track sales in real time and set 
prices accordingly.
>If the Stuart is $75 in one location and $150 in 
another, it's no
>accident.  Their IT infrastructure is second only to 
the Pentagon in
>size.  
>
>Steve "I saw it on 60 minutes" Tyng
>
>
>
>> Subject: Re: R\C Stuarts at Wally World [TANKS]
>> 
>> 
>> Where are you located? Maybe refer the local Wal-
Marts
>> to another one with lower prices?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Rick 
>> 
>> --- erik kump <ebkump-at-hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > There must be fifteen Wal-Marts within 25 miles 
of
>> > where I live or work. I
>> > called eight of them yesterday looking for one of
>> > those Stuart tanks. Two of 
>> > them had no idea what I was talking about, and 
four
>> > of them said they had 
>> > been a Christmas item only and they had been sold
>> > out for months (about what 
>> > I expected to hear). One of them said that they
>> > still had two in stock... 
>> > for the regular price of $180.  !!!  The last one
>> > told me that they had 
>> > fourteen of the buggers in stock for $150 each. 
When
>> > queried at the large 
>> > number of them, I was informed that they had
>> > recently received another 
>> > shipment.
>> > I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that a giant
>> > company like Wal-Mart can't 
>> > keep their prices straight. If I could have found
>> > one for the $75 I would 
>> > have pounced on it. It would get my kids off my 
case
>> > about why I haven't 
>> > finished the other tank yet. But at $150... I 
think
>> > I'd rather use that 
>> > money to buy a drill press.
>> > 
>> > Erik "Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers" Kump
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>              
>> __________________________________ 
>> Do you Yahoo!? 
>> Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile 
phone. 
>> http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo 
>>