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Post by PJ on Sept 1, 2019 8:48:24 GMT -5
All the Walmart’s around me that got elite 69 have since re-stocked with elite 68. The 2 stores I went to that had E69 by me haven’t restocked anything. Their systems still show them having them although the sold them. Both stores checked the stock room because it still show the e69 cases as in stock, but couldn’t find them. I told the department manager at both stores they were out last week and sold for $7 each and their inventory didn’t account for them. And both stores they looked at me like I was crazy. lol So God only knows when they’ll restock.
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Post by Figure Addict™ on Sept 1, 2019 9:38:25 GMT -5
One of my friends is a Support Manager overnight. I had him scan one of the E69 figures and he said that it came up deleted and that's as far as his knowledge went.
My theory is that since they were marked as clearance, for my store anyways, they may not get any more in because since it sees it as clearance, they drop it out the system after their stock either sells or they ship it back to wherever.
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Post by Bpatrick on Sept 1, 2019 11:07:31 GMT -5
While I would love to get the last two I need (Ciampa and Lashley) for $7, I don't think it would be the worst thing for Wal-Mart to not get anymore. If everyone gets them for $7 or they keep restocking at WalMart, less people will buy them from Target and I worry I will have a harder time getting my hands on Liv and Sonya.
On the flip side, if they stop getting them this early, I wonder how crazy the demand for The Rock becomes. Even at two per case, he'd be in and out quick.
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Post by PJ on Sept 1, 2019 11:44:58 GMT -5
So now the new sku is discontinued in their system.
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Post by Figure Addict™ on Sept 1, 2019 12:00:41 GMT -5
So now the new sku is discontinued in their system. Im not sure if its all walmarts, but thats what happened at the two in my area. I'm in the SWPA region
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Post by PJ on Sept 1, 2019 12:00:57 GMT -5
So I had the Dept Manager at my regular store scan a E68 Brie Bella to see if they had anymore Elites in stock. She said no and that SKU was discontinued and the system wouldn’t let her order more. I then asked her if it came up under new sku (589043017) and she said no. She then tried the new SKU from the reset and it is also coming up as discontinued in their system now. Although she said that the new one while discontinued is still listed as shipping, but nothing is scheduled for her store. She did say she didn’t think the $7 e69 was the problem or she would see it on her hand held.
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Post by Figure Addict™ on Sept 1, 2019 12:24:31 GMT -5
So I had the Dept Manager at my regular store scan a E68 Brie Bella to see if they had anymore Elites in stock. She said no and that SKU was discontinued and the system wouldn’t let her order more. I then asked her if it came up under new sku (589043017) and she said no. She then tried the new SKU from the reset and it is also coming up as discontinued in their system now. Although she said that the new one while discontinued is still listed as shipping, but nothing is scheduled for her store. She did say she didn’t think the $7 e69 was the problem or she would see it on her hand held. Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been getting as well. I stopped at my Target today and the SKUs that are on their shelves say that it's not in their system as well. I really hope the ship hasn't sailed for this set because those were 2 figures on my top priority list and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I refuse to pay the absurd prices on eBay for them.
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Post by mikeawesome on Sept 1, 2019 13:17:26 GMT -5
While I would love to get the last two I need (Ciampa and Lashley) for $7, I don't think it would be the worst thing for Wal-Mart to not get anymore. If everyone gets them for $7 or they keep restocking at WalMart, less people will buy them from Target and I worry I will have a harder time getting my hands on Liv and Sonya. On the flip side, if they stop getting them this early, I wonder how crazy the demand for The Rock becomes. Even at two per case, he'd be in and out quick. don't worry it will be plenty rock figures to go around just like are buddy old Pat Patterson and at to per case after a while he's going to shelf warm.
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Post by @WWERetroStars on Sept 1, 2019 14:19:11 GMT -5
All of this SKU confusion is going to wind up leading to a ton of figs being shipped off to the Ollies and Five Below’s of the world. I’d have to imagine Walmart will now have a ton of “discontinued” stock they won’t know what to do with and they’ll be looking for a clean reset.
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Sept 1, 2019 14:27:03 GMT -5
What a mess.
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Post by underoos on Sept 1, 2019 15:38:27 GMT -5
Still looking for a mighty Morphin power rangers goldar figure
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Post by Figure Addict™ on Sept 1, 2019 16:17:25 GMT -5
Still looking for a mighty Morphin power rangers goldar figure I have one preordered at Gamestop, does that count?
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Post by Figure Addict™ on Sept 1, 2019 16:18:47 GMT -5
I just wish they would just put them in the line instead of having store exclusives. Distribution is terrible and Target is the worst with getting figures. Or better yet, just sell them on RSC, I'll gladly pay $24.99 for the exclusive, but I won't pay those eBay prices
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Sept 1, 2019 16:54:15 GMT -5
So I had the Dept Manager at my regular store scan a E68 Brie Bella to see if they had anymore Elites in stock. She said no and that SKU was discontinued and the system wouldn’t let her order more. I then asked her if it came up under new sku (589043017) and she said no. She then tried the new SKU from the reset and it is also coming up as discontinued in their system now. Although she said that the new one while discontinued is still listed as shipping, but nothing is scheduled for her store. She did say she didn’t think the $7 e69 was the problem or she would see it on her hand held. No offense to her but I wouldn’t listen to anything a Walmart manager has to say. I’ve had them tell me things were discounted for years, and they never are. I really mean no disrespect by this but it’s not like Walmart manager’s are very knowledgeable with this kind of thing. I would take what they say with a grain of salt. It’s never accurate.
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Post by PJ on Sept 1, 2019 17:11:43 GMT -5
So I had the Dept Manager at my regular store scan a E68 Brie Bella to see if they had anymore Elites in stock. She said no and that SKU was discontinued and the system wouldn’t let her order more. I then asked her if it came up under new sku (589043017) and she said no. She then tried the new SKU from the reset and it is also coming up as discontinued in their system now. Although she said that the new one while discontinued is still listed as shipping, but nothing is scheduled for her store. She did say she didn’t think the $7 e69 was the problem or she would see it on her hand held. No offense to her but I wouldn’t listen to anything a Walmart manager has to say. I’ve had them tell me things were discounted for years, and they never are. I really mean no disrespect by this but it’s not like Walmart manager’s are very knowledgeable with this kind of thing. I would take what they say with a grain of salt. It’s never accurate. I believe her because it was what her hand held device said and she showed it to me. Now if she didn’t scan the one figure and type in the new sku also and instead just said it was discontinued then yeah I wouldn’t put so much into it. But she’s helped me in the past and always does try and help. I am sure it’ll change once Walmart figures it out, but as of now that is what it is in WalMarts system. Whatever SKU E68 was under in their system is discontinued and they are not able to order more from the distribution center. The new SKU that came with the reset (589043017) is also in their system as discontinued, but is still shipping according to their system. And again I am sure it’ll be corrected in their system soon enough, but for now that’s how it is in their system.
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Sept 1, 2019 18:14:17 GMT -5
So I had the Dept Manager at my regular store scan a E68 Brie Bella to see if they had anymore Elites in stock. She said no and that SKU was discontinued and the system wouldn’t let her order more. I then asked her if it came up under new sku (589043017) and she said no. She then tried the new SKU from the reset and it is also coming up as discontinued in their system now. Although she said that the new one while discontinued is still listed as shipping, but nothing is scheduled for her store. She did say she didn’t think the $7 e69 was the problem or she would see it on her hand held. No offense to her but I wouldn’t listen to anything a Walmart manager has to say. I’ve had them tell me things were discounted for years, and they never are. I really mean no disrespect by this but it’s not like Walmart manager’s are very knowledgeable with this kind of thing. I would take what they say with a grain of salt. It’s never accurate. If she had a handheld scanner, she was telling the truth. Those things are accurate as anything. It even gives you an arrival date for the next shipment.
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Post by TheLastDude on Sept 1, 2019 18:25:59 GMT -5
What a freaking mess. I would have gotten Ricochet and Ciampa if I had ever found them at retail here, but my only concern is all these stores getting this crap squared away by the time E70 starts shipping. Don't screw with me getting Vince.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Sept 1, 2019 18:27:33 GMT -5
Oh look, more evidence why store exclusive chase figures is a terrible concept. That’s basically what this whole thread is
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Sept 1, 2019 18:47:05 GMT -5
No offense to her but I wouldn’t listen to anything a Walmart manager has to say. I’ve had them tell me things were discounted for years, and they never are. I really mean no disrespect by this but it’s not like Walmart manager’s are very knowledgeable with this kind of thing. I would take what they say with a grain of salt. It’s never accurate. If she had a handheld scanner, she was telling the truth. Those things are accurate as anything. It even gives you an arrival date for the next shipment. Not really. I’ve had a Walmart employee use a scanner a few weeks ago for Elite 68 and told me they had none and it was discounted, meanwhile they were in the back. Same for some of the early Flashback series figures. You can choose to believe them if you want, but I would never put much into what a Walmart employer says. In all my years of figure collecting I’ve never encountered one that was helpful.
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Post by underoos on Sept 1, 2019 18:57:29 GMT -5
Still looking for a mighty Morphin power rangers goldar figure I have one preordered at Gamestop, does that count? I mean as long as u get it before ei do why not haha
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