Sorry. IIRC = If I Remember Correctly. I'll stop by a few of my stores tonight or tomorrow and check.
I have four stores within quick driving distance. On Feb 2, 3:00 pm, Bethelprof <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm puzzled by a couple of things here: > > First, B&N has indeed reduced game prices on a prescribed schedule in > past years. I know because during the past few years I have toured > every store convenient to me in the Twin Cities during this post- > holiday period (6-7 stores at least each year) and found them reducing > to 50% on the same day--and I had discovered that schedule both by > watching Geeklists and by asking at a couple of stores in advance. > Again, the sale schedule here in MN seemed to match what was happening > at other B&N stores nationally, according to lively conversation on a > couple of Geeklists. > > Second, I'm not sure what IIRC is, but "early March" is definitely a > LOT later than a certain B&N insider was suggesting on a Geeklist a > couple of weeks ago for the 50% reduction. Again, that insider had > said that games would be reduced to 50%, nationally, today. Obviously > not the case, but "early March" seems very late. Where did you get the > early March date? > > On Feb 2, 12:54 pm, Tranzducer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The sale you're referring to is an annual thing and has no "regularly > > scheduled appearance", but IIRC happens in early March. Keep your eyes > > peeled for prices to drop from 20%-75% [over time] on a rather random > > selection of decent games that appear in the store from out of nowhere > > *just for* the sale. They don't generally advertise the sale, so you > > just have to stop in occasionally or find an employee who will clue > > you in. I've picked up *lots* of stuff, most notably Puerto Rico for > > $17 and Rheinlander for around the same. I missed it last year. > > > On Feb 2, 12:01 pm, Bethelprof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Following an anonymous tip on a B&N sale geeklist (purportedly from a > > > Barnes & Noble insider), I drove a fair distance today to a "local" > > > B&N in the Twin Cities, MN area, expecting to find games down to 50%. > > > No such luck. And they had nothing on the books that would indicate > > > when that is happening. > > > > Any info on this, anyone? Especially B&N insiders (with RELIABLE > > > information)? When will the reduction to 50% take place? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
