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Post by knupmc on Dec 31, 2014 10:44:28 GMT -5
Anyone know why this would happen?
I checked the inventory thing, and it said 18 in stock. I go to the store, and there's only 1 stone cold on the shelf (the fig I wanted most). I wanted slaughter as well, but couldn't find him. Then I scanned stone cold and it said in back room (N/A)
I asked an employee, and he said there's 20 out, and none in the back. And then he said they were being discontinued, so I asked why is it regular price then, and he had no answer.
So anyways, was it just that he didn't feel like looking or were there 20 throughout different aisles?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 11:00:12 GMT -5
Anyone know why this would happen? I checked the inventory thing, and it said 18 in stock. I go to the store, and there's only 1 stone cold on the shelf (the fig I wanted most). I wanted slaughter as well, but couldn't find him. Then I scanned stone cold and it said in back room (N/A) I asked an employee, and he said there's 20 out, and none in the back. And then he said they were being discontinued, so I asked why is it regular price then, and he had no answer. So anyways, was it just that he didn't feel like looking or were there 20 throughout different aisles? They were likely in the back. HOWEVER, I have read that some people are finding them throughout other isles like near the ninja turtles and stuff.. I had that same issue last weekend, found a SCSA on the shelf wanted slaughter.. Inventory showed stock, scanner did not, but employees handheld matched the inventory website. He looked in the back for like 2 minutes then said "sorry, hopefully we find them soon"
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Post by Old School Collector on Dec 31, 2014 11:04:49 GMT -5
So, Slaughter is the short packed one in the series , because my Target had 1 in each of the 3 boxes we opened.
Maybe they're revised cases ? Perhaps they're actually going to spell SERGEANT right this time lmao !
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Post by popyduggan on Dec 31, 2014 11:10:17 GMT -5
Anyone know why this would happen? I checked the inventory thing, and it said 18 in stock. I go to the store, and there's only 1 stone cold on the shelf (the fig I wanted most). I wanted slaughter as well, but couldn't find him. Then I scanned stone cold and it said in back room (N/A) I asked an employee, and he said there's 20 out, and none in the back. And then he said they were being discontinued, so I asked why is it regular price then, and he had no answer. So anyways, was it just that he didn't feel like looking or were there 20 throughout different aisles? Well, they're definitely not discontinued. They're likely on what they call a transitional pallet, which means it's new stuff for the upcoming modular layout that hasn't been set yet, so they shouldn't be located on shelves or in their backroom inventory. The Austin you found is probably from a case a stocker put out like a normal elite set and I wouldn't put hiding past other collectors, but I would bet the majority are sitting on backroom pallets to be stocked on or around 1/4. In my case, I got lucky and somebody scanned a case into the back like regular frieght, but the manager also told me if it was on the transitional pallets, I'd have to come back next week because there's a bunch of them, they all shrinkwrapped, and they're stored on the top level of their steel racks(which they'd have to pull out with a forklift), which I agree(imo) does sound like it's not worth doing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 11:13:54 GMT -5
So, Slaughter is the short packed one in the series , because my Target had 1 in each of the 3 boxes we opened. Maybe they're revised cases ? Perhaps they're actually going to spell SERGEANT right this time lmao ! Yep slaughter and trish are 1 per case. But it's looking like slaughter is harder to find, and apparently there are cases without him in it at all
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Post by Yambag Jones on Dec 31, 2014 11:21:26 GMT -5
I went to my local one yesterday half an hour after they restocked and there were none on the shelf. I asked an employee I know if they stocked this set yet and she said that ONE guy came in and bought all four boxes.
F*cking scalpers...
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Post by punksnotdead on Dec 31, 2014 12:02:38 GMT -5
I went to my local one yesterday half an hour after they restocked and there were none on the shelf. I asked an employee I know if they stocked this set yet and she said that ONE guy came in and bought all four boxes. F*cking scalpers... Yeah, that's some bullsh*t. Hopefully he gets stuck with them after trying to overshoot on eBay. These are still showing not in stock everywhere around me. Hopefully they popup this weekend.
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Post by vashts on Dec 31, 2014 12:34:58 GMT -5
Curious is Slaughter a re release of a previous figure?
Same with Austin. Isn't there a version weigh jeans shorts altered? Are there differences?
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Post by plastictaxicab on Dec 31, 2014 12:38:13 GMT -5
Curious is Slaughter a re release of a previous figure? Same with Austin. Isn't there a version weigh jeans shorts altered? Are there differences? Slaughter was released in the Legends series but with his blue pants and white shirt, so it's not a re-release. Austin was slated to be released in Legends 7, but Legends was cancelled, so this figure was never released before the HOF series.
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Post by xavion2004 on Dec 31, 2014 12:56:10 GMT -5
They're taking their sweet time getting to Northeast Florida...which is unusual. We're usually near the front of the pack, or at worst, the middle of it when it comes to figures that are part of the January resets.
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Post by @Sweetbob on Dec 31, 2014 13:01:22 GMT -5
When the Target Rocky Maivia first came out, my Target put it on an endcap next to the Goonies, Walking Dead and Pop Vinyls. It's a place where they keep all the 'Target Exclusives'.
If you're having trouble finding HoF and the tracker says they are in your store, check the main end of the aisles on the sides.
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Post by danielbryanwwe on Dec 31, 2014 13:03:11 GMT -5
just picked all four . theyre amazing. only had an extra warrior
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Post by Torn Quad Trips on Dec 31, 2014 13:18:28 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 13:59:50 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of. If you follow the several pages of comments, the tracker works for just about everyone, there are a select few that say it doesn't work and that's because their employees couldn't or wouldn't go find them in the back. You'd also read that the scanner in the store does not match the tracker, however the employee handheld devices do. Please do not jump to conclusions and bring negativity until you've tried more than checking a customer scanner at the store
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Post by Torn Quad Trips on Dec 31, 2014 14:03:27 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of. If you follow the several pages of comments, the tracker works for just about everyone, there are a select few that say it doesn't work and that's because their employees couldn't or wouldn't go find them in the back. You'd also read that the scanner in the store does not match the tracker, however the employee handheld devices do. Please do not jump to conclusions and bring negativity until you've tried more than checking a customer scanner at the store oh, sorry. i didn't realize i was required to read through 11 pages of comments before posting. i also didn't realize posting my own experience was "bringing negativity". i'll just go back to not posting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:13:28 GMT -5
If you follow the several pages of comments, the tracker works for just about everyone, there are a select few that say it doesn't work and that's because their employees couldn't or wouldn't go find them in the back. You'd also read that the scanner in the store does not match the tracker, however the employee handheld devices do. Please do not jump to conclusions and bring negativity until you've tried more than checking a customer scanner at the store oh, sorry. i didn't realize i was required to read through 11 pages of comments before posting. i also didn't realize posting my own experience was "bringing negativity". i'll just go back to not posting. The first sentence of your post is inaccurate. You then go on to explain how you didn't try very hard to find them. Normally, if I see a bunch of people finding things that I'd like to have as well, I do a little bit of reading to find out how they are doing it, but maybe that's just me. Just saying.. It's all bout your wording, this is the internet lol Your post seemed negative, and I didn't want people to just give up when the scanner says none but the tracker says yes, because the tracker is accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:25:00 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of. Friday night it said my store had sixteen. Saturday morning I bought six, an hour later my friend bought two. Sunday morning it showed the store had 8. Its more accurate than the price checking hubs throughout the store, those said "STOCKROOM: N/A", but I had an employee pull out two fresh cases from the back. Another store said the same thing, the website showed fifty-five available. The hubs in the store said N/A, the employee said they weren't in the back, I looped around the store and they were on a pallet to come out, several boxes (at least three) ready to come out. This site has proven to be more accurate than the store itself, and confirmed twice. I walked away with 3x Sarge 2x SCSA 1x Warrior 1x Trish
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Post by @Sweetbob on Dec 31, 2014 14:44:42 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of. Friday night it said my store had sixteen. Saturday morning I bought six, an hour later my friend bought two. Sunday morning it showed the store had 8. Its more accurate than the price checking hubs throughout the store, those said "STOCKROOM: N/A", but I had an employee pull out two fresh cases from the back. Another store said the same thing, the website showed fifty-five available. The hubs in the store said N/A, the employee said they weren't in the back, I looped around the store and they were on a pallet to come out, several boxes (at least three) ready to come out. This site has proven to be more accurate than the store itself, and confirmed twice. I walked away with 3x Sarge 2x SCSA 1x Warrior 1x Trish Wow. Finding three Sarge's at one store is crazy. Awesome score.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:53:04 GMT -5
Friday night it said my store had sixteen. Saturday morning I bought six, an hour later my friend bought two. Sunday morning it showed the store had 8. Its more accurate than the price checking hubs throughout the store, those said "STOCKROOM: N/A", but I had an employee pull out two fresh cases from the back. Another store said the same thing, the website showed fifty-five available. The hubs in the store said N/A, the employee said they weren't in the back, I looped around the store and they were on a pallet to come out, several boxes (at least three) ready to come out. This site has proven to be more accurate than the store itself, and confirmed twice. I walked away with 3x Sarge 2x SCSA 1x Warrior 1x Trish Wow. Finding three Sarge's at one store is crazy. Awesome score. Two at one, one at another. And they were all for someone, so I'm stoked to help my friends find them.
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Post by PVA on Dec 31, 2014 15:49:27 GMT -5
i don't know if this has been said, but this tracking thing is absolutely inaccurate. i've been to several targets today and, according to what a scanner in each store read, none of them had these in stock. the site this links to says those same stores have anywhere from 5 to 34 in stock. i'll trust target's own scanning/inventory system over a site i've never heard of. Sorry you didn't find them but "in stock" does not mean on shelf. The HOF set are an exclusive set so unlike a wave of elite or basic there is confusion at store with their scanner. If you went to several targets should of talked/asked a department manager or stockroom employee. Wait until 1/4 and go to the store the site you never heard says have in stock and you should find them. Good luck
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