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Originally Posted by evenstaves
Calling ahead was an invaluable tool back when I had a sweet Xmas Eve raincheck pricing on POTP leaders, I was calling that TRU literally at least once every two days
Didn't get it until right near the end of the 90 days (re: early 2018 drought of POTP leaders), but ultimately did
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Originally Posted by WereDragon EX
Unfortunately, I've had instances whereby sometimes, the customer sales reps will say over the phone that a given item is in stock at the store, then I go to the store, and discover that not only is the item not on the shelf or in the back, it's supposedly either in transit or on some truck that has yet to be unloaded and it's still entered in the system as "in stock". Very frustrating to experience this, since it essentially means that I made a wasted trip and gas/public transit isn't cheap.
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Originally Posted by Longshot
It hasn't helped me any unless I was talking to someone I knew at TRU. Usually I would just go in person.
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Originally Posted by BludChylde
Never bother.
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Originally Posted by Shockwave 75
Long ago I came to the conclusion that trying to get a staff member at Walmart to find something in the toy aisle for me was an exercise in futility.
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Sorry, I should have specified, I have only ever done this with TRUs - I have never attempted to call a WalMart to verify stock, I pre-emptively judged that the staff would either be too busy or don't care to be thorough
