mcmc Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 (Subsequent to the initial publication of this story, Toys 'R' Us informed CNNMoney.com that the company was notified by its supplier late Wednesday that there "was a high probability" the retailer will have T.M.X. Elmo in its stores over Black Friday and the weekend.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Thankfully I don't need one. LOL. It would be a total battle to try and get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel0874 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Not at our store here in Ohio.....worked Wednesday night from 9pm - 5 am and not an elmo to be found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrudy01 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Virginia Beach had 50 of them and I was lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasjulie Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I got in line at 4 AM, and they had nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydale2002 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 me too. i also got online at etoys and kbtoys from 1230-130 and got nothing due to the site crashing. if anyone hears of anymore, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecrush Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 At my TRU they had tons!! I was the 10th person in and stayed for about a hour and when I went to leave they still had tons. I even made a comment to my friend that no one was buying them and we started doing "cart checks" and I did not see ONE person with one, we thought it was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
308swife Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 There were litterally over 100 at my Toys R us.....Did not see ONE person with any in their cart....Hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodie54 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I was there at Toys R us at 4:30 simply because the other stores I wanted to hit didn't open until 6:00. We got in line to go in and get a few things and at about 5:40 the clerk came out with tickets for Elmo TMX $39.99 I got one and my friend got one. You could only get one per family. Funny thing is that when we checked out they made you purchase a $4.99 one year service agreement...a service agreement for Elmo???? And you had to buy it or you didn't get one??? The reason? Elmo has been known to giggle himself off countertops, tables, and anything else he is on when you tickle him and break. That was comical. Why didn't they just say we want to charge everybody $5 bucks extra... Oh well, I will be the hero when my kids open theirs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmiracles Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I got 2. No service agreement though. Weird! I thought it was strange too that no one was buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broke310 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 thank goodness it wasn't on my kids list as our store had none the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalle1212 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 THere were alot at my toys r us too. I almost bought one but my kids don't really want it. But I was surprised that there were plenty elmos and noone was really buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_keyd Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 At first glance, I thought that our TRU had tons of Elmos, but once I looked closer I realized that the big stack of Elmos were all Spanish speaking. I think it's the English-speaking Elmos that are selling out fast, though I don't know why. Giggling sounds the same in any language... They finally did put out some English speaking Elmos at our TRU, and I grabbed one, but the pallet of about 40 that they put out where gone in under 15 minutes. I'd report the TRU that required customers to buy service agreements to the home office. It sounds like someone was just skimming money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brat296405 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 The Kmart i work for got 39 cases in on Monday and they were using them as a draw on Thanksgiving day even though they were not advertised. They were gone within 1 hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydale2002 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 i got one at our Toysrus today. no one was buying them. it is crazy. the still had about 20 left. they are not in there regular area, they were behind a counter, and you got a ticket at the customer service desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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