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Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 02:43:40 No.7258935 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>7258937 >>7258975 >>7259006 >>7259082 >>7259330 >>7259596 >>7260025 >>7260077 >>7260199 >>7260211 >>7261300 >>7261579 >>7262187 >>7266271

How was your first black Friday without Toys R Us?

As a former TRU employee, I'm very bummed that I was replaced by a cardboard display in a Kroger store.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 02:44:24 No.7258937 Report

Quoted By: >>7258996 >>7264625

>>7258935
Exactly the same as every Black Friday before it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:04:41 No.7258975 Report

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>>7258935
We have TRU still in my region and it's shit, even on black friday.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:12:20 No.7258996 Report

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>>7258937
This

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:16:24 No.7259006 Report

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>>7258935
I thought I'd feel bad, but Gamestop and Target stepping up their game has kind of helped ease the loss. Still not perfect, but I'm okay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:20:23 No.7259018 Report

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I miss the overnight parties at TRU, but I don't miss how many bikes they made me build.

I miss getting high in the back room with teenage girls.

Last year, a guy tried to steal a bunch of PS4s while disguised as an employee and I called him a cunt. Good times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:28:42 No.7259035 Report

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I remember lining up at my local TRU during the wii boom, I got there like an hour & a half before opening and was fifth in line. The wait wasn't bad, and the other people in line were nice. I was expecting a worse time, but it turned out to be a fond memory due to the cool people out there and the friendly employees inside. I still feel wistful about it even though less than a mile away at the walmart someone got trampled to death that year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 03:56:28 No.7259082 Report

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>>7258935
How much yah getting from that $20 mil settlement? If it was split evenly (20mil / 31k), that'd be $645 an employee... but, I'd imagine not everyone will be on equal footing when it comes to paying out time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 04:05:50 No.7259098 Report

Quoted By: >>7261604

Never forget that TRU was killed by a pussy...

... named Mitt Romney.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 04:42:53 No.7259153 Report

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I went to TRU on black friday because I'm not an americunt.
There was fuck all, just like every black friday before it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 04:44:22 No.7259155 Report

Quoted By: >>7259166 >>7259401 >>7259556

who the fuck cares dude? you going to make a "what's your first christmas like without shitty giraffe store" in a month?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 04:58:28 No.7259166 Report

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>>7259155
yes probably

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 09:10:42 No.7259330 Report

Quoted By: >>7260849

>>7258935
Can't remember TRU ever having anything good on BF, or at least more than 2 things. They always had unbeatable deals on Skylanders though. Then the Shark Bite ship for $30. Other than that, it was what they had every other week that was great

>$5 Toybiz ML (Apocalypse/Onslaught)
>$10 Leader Class TFAnimated toys
>BOGO 50% off lego were more constant then
>B1G1F off ALL Action figures before last year's black friday

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 12:00:44 No.7259401 Report

Quoted By: >>7259409

>>7259155
And what would be wrong if he did? Fuck you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 12:16:44 No.7259409 Report

Quoted By: >>7259470 >>7259556 >>7259822 >>7263387

>>7259401
I don't understand why people are so obsessed with a store. Is this the same thing that leads to all these shitty brand loyalty wars that people like subjectanon creates? It's a fucking store, do your shopping somewhere else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 14:36:41 No.7259470 Report

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>>7259409
you're so fucking stupid it must hurt

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 14:55:21 No.7259479 Report

Quoted By: >>7259556 >>7260065

>>7259470
Please explain this juvenile attachment to a buisness for me then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 14:59:12 No.7259483 Report

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i worked and then i came home and went to bed

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 16:55:44 No.7259556 Report

Quoted By: >>7259659 >>7260036

>>7259155
>>7259409
>>7259479

If you need it explained to you, then you are either a husk of a human, or a literal robot.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 17:35:59 No.7259580 Report

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I very much noticed that TRU "big book of toys" not being in the Thanksgiving day paper for the first time ever

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 17:56:04 No.7259596 Report

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>>7258935
Legit had not even bothered with that over priced, filthy hell hole of a store since mp-10 came out.

It died for a reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 18:52:05 No.7259650 Report

Quoted By: >>7260039

Why do people here hate TRU and why is $2 considered overpriced enough to complain?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 19:01:18 No.7259659 Report

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>>7259556
So nostalgia?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 19:04:44 No.7259662 Report

Quoted By: >>7259674

"Geoffrey's Toy Box" in the FredMeyers near me have the signs ripped from the ends of the cheap cardboard shelves (stocked with 7 cheap generic non-brand junk toys) in some sort of de-branding effort.
The Toy'R'Us reboot apparently has failed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 19:11:31 No.7259674 Report

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>>7259662
i was actually hoping the toy box's idea would re-brand the Fred Meyer toy section with colorful TRU graphics. what a retard i am

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 19:17:48 No.7259678 Report

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It hurt actually. The Toys R Us near me hasn't been repurposed or stripped down so it still has the signage up. Had to go by it a few times on Friday. Had to buy all my shit at Target and Meijer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Nov 2018 21:55:57 No.7259822 Report

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>>7259409
Step out of your basement for once and you'll understand that TRU was one of the few places that carried a ton of toylines /toy/ collected in a single store. Most people like seeing what a toy looks like before deciding to purchase it, which leads to less buyers remorse. This prevents delusional fanboys like yourself who need to pretend a toy is better than it actually is.

TRU was such a big store it could fully support a toyline and toy company's success.
With TRU's demise, it's left a ton of toylines without any outlet to be released in. Go see the MegaBloks thread to see them constantly worried that the line is dead because there's very little to be found in stores and online. Various waves that were announced haven't been released.

tl;dr: you're a whiny shut in without a clue.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 00:44:18 No.7260025 Report

Quoted By: >>7260070 >>7260079 >>7261293

>>7258935
Kroger has toys? I thought it was just grocery.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 00:57:00 No.7260036 Report

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>>7259556
Or Shit Romney. Oh, wait, you already said robot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 00:58:28 No.7260039 Report

Quoted By:

>>7259650
Because they're poor as dirt and bad at math.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:18:21 No.7260065 Report

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>>7259479
I liked working there. Also, it's sad to see American businesses shit the bed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:22:24 No.7260070 Report

Quoted By: >>7262144

>>7260025

Most newer Kroger stores are kind of like classier, smaller Meijer or Walmart stores now.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:27:08 No.7260077 Report

Quoted By: >>7260225 >>7261268 >>7261302

>>7258935
>How was your first black Friday without Toys R Us?
We still have TRU in South Africa

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:27:27 No.7260079 Report

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>>7260025
The one near me? Has a jewelry store. Not a lot of toys though. They're trying to break into the home goods and clothing business.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:35:40 No.7260091 Report

Quoted By: >>7260515

Maybe if you manchildren spent more money and scalped less your dumb babby store wouldn't have gone under :^)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 01:59:36 No.7260139 Report

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The shit fucking sucks man I miss TRU

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 02:24:50 No.7260199 Report

Quoted By:

>>7258935
Glad its dead.

Shit operation from top to bottom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 02:33:35 No.7260211 Report

Quoted By:

>>7258935
We never had Toys R us nor Black Friday where I live, so the same as every year I guess.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 02:38:15 No.7260225 Report

Quoted By: >>7260832

>>7260077
I'm perplexed, there are buildings in Africa? Like, with bricks and paint? I thought they lived in small communities in the wild hunting, copulating and making rituals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 05:34:01 No.7260515 Report

Quoted By: >>7260693

>>7260091
That wouldn't have stopped Romney form buying it up to unload his personal debt onto them so he could walk away a rich man, as he did with KB.

But please, tell me that a toy brand that took up 1% of store shelf space killed the chain because wimmin & black people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 09:02:15 No.7260692 Report

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better than ever, found some Halo RC cars for $15 at 99 Cent store for my gf's nephews

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 09:04:43 No.7260693 Report

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>>7260515
Also Disney killed Toys R Us with Star Wars

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 13:09:47 No.7260832 Report

Quoted By: >>7260876 >>7264733

>>7260225
You are the stupidest mother fucker on all of 4chan, you that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 13:38:15 No.7260849 Report

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>>7259330
Ahh Skylanders. My brother was 5 when it came out. I was in change of Christmas shopping and I went to Black Friday at Toys r Us just because I never had. The Skylanders starters were on sale and they were flying off the shelf like crazy. I grabbed one because it was the last one left. He loved that game for years, it was the first video game he ever finished.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 14:20:05 No.7260876 Report

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>>7260832
You’re the biggest moron here if you think he was being serious, holy shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 21:29:52 No.7261268 Report

Quoted By: >>7261293

>>7260077
Black friday has never been this literal.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 21:47:42 No.7261293 Report

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>>7260025
Kroger is awesome for Hot Wheels apparently.

>>7261268
Fucking KEK

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 21:51:10 No.7261300 Report

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>>7258935
As a former TRU employee that worked in a mid-low income neighborhood, I don't miss the fat smelly niggers and the stupid spics that can't speak English at 5am on a cold dark morning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Nov 2018 21:52:42 No.7261302 Report

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>>7260077
That looks like your typical TRU in the depths of hell known as Chicago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 01:42:59 No.7261579 Report

Quoted By: >>7262195 >>7262200

>>7258935
As a Russian toy collector it’s weird to see Americans being sad about some greedy ass store overfilled with shitty Star Wars toys died. It even had classic dumb looking mascot that often getting laugheat at in modern tv-shows when they mock “guy in cartoon animal suit with googley eyes sells crap to you” stuff

Tells a lot about your mentality and culture.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 01:57:56 No.7261604 Report

Quoted By: >>7267864

>>7259098
Well maybe if you elected him instead of Obama he wouldn't have had all that free time to fuck up toy stores. So it's your fault if you think about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 10:04:20 No.7262144 Report

Quoted By:

>>7260070
Im stuck with Ralph's. I saw ONE Fred Meyer a couple years ago and was impressed with what i saw.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 10:49:23 No.7262187 Report

Quoted By:

>>7258935
Didn't even notice. TRU was nothing but an emporium of employee / ebay sniper opportunity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 11:18:10 No.7262195 Report

Quoted By: >>7262992

>>7261579
Go eat potato vlad

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Nov 2018 11:29:47 No.7262200 Report

Quoted By: >>7262999

>>7261579
>greedy
im sorry you can't afford 2 more american dollars. back to the borscht mines with you, comrade

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 00:55:54 No.7262992 Report

Quoted By:

>>7262195
Chill out fatso

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 00:57:58 No.7262999 Report

Quoted By: >>7263095 >>7263356 >>7266429

>>7262200
Oh I can afford my toys, amerifat. Not to mention being Russian means I’m also paying for shipping that average American can’t afford.
You crying over shitty store with dumbass looking mascot is fucking pathetic

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 02:04:18 No.7263095 Report

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>>7262999
its better because you have to pay shipping while we just go to a store and pay for just the toy?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 02:10:51 No.7263108 Report

Quoted By: >>7264961 >>7266199

>Crush everyone's collective childhood by running TRU into the ground and forcing bankruptcy on it
>Fire all employees and don't give them severance because "dude Chapter 7 lol"
>Make the stocks of toy companies plummet as well as fuck them up because TRU was their major retailer
>Months later
>"Dude we can totally pop up back again lol"
>"Liquidating assets was just a prank bro"

The more it unfolds the more it gets suspicious.

I'm happy the brand isn't entirely gone, but I doubt I can really trust it enough to give it my money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 04:22:24 No.7263356 Report

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>>7262999
LOL, poorfag Rooski, off to the gulag with you!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 04:37:24 No.7263387 Report

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>>7259409

Hey man when I was 8 years old back in '91 two Saturdays a month my dad would take me and I was given $25 and let loose at Toys r us for 2 hours by myself.

Of course looking back im 99% sure it was because he was cheating on my mom banging some slut at the motel across the way but hey we would go to pizza hut afterwards so good times Good memories

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Nov 2018 23:45:49 No.7264625 Report

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>>7258937
Fucking this.
TRU used to raise the price on most dolls, and figures I wanted a few months leading up to black Friday. Than they'd lower them back just slightly below what they normally cost all year round with their "Black Friday Sale"

>$20 Barbie doll
>goes up to $23.99 in September
>goes up to $26.99 in October
>goes up to $28.99 in November
>They place a 30% "DOOR BUSTER" BLACK FRIDAY SALE sticker above it on black Friday
End up pay $20 for the doll
>two months after the New Year the doll gets lowered back to it's normal $20 price point
They do this crap every year
FUCK TRU!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 00:31:30 No.7264733 Report

Quoted By:

>>7260832
fuck off with your triggered sjw ass

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 02:23:28 No.7264961 Report

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>>7263108
The stock drops are the fault of the toy companies. They willingly allowed TRU to buy toys on credit despite TRU having cash flow problems. They pissed away hundreds of millions in free merchandise.

Some of the investors were not happy about that bullshit during the Hasbro call.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 20:54:55 No.7266199 Report

Quoted By: >>7266232

>>7263108
Reminds me of what happened to Blockbuster.

>Blockbuster Video used to be owned by a Jew owned company named Viacom
>Viacom are money-grubbing whores
>Viacom buys all of blockbuster's rentals and merch with loans, instead of profits
>every year use profit to pay off loans, take out new loans to buy new merchandise
>blockbuster decides to split from viacom because they are tyrants
>viacom takes all of blockbuster's profits from that year, but does not pay off the loans
>the loans were taken out under blockbuster's name, not viacom's, so the loans technically belong to blockbuster
>viacom does not tell this to blockbuster corporate
>when blockbuster finds out, there is already a shit ton of interest, and viacom has all of their profits
>desperately try every quarter to pay off loans
>1 mil loan becomes 3 mil then 5 mil, finally tens of millions of dollars are owed
>go chapter 11, file for bankruptcy
>Dish network buys Blockbuster Video, because they want to use the iconic Blockbuster Video logo to sell tv subscriptions, plus wants brick and mortar stores to sell tv subscriptions
>closes unprofitable stores that were still around after chapter 11 closings
>has 300 locations left
>all are profitable
>blockbuster is profitable as a whole again, especially in the North East
>fast forward 2 years to 2013
>Dish decides to go exclusively to streaming
>considers selling BBV
>no fewer than 3 companies are interested in buying
>but Dish wants to keep Blockbuster logo for streaming service, cant do that if they sell the company
>decide to liquidate stores, put 3000 people out of work, all over the rights to a logo
>tell employees they are being laid off AFTER telling the news networks

Blockbuster's problem was it was owned by two shitty corporations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 21:30:38 No.7266225 Report

Quoted By: >>7266264

Toys R Us is still alive and well in Canada Bitch.
*Pours maple syrup on nipples*

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 21:37:23 No.7266232 Report

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>>7266199
What the fuck, who do they think they're fooling trying to use Blockbuster to become synonymous with streaming?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 22:05:45 No.7266264 Report

Quoted By:

>>7266225
Good point, I'm actually visiting family in British Columbia over the holidays so I might be able to pick up some neat stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 22:11:20 No.7266271 Report

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>>7258935
I worked at TRU in my early 20's. Fuck ever going there on Black Friday after I quit.

Actually I did go there one time, because friends wanted to go. Fuck that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Nov 2018 23:47:51 No.7266429 Report

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>>7262999
dood what are you doing? this tread for stupid ameritard kids. i mean look at this ugly autistic mascot. have some pity for those brainlets.
also shipping prices killing me too. sucks to live in third world country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Dec 2018 21:43:55 No.7267864 Report

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>>7261604
I elected Obama to punish him for murdering KB. He'll die knowing he failed not once but twice to win the presidency because America didn't want him.

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