July 12, 20187 yr the promo was pay your age for your bear. I guess this was a huge discount because lines started forming the moment the stores and/or mall opened. crowds became unmanageable, There are pictures of malls being PACKED. And local PD's told the store they needed to close the store right away due to a crowd safety issue. so its a case of a fantastic promotion that was just too good. and of course, in todays world, the story isnt "fantastic promotion by B-A-B forced to end early" Its "Parents fuming because B-A-B cant handle the promotion" and you get idiots tweeting: buildabear not being able to supply the demand on pay-your-age day is bad. making kids have to attend and being turned away at the door is disgusting. #promofail #PayYourAge #buildabear #angryparent
July 12, 20187 yr Wonder if that “disgusted” parent was going to try to they’ll them that her 12 year old is 5?
July 12, 20187 yr LOL. My wife heard about this promotion last night and was bummed she couldn't take the kids because they had other plans. Dodged a bullet I suppose. I know I am not the target audience but I absolutely have no understanding of BAB or stuffed animals in general. Do kids play with that stuff still? Mine don't despite probably having 50+ stuffed animals in our house, and they certainly don't need 3 more to sit in their closets.
July 12, 20187 yr It’s been my experience that they don’t actually play with them. They buy them and they just sit in a big pile, yet they desperately want more of them.
July 12, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, Lhorn said: It’s been my experience that they don’t actually play with them. They buy them and they just sit in a big pile, yet they desperately want more of them. So...Like my ex with husbands?
July 12, 20187 yr How poor do you have to be to stand in a line that long? How much is a normal bear? 20 or 30 bucks. Stand in a line all morning to save 10 to 15. Fuck that.
July 12, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, DaysOff said: How poor do you have to be to stand in a line that long? How much is a normal bear? 20 or 30 bucks. Stand in a line all morning to save 10 to 15. Fuck that. Picking out a stuffed animal's shirt is priceless.
July 12, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said: Picking out a stuffed animal's shirt is priceless. Oh no. There's definitely a price.
July 12, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Lhorn said: It’s been my experience that they don’t actually play with them. They buy them and they just sit in a big pile, yet they desperately want more of them. there's a reason 40% of the world's toys are in the US.
July 12, 20187 yr The wife took our daughter. Said the mall was packed and the line was crazy long, so she left. Luckily our daughter is just shy of two and probably didnt understand enough to get excited.
July 12, 20187 yr Just now, NotActuallyALonghorn said: The wife took our daughter. Said the mall was packed and the line was crazy long, so she left. Luckily our daughter is just shy of two and probably didnt understand enough to get excited. Get her a happy meal. Save 50 bucks and your kid is happier anyway.
July 12, 20187 yr I bet the cheap cologne peddlers and e cig guys had a field day Edited July 12, 20187 yr by Pescado_Rojo
July 12, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, DaysOff said: How poor do you have to be to stand in a line that long? How much is a normal bear? 20 or 30 bucks. Stand in a line all morning to save 10 to 15. Fuck that. Some people LOVE standing in long lines. It's a bizarre phenomenon.
July 12, 20187 yr 11 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: That promotion would suck for me Lol. You’d be paying year 2085 prices?
July 12, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, TornACL said: Some people LOVE standing in long lines. It's a bizarre phenomenon. If the restaurant wait isn't at least 45 minutes, my wife isn't interested. Mother's Days are always fun.
July 12, 20187 yr 16 minutes ago, TornACL said: Some people LOVE standing in long lines. It's a bizarre phenomenon. " No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded." -Yogi Berra
July 12, 20187 yr 14 minutes ago, Eternal Noob said: If the restaurant wait isn't at least 45 minutes, my wife isn't interested. Mother's Days are always fun. That’s craziness. Only reason I’d wait is if the expected wait is shorter than the time it would take to drive to the next option. I have mixed feeling on people who are willing to wait in a 2 hour line to save 11 dollars. On the one hand I have the sense that they must be losers to have so much time to spend on something so senseless. On the other hand I envy them for having so much free time. Tweeting venom that the store was so swamped by losers that you didn’t get to take advantage of the deal because of all the losers, there were 150 more ambitious than you were makes you a double loser Edited July 12, 20187 yr by Lhorn
July 12, 20187 yr Thank GOD my kids are grown and adult. nevertheless, as much as they begged me last night to take them I held firm and said no.
July 12, 20187 yr You guys with wives, you don't have bears around the house, including some with seasonal sports uniforms for basketball, baseball, and football? I can't be the only one. edit: we have no kids. Edited July 12, 20187 yr by miguelito
July 12, 20187 yr 29 minutes ago, Parliament said: Who goes to a mall? I won't deny that i'll grab a soda or an ice cream and park my ass on a bench and watch the artificial enhancements walk by. No Shame At All.
July 12, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said: I'm always amazed at the number of people who don't do shit. I love seeing what sort of people patronize Walmart at all times of the day. Of course, some of them are probably thinking the same think about me.
July 12, 20187 yr I only took one economics course in college, but I kinda remember supply and demand.
July 12, 20187 yr The only time I went to BAB was at downtown Disney and my daughter vomited all over a display within 30 seconds of entering the door. We took it as a sign to never return.
July 12, 20187 yr That’s build a bear shit is insane, clothes for the bear cost more than a nice shirt and pants for an adult. Fucking robbers, wish I’d of thought of it
July 12, 20187 yr Yeah, the things are cash cows. Corporate got into some trouble a few years back for garden variety financial mismanagement but revenue was never a problem. The clothes themselves are outrageous.
July 12, 20187 yr Pretty amazing how large the percentage of the population that has never calculated what the value of their time is worth.
July 12, 20187 yr More like pretty amazing the large percentage of the population whose time has no worth
July 12, 20187 yr 18 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Pretty amazing how large the percentage of the population that has never calculated what the value of their time is worth. Or maybe they have.
July 13, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Lhorn said: It’s been my experience that they don’t actually play with them. They buy them and they just sit in a big pile, yet they desperately want more of them. Another Beanie Baby/Cabbage Patch doll craze? Geezuz. Edited July 13, 20187 yr by Armybrat
July 13, 20187 yr Yep. I don't even want to think about how much has been spent there when I go play golf. And I can't give them away, we have to keep them for some reason
July 13, 20187 yr They didn't expect this to happen? But seriously, was expecting fist fights and I'm disappointed.
July 13, 20187 yr If you think this through, it's summer and a lot of these were prolly stay at home moms who had 5 hours in the middle of a weekday to take their kids to the mall. Without missing a beat, they'll breathlessly tell you how hard they work and how important their job is.
July 13, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, DaysOff said: How poor do you have to be to stand in a line that long? How much is a normal bear? 20 or 30 bucks. Stand in a line all morning to save 10 to 15. Fuck that. This. Though I think they're closer to $40-$50. Still makes no goddamn sense at all. It's like the morons that go to a jam-packed El Fenix for the Wednesday Enchilada Dinner Special. It's like $2 cheaper than it normally is. (And it's pretty fucking gross.)
July 13, 20187 yr I’m assuming only the actual stuffed animal was discounted, and I doubt too many naked bears were carried out of there. $20 shirt and $15 shoes later and you’ve still spent $45 on a teddy bear.
July 13, 20187 yr those people that were waiting outside the fucking mall in a line stretching back that far should have their children taken from them...before they are shot. don't want the kids to see that. Seriously, most had to know it was not worth it and i would bet my life that 98% just wanted to post on social media about the big 'score' they got that day and how happy it made their kid. If they were selling kidneys for $35 and I just woke up in a tub of ice with a note saying call 911, I would not wait that long in line. That's what favor is for.
July 13, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, DaysOff said: How poor do you have to be to stand in a line that long? How much is a normal bear? 20 or 30 bucks. Stand in a line all morning to save 10 to 15. Fuck that. Some of those fucking things get outrageous. The 7 year old and I have a tradition where I take her there every year for father's day. She's done $70-$80 worth of damage there before on more than one occasion.
July 13, 20187 yr We kind of lucked out because my niece was willing to wait in line for 1 hour so my wife didn't have to wait in line with 3 kids. 16 bucks for 3 stuffed animals and in return my wife is doing her taxes. Win/win
July 13, 20187 yr We kind of lucked out because my niece was willing to wait in line for 1 hour so my wife didn't have to wait in line with 3 kids. 16 bucks for 3 stuffed animals and in return my wife is doing her taxes. Win/winWhy is she just now doing taxes? It took a cheap bear to do taxes?Not really expecting a good answer
July 13, 20187 yr You guys with wives, you don't have bears around the house, including some with seasonal sports uniforms for basketball, baseball, and football? I can't be the only one. edit: we have no kids.Paging MitchCumsteen. MitchCumsteen to the courtesy phone.
July 13, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: The wife took our daughter. Said the mall was packed and the line was crazy long, so she left. Luckily our daughter is just shy of two and probably didnt understand enough to get excited. Our 5 year old wanted to do it, so I took he and his sister to Barton Creek Mall this morning. Got there around 10:15, and the main line was cut off with mall cops at the end, because they sold through their complete stock, and there was a voucher line (I think $15 off or something). Somebody said there were people lining up at 8am. Pointed out to my kids that the LEGO store was just down the way, and they were more than happy to skip the BAB shenanigans. LEGO store was racking up the sales for parents with disappointed kids.
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