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Trivial Psychic · 10-30-2015, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by 3233rafael

I'm just surprised that in Tucson, your TRU will be so outdated compared to my TRU in a city that's not even very well know here in Texas.

Seriously...if I walked you through our two local stores on a tour, you would be embarrassed, or think that we're some backwoods city in the middle of nowhere. One of the stores was split in half, the other half being turned into a Babies R' Us, and is loaded with so much peg filler junk that it's a cluttered mess. They also seem to think that TRU should be called Legos R' Us, because Lego's have literally infiltrated into all sections of the store, from the Star Wars section to the Barbie aisle...and that's on top of the 2 or 3 aisles Lego already fills.

The second TRU store is not only a drive away to the other side of town, but it is across the street from the most packed mall here in Tucson, in which people regularly come up from Mexico and Nogales in order to do their shopping. You can literally find more cars with Sonoran and Sinloan tags in the parking lot than you can US tags on any given day. The store itself is always trashed with lots of empty wasted space due to the consumer traffic, and in addition, it carries entirely different items (for example, it's the only TRU that carries NECA figures) than the other store closer to me. Making it even worse...there is a locally run toy shop in the mall right across the street, which routinely sends it's employees over every day bright and early to pilfer what goods do come in, so they can mark up to scalper prices. I have seen them walk out of the store literally with full cases of items, some of which have been specifically put aside by management for them. If you are not at that store 15 minutes before they open, or know somebody, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything you are looking for.

10-30-2015, 03:11 AM	#23895
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by 3233rafael I'm just surprised that in Tucson, your TRU will be so outdated compared to my TRU in a city that's not even very well know here in Texas. Seriously...if I walked you through our two local stores on a tour, you would be embarrassed, or think that we're some backwoods city in the middle of nowhere. One of the stores was split in half, the other half being turned into a Babies R' Us, and is loaded with so much peg filler junk that it's a cluttered mess. They also seem to think that TRU should be called Legos R' Us, because Lego's have literally infiltrated into all sections of the store, from the Star Wars section to the Barbie aisle...and that's on top of the 2 or 3 aisles Lego already fills. The second TRU store is not only a drive away to the other side of town, but it is across the street from the most packed mall here in Tucson, in which people regularly come up from Mexico and Nogales in order to do their shopping. You can literally find more cars with Sonoran and Sinloan tags in the parking lot than you can US tags on any given day. The store itself is always trashed with lots of empty wasted space due to the consumer traffic, and in addition, it carries entirely different items (for example, it's the only TRU that carries NECA figures) than the other store closer to me. Making it even worse...there is a locally run toy shop in the mall right across the street, which routinely sends it's employees over every day bright and early to pilfer what goods do come in, so they can mark up to scalper prices. I have seen them walk out of the store literally with full cases of items, some of which have been specifically put aside by management for them. If you are not at that store 15 minutes before they open, or know somebody, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything you are looking for. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 10-30-2015 at 03:14 AM..