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Build-A-Bear 'pay your age' offer abandoned amid 'chaos'
BBC ^ | July 12, 2018

Posted on 07/12/2018 1:26:44 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

A cheap teddy offer which left shoppers with young children queuing for up to eight hours amid chaotic scenes has been abandoned over "safety concerns".

Build-A-Bear Workshop was offering UK customers a chance to buy any bear, which can cost up to £52, for the price of their child's age.

At Leeds' White Rose Shopping Centre police were called when queues of "about a mile long" formed.

The company said the response had been "overwhelming and unprecedented".

There have also been reports of long queues in US shopping centres, where the American company was also putting on the same promotion on Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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KEYWORDS: age; buildabear; retail
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This is happening in the US as well, as noted in the article. It's the lead story in local Pittsburgh news as the lines have been huge at the malls all day, but I haven't heard word that they've scrapped the promotion here.
1 posted on 07/12/2018 1:26:44 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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then those illegal alien “children” dont count because they’re mostly overage rapists and murderers..


2 posted on 07/12/2018 1:30:33 PM PDT by beergarden
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Baskin Robbins once a year would give a free scoop of ice cream away at the location next to my old office. People would stand in line for at least an hour for their free scoop....

Idiots...


3 posted on 07/12/2018 1:31:22 PM PDT by Professional
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To paraphrase another FReeper:
"I say old chap, gibs me dat."

4 posted on 07/12/2018 1:31:39 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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Surprisingly vicious for cute and cuddly, with only rudimentary weaponry. ;)

5 posted on 07/12/2018 1:35:14 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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The story sounds wild and about greedy kids, but at the same time, it’s good to know this many parents care about their kids that much. This is a lesson for marketers; sometimes it only take a simple idea, like the classic teddy bear to make a child happy. A real, three-D Teddy, not a video Avatar, not even a Holograph. Just a Teddy Bear, made of cloth, cotton and buttons.


6 posted on 07/12/2018 1:35:32 PM PDT by lee martell
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They closed the lines to anyone arriving after about 11am EDT. At that time the wait was rumored to be six hours. A friend of ours braved it and her daughter got the bear she wanted, but mom has vowed never again. She heard one woman was there with twelve kids.


7 posted on 07/12/2018 1:35:41 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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I never congregate where large groups of people line up for “free” or reduced stuff. It rarely ends well. I’m reminded of the food riots in “Soylent Green”.


8 posted on 07/12/2018 1:35:57 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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For heaven's sake!

It is stuff.

It is just not that important!


9 posted on 07/12/2018 1:37:06 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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They take EBT cards?


10 posted on 07/12/2018 1:39:22 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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A Bad Idea?
That would be to charge Adults admission in Disneyland, based on the bodyweight of that adult. I don’t expect to ever see that experiment conducted, at least not without armed guards to protect the Ticketmaster. Some adults could deal with it, especially many men. “If you’re fat, and you know it, clap your hands!”


11 posted on 07/12/2018 1:39:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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My son somehow had a “free cone” coupon the Coldstone Ice Cream (I think that’s the place?!).

He went there and presented his coupon, and the server person would only give him a CONE, no ice cream. He argued with her, and she said it was only for a CONE. He said he will NEVER go there again.

I love Baskin Robbins, my all-time favorite Ice cream is Jamocha Almond Fudge. There have not been any around here in years, so I always check when we travel. Looks like I might get some coming up on our trip later this year.

One year, the kids in Utah sent me some for my birthday (which is in February). They arranged for the shipping with dry ice and all. It was a very nice surprise.


12 posted on 07/12/2018 1:41:13 PM PDT by NEMDF
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There’s nothing simple or classic about Build-a-Bear. They’re grossly overpriced status symbols masquerading as toys.


13 posted on 07/12/2018 1:42:17 PM PDT by discostu (Every gun makes its own tune.)
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14 posted on 07/12/2018 1:43:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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I saw “build a bare” and thought it was about Stormy.


15 posted on 07/12/2018 1:47:36 PM PDT by DannyTN
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On my McDonalds APP I can get a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese for $1. Add the $1 Large Drink and it’s a steal.

Not sure if it’s worth going out for though. If I was driving by, it would be a different story.


16 posted on 07/12/2018 1:49:42 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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Destiny, USA in Syracuse was a madhouse this afternoon.


17 posted on 07/12/2018 1:50:17 PM PDT by brianr10
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Brilliant plan! Million bucks worth of PR for the price of a few bears.


18 posted on 07/12/2018 1:52:27 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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My daughter worked at Build a Bear in HS. She loved it. The kids loved the teddy bears and she loved working with them. Enjoyed it far more than working at Express in college.


19 posted on 07/12/2018 1:57:11 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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How much for a 2 month old kid? 2/12 of a dollar? (17 cents)


20 posted on 07/12/2018 1:59:11 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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