I can't even imagine the twisting that would go on to explain this

[Raineyb]

http://failblog.org/2009/07/03/equal-pricing-fail/

They didn't even try to hide their shit this time.

I have no idea where the picture was taken. A friend of mine linked to it on Facebook. I thought you guys may be interested in seeing it for yourself.

And they say we're post racial.

:rofl:

[Brewman_Jax]

1. I'd like to see the shelf tags

to be sure that the boxes are in their correct places on the shelf. I've seen on multiple occasions the item-in-question, esp. if it's a sale item, is in the wrong place on the shelf.

[jmm]

2. I use to work at a toy store that did that

Not only would the dolls sometime start at different prices but regardless of how they were selling locally, pricing and ordering was done at a corporate level and they often did stuff that didn't make sense, the black dolls usually went on sale before the white dolls.

[Number23]

3. Was there ever a reason given for the price disparities?

[jmm]

4. They never gave us a straight answer

A supervisor and I asked our manager a few times. She'd make excuses then give up and say that the prices were determined at the corporate level and not locally by her.

We use to carry a gymnast Barbie. They started at the same price but when we had several white dolls and one black doll left the black doll was put on clearance. I asked why and the manager said it must not be selling. I pointed out that it must be selling since we only had one left. She replied that fewer must've been shipped to us. Even if that was true I questioned why didn't they put the white dolls that were taking up more shelf space on sale and she just said she in typical fashion said she didn't determine the prices and walked away.

[Chisox08]

5. Let me guess Toys R Us?

Not only the black dolls went on sale first, they always came in seperate boxes. At some store it made sense that the black dolls went on sale often because if they didn't they would collect dust. At one of the stores that i worked at the black dolls sold quickly and the white ones collected dust. But still at that store the black dolls went on sale more times than the white ones.

[jmm]

6. It was KB Toy Works

Normally I worked the register but once when I was helping stock the shelves and I saw some dolls that arrived with different prices I looked at my boss and said the "it's not selling" excuse wouldn't work that day.

[bliss_eternal]

7. The only time in history, that brown dolls sold out...

...were the days of the Cabbage Patch Dolls (to my knowledge--if I'm wrong on this, someone please feel free to correct me). Toy stores couldn't keep any ethnicity of those dolls on the shelves.

My cousin had one that she LOVED! Adorable and yes, brown! That poor baby doll was so dirty by summer's end. She carried her cabbage patch EVERYWHERE!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. It's odd you say that. I had a black cabbage patch doll.

I was born in '83. My mom could not afford to buy me a cabbage patch doll when they first became really popular, but she really wanted me to have one. When she got her Christmas bonus (on Christmas Eve), she finally was able to afford it. Being Christmas Eve, the store was nearly sold out of everything. The only one left was an AA cabbage patch. I loved that doll and I still have her. Her Cabbage Patch issued name is "Winona Gertrude", but I always called her "Winnie" for short.

[bliss_eternal]

11. What a great mom...!

Braving the Christmas Eve rush to find you a Cabbage Patch doll. Wonderful story, thanks for sharing it ! :hi:
I have cousins near your age. One had a black cabbage patch doll, who she took one look at and renamed "Cocoa." She loved hers, too!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. She is a great mom!

My best friend in the world. She raised me with the help of my grandma after my drunken father tried to hurl a cinder block through the window of our Toyota Tercel because she wouldn't let him visit us while he was drunk. She got me interested in politics when I saw her become absolutely livid when Dan Quayle trashed single mothers.

[bliss_eternal]

17. What a blast from the past...

...Dan Quayle. Remember that dork? I was also incensed that he decided to take on single mothers. I and many school friends, came from such homes. :grr::mad: Just pointed to the inherent sexism and racism of their party belief systems.

[jmm]

9. I could be wrong but

I alway thought that Cabbage Patch Kids were the first must have toys that parents were fighting in lines for. When my mom first got them for my brother and I she said you couldn't pick which one you wanted. The stores in our area gave out numbers and if you were lucky enough to get one you took what they gave you. She got two white ones but there were parents out side of the story trading so we got black ones the first year they were selling out. We later got white ones too. I think the black ones selling out as well as the adoption papers that came with them which could have names from any background go to show when parents stop making an issue out of ethnicity it becomes a non-issue for kids.

[bliss_eternal]

10. I honestly believe you are right....

It was the first "must have toy" that parenets stood in lines, and drove all over town for. I hadn't seen anything like it in my lifetime, it was the first. Not to be repeated again until Tickle me Elmo (or Beanie Babies)--not sure which came first.

You're also right in that the doll's ethnicity was a non-issue. Primarily because people had to get what they could. But they so different, so many thought they were just adorable! People were thrilled to have them of any (and every) color available.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. I think you are right.

I never cared that my doll was black, until another adult (my aunt) made an issue of it when I was much older.

[Kind of Blue]

14. What a shame and that hurts my feelings.

Kids just don't care until they're taught.

As an aside: I had it really good. My mom worked at Mattel when I was very young and our apartment at the time was basically toy land. It was SWEET :rofl: I still remember my black and white Chrissy dolls, the ones that you could pull the hair from the top of the heads. Those were the days :)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. My aunt suffers from the family disease: diarrhea of the mouth.

She just can't help herself, she has to criticize everything. I spent the July 4th weekend with her kids. The two of them spent a good portion of the day criticizing Mexicans. I had to keep telling them "YOU. ARE. MEXICAN!"

[bliss_eternal]

16. LOL!

:hug: I'm sorry that you have relatives like that. Suffice to say, so do I. (sigh):eyes: Well, if I hadn't disowned them. lol. Pm me sometime, we can swap stories. :hi:

[Kind of Blue]

18. It seems you can find her humorous...

"family disease: diarrhea of the mouth," "spent a good portion of the day criticizing Mexicans. I had to keep telling them "YOU. ARE. MEXICAN!"
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[firedupdem]

19. LOL!!

What is with that? :rofl:

You. Are. Mexican! We all have crazy family members!