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Wayne Watson <[log in to unmask]>
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It appears their stores are not closing simultaneously. A friend told me 
that one in Palo Alto, CA closed a month ago.

Wayne Watson wrote:
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> institutions.
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>
> Well, it's 40 miles to the closest store, but it may be worth the trip 
> if they have a couple of the items I saw a few weeks ago. One was an 
> electric sign whose characters moved across the screen, and there were 
> some interesting digital frames. If I could figure out a few more 
> reasons to go ...
>
> Paul Orselli wrote:
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>> Any bargains to be found are strictly "in-store" because the 
>> Discovery folks are just closing the brick and mortar locations while 
>> maintaining their on-line store.
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:03:22 -0600, Amanda Chesworth 
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote, in part:
>>
>>  
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> Are the sales only at the stores and not online?
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Knowing how "frugal" most museums are ---
>>>>
>>>> All of the Discovery Channel Stores nationwide are closing, and their
>>>> clearance sales have just started.
>>>>
>>>> <http://shopping.discovery.com/CS/storelocator.html?
>>>> footnav=storelocator_rs>
>>>>
>>>> Happy bargain hunting!
>>>>
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