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Talking Barbie
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Lot of Vintage Barbie Items with Case |  |
4 Bids | US $15.50 | 5h 8m |
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barbie vintage head lot | |
0 Bid | US $15.00 | 7h 54m |
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Purple Barbie Talking Doll House 2 Story Fold Up EUC | |
6 Bids | US $3.25 | 10h 51m |
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Elvis Presley Barbie Doll Talking Action Figurine White | |
1 Bid | US $9.99 | 11h 5m |
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Barbie as Glenda the Good Witch Talking NIB | |
0 Bid | US $10.99 | 13h 13m |
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Barbie as Dorothy Wizard of Oz Talking NIB | |
0 Bid | US $10.99 | 13h 22m |
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Vintage CHRISTIE African American Barbie 1967 EXCELLENT | |
10 Bids | US $137.50 | 13h 50m |
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1968 Mattel Inc Ken Doll Barbie | |
0 Bid | US $9.99 | 14h 4m |
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Lot of Vintage Mattel Ken Brad Clothes Shoes Barbie | |
0 Bid | US $4.99 | 14h 29m |
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Lot Original Barbie 1962 64 BooksReplica Ponytail Doll | |
0 Bid | US $6.99 | 14h 41m |
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TALKING BARBIE AS DOROTHY WIZARD OF OZ RED SHOES | |
2 Bids | US $9.99 | 14h 57m |
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BARBIE PRINCESS PAUPER LARGE WHITE TALKING MOVING CAT | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 15h |
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Barbie Talking and singing Head w animals Microphone | |
0 Bid | US $9.99 | 15h 9m |
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Vintage Barbies Talking Barbie Farrah Faucet Dolls | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 15h 24m |
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1968 Case TNT Barbie a ton of Mod Era Clothes | |
7 Bids | US $66.99 | 16h 11m |
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Barbie Talking Townhouse Playset w Electronic Voice Features (2002) Sale Price: $249.99 Average Rating:   |
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Mattel Barbie Chat Divas Doll List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $22.95 Average Rating:  |
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Barbie Talking Shop‘n Draw List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $24.99 |
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With this Barbie Electronic Talking Shop 'n Draw Rolling Activity Desk, your kids will be saying,"It's so much fun shopping for food!" Over fifty feet of shopping activities. Just press the shopping buttons and Barbie talks to you! When activity roll is finished, desk holds an 8... |
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The Wizard of Oz Barbie Doll as Dorothy - Talking Doll w Light Up Ruby Slippers! (1999) Sale Price: $19.00 |
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Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia Sea Horse Talking Play Phone List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $24.00 |
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The Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia Sea Horse Talking Play Phone includes a Sea Shell Carry Case with a beaded strap. Your child can hear the voice of Elina with the touch of a button. For ages 3 and up. |
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Barbie as Glinda in the Wizard of Oz Sale Price: $32.00 Average Rating:  |
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"Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" A good witch, of course--and pretty as well! Dressed as Glinda, the good witch of the North from the beloved book and movie The Wizard of Oz, Barbie is welcomed to Munchkinland... |
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Talk With Me BARBIE Doll w CD ROM & More! (1997) Sale Price: $13.00 Average Rating:  |
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Talk With Me! Barbie Doll is a 1997 Mattel production. Once you program Barbie Doll, she can remember your name, Birthday & other Special Things! Doll's MOUTH really moves!! Set Includes a Barbie Doll approx... |
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BARBIE12 DANCING PRINCESSES TALKING PLAY PHONE List Price: $8.99 Sale Price: $8.95 |
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Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses play phone with carry case. Press button to hear the voice of Princess Genevieve. Also when you push buttons the antena lights up. Comes in a cute case for on the go fun. Batteries: 3 "AG13" included and replaceable... |
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Barbie Talk & Shop Supermarket Playset w "Talking" Shopping Cart (2000) Sale Price: $179.99 |
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Barbie Working Woman Talking Doll w CD-ROM (1999) Sale Price: $22.99 |
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Working Woman Barbie Doll is a 1999 Mattel production. Model #20548. Barbie can Talk & comes w/Computer CD-ROM; works w/your Computer. Included in box is a Barbie doll approx. 11.5" tall, w/long blond hair & olive green eyes... |
Discount the Talk
The pinnacle of the festival season – Diwali – is just a week away and there is a lot of discounts, exchange schemes out there trying to entice shoppers. It goes without saying that if they have managed to discount a washing machine (and pretty much everything else) for you, then the usual maximum retail price (MRP) is really about making money at a bigger margin, all at your expense.
The smart shoppers always come out in hordes around major festive seasons. In India, it roughly starts from the month of August and lasts until October. Abroad, the Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping binges are when the major sales happen. This period should be labeled the smart shopping season.
Ever wondered though, how some retailers in India might be undercutting brands? Let’s take the example of clothing brands like Barbie and Lilliput, which have dedicated stores in upscale malls like Atria (in Mumbai) and possibly elsewhere in India. I’ve noticed that some large supermarkets and hypermarkets that retail these brands will offer a discount to coincide with the single format stores and actually plug their sales as if it were something unique.
Seen those advertisements enticing you with ‘Up to 50% off on Barbie clothing’? Well, around the same time, the brand itself is having an up to 75% sale attheir in-house store. But in the shopping frenzy of buying everything from groceries, toiletries, stationery and food, people tend to do their clothes shopping in the very same place for convenience sake. So, the bigger sale discount offer on at the other branded store is hardly ever noticed.
I’ve actually visited a supermarket chain and a single format brand store in the same week, during a sale period and witnessed the stark difference. One is empty with sales staff trying to summon up enthusiasm to work through the day and the other is doing roaring business with people stepping on each other’s toes, trying to grab at stuff. Guess which is the successful one and which just got stiffed?
After observing this for a while, I’ve often wondered if I could walk into the supermarket and buy a pair of Barbie jeans for my neighbour’s cute little girl and ask them to give me the original brand discount of “up to 75%” and then tack on what they are offering of “up to 50%” and walk off with a whopping 125% discount on those jeans?
Realistically, depending on what I buy, let’s say I get 50% off from the brand (instead of the entire mythical 75%) and an additional say 30% off (instead of the entire 50% that’s being touted by the supermarket), then I still should get 80% off right? Well, it’s elementary math but not cool marketing from the supermarket management’s perspective and they never pass on this discount that the brand is anyway offering in the first place.
Otherwise, I would pick up those jeans, if priced at Rs 2,000 MRP prior to the sale, with the cool 80% off (if given) I would pay only Rs 400! Without this grand discount, at the supermarket chain, I’m paying (at 30% off) Rs 1,400. Meanwhile, I stand to pay less at the luxury store selling this brand exclusively during the sale period because it works out to Rs 1,000 at the 50% discounted rate value.
Not many people realize this and if they do, they are not questioning the wisdom of the great discount talk that is happening in these places. I wonder why? It’s your money and your right to ask pertinent and relevant questions, especially if your kids insist on using only branded merchandise. Without knowing it, you might be actually helping in undercutting the brand’s snob value, for the very things you buy with so much pride…and at such expense.
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How do you dress like Barbie?
My friends are already talking about Halloween and we decided to be Barbie! So how can we be really hot but not TOO slu++y Barbies? We'll be thirteen so yeah... And like, a sort of modern Barbie-ish... Thank you SO MUCH!
haha, you're thinking aheaaaaddd.
you could probably all be a different barbie.
one of you could be barbie it's a woman's world -
like with a breifcase, pencil skirt, blazer, round + flat
hat, and a ruffly blouse.
another could be barbie goes clubbing.
plastic heels, a dress, a cinch belt, etc.
get the jist?
you'd all have to have matching barbie wigs.
Talking Barbie Commercial 1968
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