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Re: S@H on line pick a brick
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:42 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jordan Schwarz wrote:
There are indeed some pricing idiosyncracies.  However, a few of these work to
the advantage of the consumer.  For example, large spruce trees are now cheaper
(10 for $6.40) than the bulk bag (10 for $6.99).  The same is true for train
rails (8 for $12) versus in packages at $12.99.

In Canada the difference is more pronounced but opposite for the rails:

8 pack of straight rails=$18 or $2.25 each
online PAB per rail= $2.50 each

And of course every element I wanted and I looked at was available for 50% or
less of the PAB price via Bricklink (albeit not "new").



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  Re: S@H on line pick a brick
 
(...) There are indeed some pricing idiosyncracies. However, a few of these work to the advantage of the consumer. For example, large spruce trees are now cheaper (10 for $6.40) than the bulk bag (10 for $6.99). The same is true for train rails (8 (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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