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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 8 Jan 2004 04:46:09 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.*stopspam*net>
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not
> sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am
> located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational
> division of LEGO is Spectrum Education.
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> The last time I spoke to them about purchasing from them (about 2 years
> ago now), they said that they were an educational supplier, not a toy
> store. Call it "once bitten twice shy" if you will, but suffice to say
> I'm not particularly keen on calling them again to see if they've
> changed their tune.
I'm certainly not an educator - but they sold to me (here in Texas) with
not so much as a blink. I guess you must be right about not competing
against other LEGO educational suppliers - that may well be in their contract
with LEGO.
Anyway - Pitsco have always been very expensive compared to mainstream
LEGO - I've only ever gone to them for parts that LEGO don't sell directly.
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| (...) Well I can't speak for NA, but here in Australia there are 2 suppliers, and up until about 18 months ago neither would sell to the general public, only to schools etc. but now they both have websites and you can order online, and both will (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational division of LEGO is Spectrum Education. The (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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