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| (...) other (...) current (...) make (...) It appears that I have stirred up quite the hornets nest with this quote, so let me clarify some things. I do not think that such a practice is practical, but it is possible. Those who say that TLC would (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I believe that they have spoken, but the original discussion wasn't hard copies of instructions...it was scans of instructions for sets in the current catalog, and how this might have an adverse effect on TLC. Man...that's what my English (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Cataolgs, Justus and Lego
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| Ryan Dennett wrote in message ... (...) catlaogs. (...) tragedy (...) to (...) that (...) Brake the rules huh? I hope the high hopes you have placed in this Close Encounter of The Lego Kind will be fulfilled. (...) and (...) law) Big deal. I could (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Apparently Shop at home is working well at USA. I’ve already ordered from there, and it was a pleasant experience. You promised the same (or similar) service would be availible for Europe soon. Unfortunately, you forgot to tell us LEGO has hired a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| Tim, I'm fully aware that shopping online doesn't necessarily mean low prices. Especially not in case of LEGO. But: I can get almost EVERYTHING (except for the bulk items, of course) at local stores, at the same price, sometimes cheaper than at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) There are MANY reasons for S@H to not undercut retail merchants. The world is not yet ready for retail merchants to be replaced completely by on-line ordering direct from the manufacturer. In the US, I can get 90% or more of what is in the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Well, if that really is the case, you folks in some ways have it better than we do in the US. Very few stores even carry the full line of what is typically sold in the stores, and there are bunches of things like train track (which apparently (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Why not allow wire transfers? It's my understanding that this is a very common way of transferring money in Europe. (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| In lugnet.lego, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Hero sets? Could you please describe them with numbers? Jude (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Mail ordering is starting to bloom here in the sector of computer hardware. Often you can buy your stuff, especialy cables and extentions, cheaper over the internet than in a specialised computer store. I think that is because they have lower (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Even in Germany they don't undercut the retail prices. I went to the Goebel Porzellanfabrik near Coburg (Factory where they make the world famous M.I. Hummel figurines), and their factory store prices are at the German retail level. When USA (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Frank, I cannot speak for the rest of Europe, but I have always been surprised at how much more Lego variety I have found in German toy sellers, as compared to the USA. And I have been to over 100 German Lego retailers (in 13 visits to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:39CFB1E1.4576AB...ich.edu... (...) surprised (...) compared to (...) to (...) parts (...) I've been told by a couple of very reliable sources that the German market is much broader than other (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Sr. VP Justus of LEGO Direct.
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| (...) our (...) European (...) posted this letter (in October). In my humble, but "war-weary" opinion, I really don't care what continent's children the company belittles it self for. I just want them to strive for perfection in some division that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I thank you, Rose for your wonderful insight. It pleases me to know that a parent or two out there agree with me. It really doens't matter to me who the company belittles it self for, it just the sake of the fact that it is belittling its own (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Catalogs, Justus and Lego
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| (...) I am not sure that instructions scans would hurt their business. They dont sell instructions (though you might want to argue that are part of the set inventory I suppose) How would it hurt their business? 1. People making up the sets from the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Bull ;-) TLC will just price the bulk pieces high enough so that this is not economically viable. I just can't imagin them selling bulk parts for less than $.10-.20 on average, as that is what they cost in sets these days. -- Tom Stangl (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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