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Apparently, this isn't new, but I don't remember seeing anything about it on LUGNET before. In the Parent's section at www.lego.com, there's a sweepstakes running from now until the end of April. The sweepstakes is only open to US residents. The (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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Woohoo! LEGO FOR LIFE!!!!! (...) Awwww..... that's not 'Lego for life! That's only 'Lego for three months'! :) Think if it were REALLY 'Lego for life', and any of US regular LUGNET-ers won, we'd put 'em out of business-- but on the plus side we'd (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Uh, is that $2,000 worth annually for life? :) Otherwise it would just be Lego for a Year for a lot of us. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "Lego for life" Hmph. That's not even Lego for a year! Poorly designed form, too. They seem to have a really low expectation of how much Lego people own. Also, with no room for comments, they're putting blinders on their marketing division. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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$2000? BAH! That's Lego for ONE DAY. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Fatal flaw in that sweepstakes I hope they correct - one entry per EMAIL ADDRESS. Anyone that owns a domain like I do could enter as many times as they want to take the time to (I didn't, I only entered once, though I might enter my wife). (...) Tom (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup, me too. 'Course, I probably have 10 or so legitimate e-mail addresses also... (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they obviously have their sites set too low. I can't believe the "how many LEGO products do you own?" topped out at 10. Geez. (...) It could be they didn't want to scare off casual users/buyers. "Who the *heck* would own 100+ sets? Those (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, that was kind of a disappointment... I would have expected at least something like 20 or maybe even 50... (...) I think probably there's more of a danger in it in this respect. If you bought your kids 12 sets, and you therefore fit in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) I can't think of *anyone* I know, nephews and neighbors included, that don't have either 0-1 or 10+. James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know a few... mostly, I'd say people fall in the "under 10" category or "way over 10" category. My younger brother and sister's collection (they don't care for it nearly as much as I) is about 4 or 5 sets... Also, our neighbors family has a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> I guess this begs the question however. Would these people be going to the LEGO web site and filling out the form? If they are not that "into" LEGO I would guess not. I am sure that there are plenty of folks out there that don't have (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) inside (...) True. I was just thinking that with Primo/Duplo, then Lego, it's really easy for a family to climb past 10 sets, especially when you consider the dozen or so sets under $5.00. Also, it strikes me that the people who aren't into (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep. That's exactly why I said I'd expect to see numbers VASTLY in the 10+ range, and maybe only a couple token entries in the less than 10 categories. Hence, despite the fact that the 'majority' of households have less than 10, the data will (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah no kidding. We're running qmail on our mail server, so mattdm-[anything]@mattdm.org is a valid e-mail address. I could legally enter a very large number of times. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Heck, I could enter (any alphanumeric combiniation)@shades...-night.com and it would be a valid e-mail address. Our domain is currently set up that way to avoid mis-directed mail (typos, etc) James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> I filled out this form, but I really didn't understand this part of it: By completing this form, you agree to receive future messages from LEGO. Please tell us if you do NOT want to be contacted by the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That was my initial reaction, but it depends on how much this sweepstakes is promoted. Offer someone the chance to win $2,000 worth of a pricey line of toys, and they are *much* more likely to give you some marketing info, regardless of their (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm... $2,000 worth of lego toys, eh? How many old Yellow Castle's will that buy me? :) DaveE (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I interpreted it the same way you did. You're absolutely right, it was poorly worded. The "do not contact me" option directly contradicts the "By completing this form, you agree to receive future messages from LEGO" statement. Steve (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sort of like: if one hundred AFOLs showed up at Enfield's front gate and said "we would like to speak to marketing". Think TLG might get the idea that somethings happening out there ? Ray (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote: [snip] (...) So call me slow, but I just found this on the parent's section of the TLC website. I think all of us childfree AFOL's ought to enter, and to underscore our CF-ness, put "don't have any" in the "First Child's Name" (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just tried this and it didn't work! :-( It replied "Forbidden: can't access 'cgi-bin/somethingorother'". What happened. Is LegoCo's page broken? Or do I need to try this again from a different PC? Thanks. Franklin (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) worked for me, woo hoo! 10+ sets, ha. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't work for me, either. Damn, guess I'll just have to stick to my tight budget. BTW, I don't think any of you would spend $2000 in a day and probably not in a m a month either (though obviously not enough for life) because you have to buy (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hohum.....Yet another international company ignoring their international customers by running a "US residents only" competition. How many times have I seen that? Hey, you guys at TLC, WAKE UP!!! The rest of the world buys your product, so how (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I *know* there are people out there with a bigger budget than me, and although I haven't spent $2000 in a day (yet), I've certainly spent $2000 in a month. James (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll second that, Peter (hope the toenail recovers quickly) hey what about starting a petition, which we could send to Lego Australia, asking that WE are also provided for stamping foot( I want an Australian Shop @ Home!!!!) After waiting with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Grrr... Dosn't work for me either. Tried both Navigator and IE! :( Maybe when I go home tomorrow I'll try it again. What I got is "Forbidden: You don't have permission to access 'cgi-bin/blahblah'". Maybe it's checking the ISP info or IP or (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that LEGO America, Inc, not TLC, is running the contest. (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FLoH8C.5Jy@lugnet.com... (...) in a (...) to (...) 4558 (...) although (...) month. Didn't work for me either. Don't think I"ve come close to $2000, but this month I bought $700 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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"Jason Brown" <jmbrown@mines.edu> wrote in message news:383AE9A3.26B2C4...nes.edu... (...) The Forbidden error (403.1 It think) is that they screwed up and don't have the right permissions on that section of the website. When the CGI script tries (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You know, living in Europe, I see so many examples of this, and I have to agree with Peters sentiment completely. Is there a *real* reason for making it US only, or just laziness, or bad company inter-communication? Because as a company that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com (Richard Franks) wrote in <FLoyHL.Gx7@lugnet.com>: (...) There are a lot of legal issues about how to run a competition in the U.S. Obviously lots of companies figure out how to do so, and end up using all the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Whilst that may be the case with international competitions, TLC has set up regional head offices in all the countries it distributes to, staffed by locals who (I assume) know all the legal pitfalls with running competitions. Why can't they (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Peter, If this is any comfort, the situation in Israel isn't much better. I didn't know by how much it was off until I moved to the US (three months ago). But I know now. For contrast, let me tell you this - I used to buy Lego's through (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Is anyone else having trouble submitting the form? It gives me an error saying "You are not authorized to view this page". I guess I'll check back tommorow. Jaka (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, me too. This is very annoying... but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know how to solve this? (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I tried as well, both Explorer and Navigator, both crashed. :( $2,000 LEGO for life? Huh, more like a few months! :) Scott S. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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I could spend that in 10 minutes, if it were handed to me as free money only to be used for Lego ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I actually just spent $2,000+ in one Lego purchase for the first time a couple of days ago. The closest I had come the the $2K milestone before was $1938 at Toys R Us this summer. I wonder how many other people have spent $2K plus on one (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The most I've ever spent at one time is around 1700 US, actually. Although I found out that TRU gives you a discount if you spend over 1000... a whole 3% off! I hope you asked for it, Mike!!! (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) couple (...) at (...) I actually beat you in this category? I still don't believe it! (...) I actually got him to go 10% off, which wasn't much! Mike (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the most I've ever spent on Lego in a night was about $1300 - but that was split between two Target stores. Probably scored well over $3,000 worth of retail priced sets that night. (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, I must be cheap or something, because the most I've ever spent at once on LEGO was $250. (Anything more is frivolous.) But you don't want to know on what (Yellow Castles on clearance at $24.99 in 1984). I average about $200 a month. But (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're right.. we didn't want to know. Man. I would have loved to have had one or two extra 375s to go with my first, back then (not that I wouldn't now, of course..)(BTW, I was five then.. ;) ) Dear Lego.. how about more sets like 375/6075? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I can't submit the form right now: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/collect.cgi on this server. Has this page not worked for the past two weeks, or is it intermittent? Naji (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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