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Brad....Brad....now, now.... things aren't that bad... (I know where you are coming from!!) (...) I remember going down the aisle of a toy section, most notably Toys R Us, for example, and having very much difficulty buying a Lego set with my (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ...and paying shipping costs, and having you taxes raised by the conversion rate (if you live in Canada), and never finding any really good sales, and waiting a week for your new set..... (...) best. (...) I think 2000 City Centre, which is (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) You are right... however, I have live in Canada but my main source of income is from American sources, and I happen to also have post office box in the US. So I don't have to worry about GST or conversion rates, however, I do know people that (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just wanted to snag this bit... 7% is 7%, and the currency conversion doesn't make it cost any more. I'm not finding S@H burdensom. If you compare prices, sure, we're paying more at S@H, but it's all relative. If you compare retail pricing (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "classic" (...) In the long run, I think we will find that "S@H exclusive" works in favour of AFOLs. Selling only through S@H means Lego can do a minimum production run, bung up a WWW page and distribute out of a couple of warehouses. If they (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But will it work in favor of the young LEGO fans who outnumber the adult fans by an unknown, but significant factor? (...) I do hope "bung up" has a different meaning where you come from. Around here that means you haven't had enough fiber in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) favour (...) Many kids have Lego, but how many of them are "fans" in the way adults are? While many kids like Lego a lot, you could probably find another kind of toy that would interest them just as much. However, I suspect most AFOLs are (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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