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(...) For "the lego company" I get: ace them polygon (It's not that hard to follow the instructions!) acme gel typhoon (hmmmm, not sure about this one) copy theme along (surely not! LEGO was here first, wasn't it??) cagey phone molt (not those (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I recently placed an order for 10 of one set, and they felt they had to call me the next day to confirm that I really wanted 10 and not 1 (thinking it was a clerical error). -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, you could call every couple days and place an order... (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) That might not work - there computer will catch the previous order. Unless you have 50 aliases... (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Stanley writes: <significant snippage> (...) From where I'm sitting, you don't generally come across as abusive. Harsh, yes - abusive no. $0.02 James (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) YES. Lego, you do this and I will personally guarantee the line's success. I will reach out through my contacts among the Latin teachers at the middle school, high school, and college level to make this line pay for itself many times over. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote (...) Cool. How about: Bring back pirates now. or PIRATES NOW! (please?) Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'd probably do that, just to spite them. Call's on their dime, not mine. :) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Probably mine as well. (...) I think I see where you're coming from, although your core reasoning here seems to be based on a misunderstanding. Tom was the author of this "prove it" post you're talking about. Todd, however, was not the person (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey. This is getting nasty. May I suggest e-mail? Or perhaps lugnet.off-topic.debate? Or .off-topic.fun, if you're enjoying yourselves? (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Boy do I hear that. Lucky for you, you don't like to hear yourself talk as much as I do, so the temptation won't be as great... :-) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:slrn85tp01.3ou....utk.edu... (...) It *should* shock the lady on the phone! There are only a few of us (I would guess) that do this on a regular basis. I ordered 2 of something once... (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-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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(...) material (...) "Poking around hotline servers" Ahh, another practioner of the black art... You know, this is what's so laughable about the whole situation. Uh, HELLO THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE. Copyright laws are a relic from the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Exactly. (...) thinking (...) acknowledged (...) Agreed, although I suppose my stance is more militaristic than most. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) us (...) No, not at all :-) What bothers me is how much ebay sellers ask for shipping. This other day, a guy wanted 5 bucks to ship a Message Decoder which only contains 32 pieces. After I politely pointed out to him that a set this size can (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) If it makes you feel better, you can call them 50 times and order each separately. *grin* (25 years ago, 21-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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(...) Then it shouldn't bother you, although I pity you those prices. It does bother me, though. Most companies cut you a break on price when you order large quantities. Given the "built-in" nature of shipping costs at S@H, it only makes logical (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, nothing is "free". I prefer to think of the shipping as "built-in" which is what it is, really. I guarantee you it costs them FAR less to ship out 20 copies of a service pack in one box to one address than it costs them to ship 20 copies (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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