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(...) In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Stanley writes: (...) Sheesh. Even if you were, I still don't care. My hypothetical was about outlet stores and TLC favoring the few when they could favor a greater number of persons. And I really don't resent it. I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Gary, I'm not interested to start my own "Customize brick compagnie" ;-) But I can tell the Lego community how I do it. Customize theses bricks is not something easy but, I'm sure if you use the right tool, and if you realy take the time to be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Have you looked at the new(ish) Technic half-beams? These are basically 1xN female-female plates, except their height is 1/2 the width of a 1x1 brick. In LDraw measuring, regular plates are 8LDU tall, 1x bricks are 20LDU wide. The half beams (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I suggest you take your complaint to the store. Even if they can't change the policy of shipping within the state, they should at least be willing to let you reserve items to pick up within a week, and therefore should be able to call you (of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Richard, you still don't get it. This is in fact what S@H does, and in fact because of their pricing scheme, they make more of the person who orders 10 of set X than 10 people who order 1 each of set X. Why? Well first, the shipping cost isn't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) I'll make a brief point with my problem with all this. When I found out about the Lego Outlet I found some rather rare sets and posted them to the web. Then I went back and did a complete inventory and posted everything to the web. I go to the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Fs2Jow.4z7@lugnet.com... (...) points. (...) clue. (...) call (...) a web (...) Juno, (...) it's (...) Them (...) Them (...) after (...) called (...) inbound. I (...) right? So (...) people (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Marchetti writes: <sniiiiip> You're missing my point... go respond to Mike, he gets it. Perhaps you can refute him with less parsiflage. ++Lar (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) White, and I think they're called corridor wall sections. That is indeed what I want them for... ++Lar (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This is getting to be exactly what I think of much of what you post, Larry -- or did you think you had a corner on this market too? The difference is that I am not quite as self-serving or puffed up as yourself, apparently. My ideas are a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) I look forward to Lego deepening it's relationship w/ this community...I think it is a step in the right direction... I have a whole host of parts that I would like larger quantities of or in different colors... That said regarding the rest of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Umm... I don't mean to intrude or to point out the obvious, BUT let's all be aware that Communism is NOT alive and well in Russia. This happened quite some time ago... And, by criminy, people bought some cool toys, I didn't get any, big fat (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And they really _weren't_ worth much to the GP - otherwise there wouldn't be any left. I wouldn't have been able to pick up a ton of them at half price, both at Wal-Mart AND S@H (many times they were on sale for cheap). Please, people, you're (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But you obviously do. I see Larry has responded a couple of times within this thread so I'll assume he's covered how wrong your thinking is here. If not I'll come back, and when I do, please keep in mind that I'm _not_ one of the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Larry, I'm guessing you want these sets for the four grey "C" wall pieces (or whatever they're called)? If not, how much do you want for them? They look ideal for a couple of my projects. Pete Callaway P.S. As for this debate... I'm not even (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Marchetti writes: I'm gonna skip most of the rest of your drivel and just focus on a few points. (...) calling (...) Who said they haven't. Not sure what this has to do with anything. Whether it's them calling us or them (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Methinks he doth protest too much! A tad touchy about this subject aren't you, Larry? I label myself the "lego curmudgeon" which is intended to suggest that my incendiary mode of expression is half jest/whole earnest -- but not to be taken too (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) that (...) True, it is their job to pay attention to what fans want, but the bottom line DOES show that. Profit is a measure of consumer satisfaction. The fact is that what WE want is not necessarily what the majority of Lego consumers want. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I don't think that both sides in this debate are essentially disagreeing, just stating (seemingly) incompatible ideas. That is, I agree with both sides to some extent - I would like to see a "fair" distribution of LEGO, but I don't think there (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) and I don't. I guess I'm rather put off by this attitude. Economic reality is what it is and your wishing that TLC cared about us to the point that they lose money isn't going to change that. And I'm tired of you whining about it. That's (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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