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(...) Its not about missing the deal, or who got what. I have stated this several times. My comments were about TLC policies or lack thereof and giving fans equal access to out of production stock. That's it. If you think this is about some (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) How is there any favoritism on the part of S@H? Anyone can call S@H herself at 7 am on Monday if she really wants to know what the specials are before Tom posts them to LUGNET. It probably takes more time to update the site than it does to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Note: Larry has every right to buy any set he wants to in any quantity he wants to...if he can get 10,000,000 of a set, wants them and can pay for them, then that is _his_ business. Not yours. So, he happened to take the Nebula Outposts when (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) So, be constructive (like I'm trying to be... it's yet to see how successful I'll be). How would you suggest LEGO gives fans more equal access to stock, while being able to maintain their bottom line? I'm assuming no one here wants LEGO out of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) S@H has at no time showed any favoritism other than "first come, first served". Why are you bringing them into this? (...) I think you're confusing S@H with the Outlet Stores. They are not the same thing at all. (...) Again, *what* favoritism? (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Why is it that I only see this word in newsgroups and email, or on the Scrabble board? I have never actually heard anyone utter this sound. FUT .o-t.fun for lack of a better place. (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Aren't they both owned by TLC? And no, I am not confusing anything at all. I was suggesting a solution for TLC overstock -- whether it goes to the outlet store or to the S@H service is surely a matter of choice. I am hoping that in the future (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Do I have to connect all the lines for you to see the picture? The point of mentioning the Imperial Flagship S@H offer this week is to point out that S@H can and does handle warehouse finds/overstock items RIGHT NOW!!! Why TLC needs outlet (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Pssst.. I think you are being too defensive Richard, James is one of the most fair and level people on LUGNET - if you reread his post, I think you'll see that he was trying to help you by asking for you to explain yourself further. Followups (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I might have let that one get pretty vague. I was trying to suggest an internet model of business that serves an international customer base equally. I just didn't spell it out. -- Richard (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Sometimes, all you have to do is ask nicely and you find that people will make sure you get something you'd like but missed out on. Sometimes you don't even have to ask - they just offer, seeing the need. I've been on both sides of that sort (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Favoritism? Get a clue, pal. I stopped doing the S@H specials a while back because my job changed from being light in the morning to hectic and I couldn't put in the WORK of calling, collecting the data, making all the links, etc by hand (this (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) Yes, Indeed. Larry P. offered a straight sale on the Blue Hopper car that came out during our last "discussion" on items, I think this was from that one B store, I can't remember which. Anyway, I have one because of him, and I am grateful. I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Within the limitations of the business model (that is, people who choose to live in high tariff/high cost of doing business countries have to, unfortunately, suffer the consequences of their government's attempt to hide from reality) I think (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Agreed - I've quoted this post before, but I think it illustrates your point too (URL). Richard (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Richard, (...) Yes, Busy Bee, I remember that now. Thanks for the link! :) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You have GOT to be the #1 jerk of Lugnet for the above comment. I bought ZERO of them. But you know what? I could have bought them all, and you'd have ZERO reason to whine. Why? Because you could have called in, just like me. I live in CA, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, how true that is. You know, it's just possible that someone out there might have a Nebula Outpost, (6899) that he got months ago, or even years ago, that has been just collecting dust in their homes, not because it was unwanted, but it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Richard raises an interesting point, one which I hope the advent of LEGO Direct will adequately address. I've been geeting the irrits reading this particular debate (why hasn't it moved to .off-topic.debate yet?) with you guys complaining (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate) !
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(...) Is it really an interjection, without an exclamation point? ;) I say "feh" all the time--it's an old Groening-ism from "Life in Hell" for me, c.1983 or so. I don't know where else it comes from, but he had to get it from somewhere. best LFB (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Weird timing. Not too long ago I picked up armfuls of both of these sets on clearance at local stores ($5 for gobs of 6899 & $20 for a half dozen 6078.) I think I have one or two unopened stuffed in the top of the closet... (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ssssshhhhhhh! Silly facts like that don't work well with the "it isn't fair that the ELITE HAVES take all the Lego sets before we can get to them" conspiracy theory. :) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"RICHARD MARCHETTI" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fs5CLB.7xG@lugnet.com... [ ... snip ... ] (...) many (...) have (...) I (...) all (...) I have been to the Georgia Outlet store in person once and purchased over the phone twice. There (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Feh. :-, I'm also prone to saying "oy vey"...as in "A crucifix? Oy vey, have you got the wrong vampire!" Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Believe it or not, most of the stuff in the Outlet Stores walks out with non-Lugnet posting customers. The truth is that regular customers prefer the same sets we do for the same reasons. Take 100 regular customers and I bet 100 of them would (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) This would be perfectly on-topic for .market.theory, BTW, as long as it's about TLC and how it affects the market and vice-versa. If it gets into more screaming and name-calling and away from LEGO then it's probably better in (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Purely a question of curiosity, what does "geeting the irrits" mean? Is it a OZism? I can guess from context and I ask because it seems a neat phrase. ++Lar (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Doesn't count. It's still in print, not in my ear. Nyah, nyah! ;-P I think Lindsay (and why do I want to call him Leslie?) said it comes from "Life in Hell", which used to be better than it is now. Or maybe I'm thinking of Akbar and Jeff as (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Geeting the irrits" roughly translates to "my fingers are getting numb from too much typing and couldn't keep up with my brain, and my brain failed to register the typo". "Getting the irrits", well, I hope that clears it up. Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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