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Re: TRU returning open sets
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:34:48 GMT
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I'd bet that stores toss opened/returned boxes and only send in the UPC or
similar part of the box. Bookstores return the covers of books to the
publishers for refunds and toss the rest of the books (I know, I've got lots
of coverless paperbacks at home). It just wouldn't make sense to pay
shipping on something that isn't going to be used in a constructive way
(from TLG's point of view).
Mike
Richard Dee wrote in message ...
> > If true, I wonder what TLG does with them? Can't resell them. Too
> > expensive to part out and reuse. I bet they dump them in the parts bins
> > that the Imagination Centers have...
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> > But I don't think it's true, mostly. I think TRU ends up tossing these
> > if they can't find someone to buy them.
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> > > Kevin
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> I understand that the spillage that occurs on the shop floor,
> (in the factories), are distributed to local orphanages. I
> would imagine that the same would be done? After all, they
> would receive tax credits for that, wouldn't they??
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| (...) "If you bought this book without a cover, please be aware that sale of this book may have been unauthorized. Neither the publisher nor the writer have gotten any money from it" I mean, really. Pirating Microshaft software is one thing, but (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:17:12 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) I understand that the spillage that occurs on the shop floor, (in the factories), are distributed to local orphanages. I would imagine that the same would (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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