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Re: Adults Are People Too!
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 03:07:49 GMT
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Peter Callaway <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message
news:FJxMBo.7My@lugnet.com...
> Try this on for size. Here are some USD equivalents for what we pay for • sets
> in Australia. Star Wars Snow Speeder USD$35, X-Wing USD$57, Mos Espa Pod • Race
> USD$147, even the Landspeeder costs USD$12. It is rediculous! We get • ripped
> off on our little island. All other Lego sets are equally expensive.
<speaks in lousy Aussie accent> ......aww come on Peter.....throw another
shrimp on the barbie will ya......ripped off??? Those prices are absolutely
dirt cheap compared to what kiwi's have to pay across the ditch ;-)
.....geez....pass me another seex pack....the kiwi humpback's hardly ever
been lower against the USD.....
> Do any other Aussies feel equally ripped off
Kiwi's have reason to feel ripped off as well....with LEGO NZ having closed
in September, NZ is now considered a seventh (assuming I'm correct in
thinking Aussie has 6 states) state of Australia.
Sanjay
--
Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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| (...) Is that why so many of you come over here and live in Bondi?? (...) Don't forget the two Territories, or someone with an even worse Aussie accent than mine will do something nasty to you!! Drawing a very long bow I guess I was speaking on (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Thanks for the offer, Tom. You never know, I may take you up on it one day. At the moment I have friends and relo's living in the USA which I am taking full advantage of at the moment. Even with the Aussie Peso doing poorly against the US (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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