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| (...) Right. But let's not forget that many of us are FAR more enamored of Lego the PRODUCT than Lego the company. Aside from some recent slips in quality control (colors, mostly) Lego the PRODUCT has never let us down. Lego the COMPANY, though, has (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I agree with you. No one can disagree with what you said. But why "shoot the messenger"? I prefer to be outwardly optimistic, and reserve cynicism. Just my personality..... (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Well... uh, I don't think I am advocating that, nor have I really seen anyone else DO that. I'm sure Brad is an ok guy. I'd like to meet him some day. Anything I say, good, bad, or otherwise, about Lego the _company_ isn't meant to "shoot" (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) BAD choice of words on my part :>( . Jump to conclusions may be better.... I agree. I am a "show me" person, too. I just think that we need to wait to see TLC ante-up before swamping them with legal talk. Let (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) And then Lego, the company, starts talking illegal legalese right at the beginning. It sort of got to me, because, well, I'd hoped those sorts of things were over with. No go, apparently. Note that the posts madde bry Brad the person as (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Of course, there's always the possibility that he's a very close relative of "Susan Williams".... :) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I met Susan a few years ago. She was very nice and, to top it off, quite the hottie. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Hmmmm...could be...I see a conspiracy developing...Brad Justus... Brad "Just Us" (as in, "just us playing around...") Brad Just "U.S." (no bulk parts outside of the U.S.) Brad "Justice" (we're finally going to be judged by TLC) Or, how about (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Anagrams. If his full name it "Bradley Justice" we get "rejects audibly" From plain old "Brad Justice" I get "arid subject" BTW : From "the lego group" I get "ghoul protege" Scott A Anagrams from: (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I thought shipping was free on all items? Besides, you're only speaking to a clerk behind the phone who doesn't have the power to make a decision on how shipping will cost. By reading less than a half of this thread if I was Brad, I'd be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Shipping is "free" because it's included in the price of each item. Which is nice when you're ordering one or two things, but when you're ordering 100, it's silly -- you're paying a huge markup, and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Well, technically it is. But, S@H charges 10% more than retail, so most of us just consider that 10% a shipping cost. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Depending on location. Here in Hawaii, retail costs are about 10% more than S&H prices. For example, the super street sensation is $149.99 here at TRU. When the 6090 royal knight's castle first came out, it was $159.99. So it actually comes (...) (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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| 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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| (...) 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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| 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| With the speed of their ordering system some days, calling 30 min later would make it a different box. I've called to add something on, and missed the original order - one time, I called only FIVE minutes later, and the first order was working it's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Wow! Tom, they must really like you there. I have called a day after I made an order and they said, "Oh we'll just put that in your current order!" That was cool with me at the time, but when it comes to costing them money, I thought it would be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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