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In response to myself:
I WAS WRONG. LEGODIRECT AND BRAD JUSTUS (The legitimate one) DO EXIST.
Just wanted to help clear this up.
The hoax is the retraction posted to RTL, not the posts to Lugnet from Brad
Justus.
Note: I will not be deleting my first message unless it becomes appropriate
at a later time.
Kevin Salm
Kevin Salm wrote in message ...
> WE HAVE ALL BEEN SHAFTED!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> How gullible are we all--I guess very much so. After all, the email • address
> looked official enough. And we all want our greatest wishes to come true.
> But I think we all got burned!!!!
>
> I personally did not post a response to the introduction on RTL or Lugnet
> because my level of cynicism and skepticism held me back. Perhaps these
> were good instincts.
>
> Lego has never cared about us before, why should they now--regardless of • how
> strong a brand they want to have in the next few years. TLC has never had
> an accessible email address--now all of a sudden they open themselves up to
> accept email rants by the thousands!! Highly unlikely.
> The introduction told us that Lego Direct is not quite ready to handle our
> deluge of requests. This sounded fishy--any corporate move that occurs
> without being totally prepared can bring unexpected problems and disaster.
> I don't think that TLC would operate this way.
>
> To the individual(s) that cooked up this hoax:
>
> MAY YOU BURN IN HE__ !!!!!!!!
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> D. Jezek wrote in message ...
> > Has anybody read this yet? It was posted on RLT and I'm just quoting it:
> >
> > Subject: Thanks for your input
> >
> > Brad Justus wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who has written me. Too bad this is all a SCAM, there
> > > never will be any Lego Direct. How would resellers of Lego be able to
> > > make any money if all people bought were individual pieces? Hope no one
> > > got too excited from my previous post.
> > >
> > > Happy Holidays. And Play Well.
> > >
> > > - Brad
> > >
> > > Brad Justus
> > > Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
> > > legodirect@lego.com
> >
> > "The text beginning with ">" is not mine but somebody else's."
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