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Re: eToys closing down
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:35:08 GMT
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
message news:G6LEzz.I16@lugnet.com...
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> "jonathan lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message
> news:G6LDEq.Dtn@lugnet.com...
> > This would be a stunning development if it could be substantiated. • Perhaps
> > the page hasn't propagated far enough yet, but I see only regular new
> year's sale announcements on their home page and secondary pages. Nothing • out of
> > the ordinary. I would love to hear if other people are finding this.
> Perhaps I should have been clearer
> This is etoys.co.uk
> I did only post if to lugnet.loc.uk of course, but I realise others would
> see it outside UK
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> regards
> lawrence
to quote their website
http://www.etoys.co.uk/html/other_sale.shtml?c=eg100D1
"The staff at eToys UK would like to take this opportunity to thank our
customers for shopping with us since our launch in October, 1999 and we wish
to express our sadness at being unable to continue to serve you. eToys.co.uk
has performed really well, quickly becoming the number one retailer of
children's products in the UK. But unfortunately, the disappointing recent
performance of the company as a whole and the negative capital market
conditions have forced us to close down."
Make what you will of the last sentance.
regards
lawrence
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| (...) Lawrence, I have an unfailing ability to figure things out only after I post messages. Still the closing of the UK store is a big deal and I had just combed the news wires and seen no sign of the news. It has since been announced in the news, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: eToys closing down
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| "jonathan lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message news:G6LDEq.Dtn@lugnet.com... (...) year's (...) Perhaps I should have been clearer This is etoys.co.uk I did only post if to lugnet.loc.uk of course, but I realise others would see it (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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