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Subject:	Re: why does lego (and lego australia) hate online stores?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:45:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson writes: > Other than the obvious fact of shop.lego.com, is there any reason lego > hates online stores/doesnt allow stores to sell lego online? Do you mean specifically in Australia? That isn't the case in the US. Are there no online toy stores at all or just none that offer LEGO? Is there some set of laws down there that would allow TLG to prohibit a reseller from offering their product online? I'm not sure I can imagine how that would benefit TLG... John #388

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		Re: why does lego (and lego australia) hate online stores?
(...) I don't remember the exact rules but TLC requires that any store that wants to put LEGO online must have a minimum of 6 (I think) "Brick and mortar" stores. There was an exception for eToys but we all know how that worked out. This prevents (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

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		why does lego (and lego australia) hate online stores?
Other than the obvious fact of shop.lego.com, is there any reason lego hates online stores/doesnt allow stores to sell lego online? (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

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