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Re: Mark's Zany Email of the Week 8/05/01
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Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:05:32 GMT
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Greedy little kids (most likely)... Always lusting for money... Telling other
how they can profit off of their hobbies... ;-)
I've received a few e-mails like this too. Don't these people know we build for
fun?
Anyways, thanks for sharin'!
~Mladen
BTW the $500 payment for instructions is funny too. ;-)
In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Here's the funniest email I have received this week.
>
> > xxxxxxxxxxxx@aol.com wrote:
> > Mark, I have to say your models are the finest creations I've ever seen.I am
> > what you might call a logo fenatic,
>
> (Ok, compliments are nice)
>
> > I just love LEGOs.
> > Oh sorry I haven't introduced myself, I am Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
> > and I have a proposition for you. Did you know you
> > could make thousands of dollars just by selling your model ideas
> > to the lego company and just imagine seeing one of your models in a box on a
> > shelf in a toy store.
>
> (Wow, I wasn't aware of that! Considering this email came from aol.com and
> not lego.com , I'm wondering how this person has the power to offer me money
> from The LEGO Company. ;^) )
>
> > Well, anyway your models, especially your Spacecraft
> > had me thinking. could you perhaps sell me one of your models or at least
> > instructions on how to build one of them
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> (Whoops! There's the request for a model or instructions!)
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> > I'm prepared to pay up to 500 dollars on one.
> > I'll give you time to think about that
>
> He hasn't written back to tell me which model he wants to give me $500.00
> for. Maybe he wasn't interested after all. I've had plenty of time to think
> about it, however. :^)
>
> Stay Tuned for next week's exciting episode.
>
> ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
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