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In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> gary tabener wrote:
> > $19.99 for 1000 pieces plus an extra 500 strapped on top. Not bad
> > considering that the same deal at the LEGO shops in the UK is £28.95. Do the
> > math, 28.95 times say 1.7 (rough conversion rate) equals $49.21.
> >
> > Please correct me if I am wrong but that sounds like we are being well and
> > truly ripped off here in the UK, and LEGO complain that sales are down, go
> > figure.
> Well, someone has to pay for the US-only support programs (Event
> packets, LEGO Brick Masters, etc), the seemingly omnipresent commercials
> on American TVs and to make the prices in America competitive with
> Megablokes.
Competetive with MegaBloks? Where have you been? Lego is priced at least twice
what the same same size MB set sells for here in the USA.
>
> So they _have_ to rip us off (not only in the UK, but all over here in
> Europe) to feed the US market moloch.
>
> It propably comes down to "Good Thinking(TM)" as it was used in
> the-other-issue-that-shall-not-be-named.
I won't mention that one either. It was not on my list of must do's. All seemed
fairly quiet until then.
>
> Yours, Christian Trezoks (who is sick of throwing money at the american
> market, too)
Steven Weiser
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