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(...) All administration, stocks, Shop at Home services are managed from US. When we call S at H in Canada, all calls are redirected in USA. It's not a question of dealing with stock or money or repaid some expenditure during a business trip. It's (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Death Star example is the baddest one. If you are looking for the regular boxes, in general, the Euro zone is pretty similar in pricing. Almost all countries have near the same cost. But in North America, it's different. Lego practice a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just don't understand The Shop At Home prices : Death Star prices : Europe : 369.99 euros US : 299 dollars exchange rate : 1.24 Technic mobile crane prices : Europe : 129.99 euros (1) US : 149.99 dollars exchange rate : 0.87 (1) 129.99 for (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Due to some DNS issues, BrickWiki has moved. You can find it at (URL). BrickWiki is also ready for some major content. So far, it's just Venkatesh, Larry, and myself. Remember, it is a (URL) wiki>. Anybody can write an article and improve it. (Yes! (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I did a version of the (rough) Royal Navy equivalent, the Sennet Hat (made of straw, but more or less the same shape). You can see it worn by the young lady here: (URL) Any ideas or suggestions would be very appreciated! If memory serves, I (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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"Andre Potvin" <potvin.a@videotron.ca> wrote in message news:IJ9Hwy.23z5@lugnet.com... (...) Can't answer all of your points, but on the exchange rate, the answer may be like this: Many global companies which do business in multiple countries set a (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you are truly serious about this request - which I frankly am rather doubtful of - you probably want to talk to a Bricksmith™ or some of the other few here who take on custom LEGO® projects. (URL) LUGNet #765 StRuCtures™ Bricksmith™ (URL) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is strange. A S@H order used to mean paying US$ with a credit card and getting whatever exhange rate VISA used for that day. I'm not sure where you are getting the 40% rate from though. I just checked the pricing for #10143 Death Star as it (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Salut Andre, don't know if you count me in those few big customers, but I didn't bought anything from S@H since last fall, I was waiting for an ajustement of exchange rate to follow the dollars but in January Lego kept the same rate, so I (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I would like to know if other customers from Canada are more and more frustrated because of the Lego's fixed exchange rate of 40% (normaly around 1.22). Why, if the free trade agreement exist, and the closing of facilities in Canada to concentrate (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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