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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 5 Aug 1999 17:11:53 GMT
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OK it looks like Mark let the other shoe drop......
Yeah I knew about both New Zealand and Australia, but I saw no good in telling
everyone. I kept the rage bottled up inside.
Hey Mark, tell them the story about the bulldozer and the old Lego parts. That'll
really get their blood pressure up.
Gary Istok
Mark Harrison wrote:
> Don't worry John,
>
> NZ wasn't the only country that offered sale of bulk bricks until recently. The
> service was always available in Australia. I made use of it occasionally but my
> problem was that the parts I wanted bulk amounts of, Lego Denmark didn't make
> anymore, eg. classic windows and doors and train windows and doors in specific
> colours.
>
> Most lego maniacs in Australia aren't on the internet or just lurk. We have never
> needed a network to obtain parts, we just rang lego and ordered them, whether it be
> one part or 100,000 of a part. As this service that we have taken for granted has
> dried up, there will likely be a lot of delurking soon.
>
> There has even been rumours that Lego's presence in the region may be shrunk back to
> be based in Singapore for the whole Asia/Pacific area.
>
> Mark H.
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> John Neal wrote:
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> >
> > I hope I made it clear that my sour grapes are not directed at Sanjay, but rather
> > to the policies of TLG. (except for the auc comment;-) I envy his opportunity,
> > and bemoan the fact that TLG doesn't provide it to all.
> >
> > -John
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| (...) EEP! I don't like the sound of that already! -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Don't worry John, NZ wasn't the only country that offered sale of bulk bricks until recently. The service was always available in Australia. I made use of it occasionally but my problem was that the parts I wanted bulk amounts of, Lego Denmark (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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