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NZ spares stock buyout? (was Some disturbing news
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:04:03 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@avoidspamNOVERA.COM
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Mark Harrison wrote:
> I had seen a glimmer of hope when my contact said that all spares stock from New
> Zealand was being transferred to Australia, but Sydney recently changed there mind
> saying it was not worth the freight and import duty costs to move and would be
> sold off in NZ.
And around we go again. If THIS is true we need to mount an effort to
buy these. Now, the last time this was talked of, there were some hard
feelings engendered. SO I will just say that I am willing to participate
if NZ fans can't finance the whole thing themselves.
How about it? Can Sanjay or someone contact the appropriate people? Or
is it too late already?
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 | | Re: NZ spares stock buyout? (was Some disturbing news
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| (...) It is probably too late now (but I shall check today). The Service Packs were made available to retailers at 50% off. There was limited stock and not all packs were available. My $500 order made a serious dent in the stock available (and in my (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: NZ spares stock buyout? (was Some disturbing news
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| (...) It's too late. My Lego source said that it was too expensive to ship them over, so they were sold off in NZ, or as she put it "liquidated" (Arg! I had nightmares of a technicoloured Lego soup!!). I trust Lego NZ did not "liquidate" the way (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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| Hi Peter, My contact at lego in Sydney told me this three months ago and I passed it on to people on rtl and lugnet at the time, of course, no-one believed me, they said it couldn't happen in the US. I've been getting bulk lego from Sydney for two (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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