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(...) I can see the new & improved LEGO site fine with Netscape 4.7x under Linux -- but I thought I'd give it whirl with Lynx because I could always find the press releases easier that way. Problem is, when I try acessing it with Lynx (2.8.x), I get (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Could it be that Ryan and I are on the @home network or something? Perhaps the servers are pointing to the old website. (I am guessing now, I am not sure how this type of thing even works) My question is is the home page the same as last week? (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego New is Up (and ALREADY a mistake)
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Hey Tim, that's not funny at all! I can't see the new site on my PC either. However, I have a second PC here as well which runs excactly with the same Software. WIN NT and MIE 5.0. The two PCs are basically the same, but one of them shows me the new (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Are you using the same internet provider for both? Is it the same account you are using? I just got into work, cleared the cache on my Win 95 with Netscape 4.7 and low and behold... the old site. <stamping feet> I WANNA SEE THE SITE (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just fired up my laptop and connected to the net via my old and slow dial up account (Netcom, er I mean Mindspring, er I mean Earthlink). The site looks the same as when I access it via my @home account which is to say that nothing looks new. Ryan (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It also doesn't work with Lynx. It gives an error about cookies -- even though Lynx accepts cookies and works with every other site that requires them. (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now I am dissapointed. S@H UK, is headed "England": (URL) are full RRP, shipping is extra. Scott A (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Tell us something we don't know :-) (...) At least you can see the site :-( What does the home page look like? (I feel like I am asking someone to read me a comic over the phone) Jude (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego New is Up (and ALREADY a mistake)
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There's your problem - you still see the old site. The NEW site has: 2x6 Brick Black Item #3463 Light Grey Item #3464 White Item #3465 Dark Green Item #3466 Red Item #3467 Pictured above them is a 2xEIGHT brick. No prices listed on the new site yet. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The prices are there, but it's just a kinda round about way of getting to them. You need to click check availability, then you get to choose where you are located, then you get a price list. I think instead of "check availability" they should have (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) However, I (...) WIN (...) me (...) hard, (...) dissapointing, (...) PC. (...) makes (...) I'm even more confused... yesterday evening I saw the new site; now I only get errors when I try to go to the new site. What's going on?! (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I've already emailed them about it Scott... it got my goat as well! Steve "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:G0xK9p.Jrw@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Now Lego will only ship to England! Regards Lawrence ps my Grandmother was Scottish - McDougal My other Grandparents are Irish Wilkes is Dutch And my wife is Polish So my kids have a difficult time with national identity! Still at least they (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Yes, you get a list - the FULL list - it would be more useful if you got the price for the part you were checking on, rather than having to remember the part # then look it up on the full list. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> Do they have *new* bulk elements? Jude Blind to the new changes thus far... (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just got off the phone with the US S@H office (after dialing the Canadian consumer number 1-800-267-5346!?!) and was told that the Cdn fall catalog is not finished being printed and will not be sent out until the end of the month. GRRR...RRR!!!!!! (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Why does TLC collect GST?!? (was Re: Lego New is Up (and...))
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(...) Absolutely - I suspect we would all concur. Perhaps that is going to be "fixed" when the on-line ordering becomes available. Julie Krenz wrote: (...) Another good point. What really bother's me though is this: " In placing your order, you (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Tom, I also see this error. Interestingly enough, though, it's not the same error as on the original bulk page (old Lego site) -- the first time, it said 2x8 brick, but pictured a 2x10, if I remember correctly. Jeff (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi Jude, No, the set of elements is the same, allowing for the error on the 2x8 brick. I suspect that your problem has to do with retrieving pages from a proxy or from a local DNS which still has the old address cached. Be patient and I'm (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can see said the blindman!!! Finally :-) Jude (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:G0xIAE.DMI@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) ...so how come one of these went out on eBay on September 5 - see: (URL) ? The picture and text match the info on the LEGO site! Am I missing (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G0yCKG.2o2@lugnet.com... (...) something (...) ...but was this information generally available back then, or was this 'leaked' (or sumfink)? (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Sorry, no, I can't. When I access it now, it tells me that I have to accept a cookie, which I refuse to do. I guess I won't be visiting the Lego site anymore, until they fix this bug. Some of the folks having trouble getting the new stuff may (...) (26 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's a bug that it doesn't work with some browsers even though they do accept cookies. And it's bad design for the site to not work at all without them. But it's not a bug. Cookies which are sent back to the original server only are a good (...) (26 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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As Tom mentioned, that's the old site. However, I think I like the old site just a bit more. Seems that if you want to sell a product, you should provide all the info you can about the product in the most convenient manner possible. Not listing a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It is not the Australian national dish. That is Vegemite!! Marmite is English to my knowledge. Mutter, mutter Tim (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | S@H Germany, Joke of the new century
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Hi One of the german Lego Forum members just tried to order something from the new S@H Germany, what a joke, sorry we don't have that, sorry we don't have this,sorry that is US only, its not suppose to be in the German catalog, then the girl told (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | I still can't believe it's true! ()was: S@H Germany, joke of the new century
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Hi all, the guy that actually contacted LEGO this morning was me, but Paul: Thanks a lot for mentioning it here already. If anyone wants to know what excactly happened, read on. And Brad, I hope you read this as well! Since I am very excited about (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: I still can't believe it's true! ()was: S@H Germany, joke of the new century
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I have to admit that I wasn't exactly thrilled when I saw what is available through S@H over here in the Netherlands (from what I saw it's about the same as in Germany). The list is twice as short as the US version. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all again!!!! I know I am replying to my own e-mail, but something GREAT happened that pushed my dissapointment at least a far step away, although I am still sceptic. Wow, please let me share the latest news, since it's been an interesting story! (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Apparently Shop at home is working well at USA. I’ve already ordered from there, and it was a pleasant experience. You promised the same (or similar) service would be availible for Europe soon. Unfortunately, you forgot to tell us LEGO has hired a (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I think that is great that a manager called you on this. I have some thoughts and questions on this. Did she say specifically that she called you because of your postings on the Web? It is possible that the managers/trainers are actively (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hmmm.... Susan's daughter, perhaps;-) All seriousness aside, thanks for sharing, Christian-- I think that is a great example of how things are going to be different from now on IMO. I really believe that TLC has turned the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39C67132.AF7873...est.net... (...) great (...) I agree :-) I have been reading this group for quite a while and it saddened me that the majority of posts have a negative tone. For some strange (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This would be nice, but it seems like LEGO doesn't want to have the same range of products in every country. (...) I'm sure they'll do that at some point. It takes some time to print catalogs. (...) If they do make printed catalogs, they'll (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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Tim, I'm fully aware that shopping online doesn't necessarily mean low prices. Especially not in case of LEGO. But: I can get almost EVERYTHING (except for the bulk items, of course) at local stores, at the same price, sometimes cheaper than at (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi Ben, the entire story has been pretty easy, so here's a short version that may hopefully answer all your questions: I called LEGO S@H early this morning and I was very excited about how it works. I couldn't wait to place my first order. However, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Frank, I've been one of the most optimistic ones among all. I didn't like all these negative tones either, since I was too happy about each and ervery small step forward that Brad Justus announced. I kept believing that everything will be (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cool! I think this is one of the most positive messages we have seen from TLC that they really do want to reach out to us. I'd almost hazard that this is more positive than Brad's involvement here. To those that feel that TLC "just doesn't get (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There are MANY reasons for S@H to not undercut retail merchants. The world is not yet ready for retail merchants to be replaced completely by on-line ordering direct from the manufacturer. In the US, I can get 90% or more of what is in the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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