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| Ok folks, time to move this out of lugnet.lego.direct. :) (26 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| Well, whether you like it or not, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are all subordinate to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sharing her laws, defense, and currency. But I'd be the first one to support (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
| | | | | Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
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| This is all pretty bad when one sees it in black and white - I think I was happier when I only had a sneaking suspicion that I was being ripped off! That said, I'm sure LEGO would say that marketing in Europe is much more expensive as the markets (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | | Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
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| (...) I copied this to lugnet.market.theory Shouldnt forget that the UK prices include VAT, whereas their is no sales tax in the US prices. This probably accounts for a sizeable chunk of the difference I also copied in the German prices. These are (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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| First, I apologize for jumping into this off-topic discussion with another off-topic response but I'll do it anyhow. What Paul says below is MOSTLY true, with some reservations. My experience is now about a decade old, so you UK people can help me (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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