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| (...) My understanding is that TRU refuses to carry Clikits anymore, and with TLG's major US distribution channel gone there will be no more Clikits in the US. The UK, on the other hand, has been getting exclusive sets for years, so Clikits may be (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | No more Clikits?
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| I noticed that Clikits sets have completely disappeared from the shop.lego.com website* (U.S. view) and from my local LEGO Retail store. Then I checked a paper catalog and saw they're not there either. Is this the end? -Suz * with the exception of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | TLG: Back in the black
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| (URL) From Forbes>: Lego Group H1 pretax swings into profit as sales rise 19 pct; ups FY guidance 08.16.2006, 08:18 AM COPENHAGEN (AFX) - Lego Group posted a pretax profit of 238 mln dkr for the first six months of the year, up from a loss of 202 (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | | | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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| In lugnet.general, Josh Breese wrote: .... (...) Getting pissed is our business, and we can do it how we want. I suggest not getting mad at us for protecting our assets and profits. Cheers, Selçuk (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: One really ticked off Lego customer!
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| (...) By an amazing coincidence, I just got an email from LEGO.com this morning that says that they have free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and when I go to (URL) they have the free shipping promotion right on the main page. That would take (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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| (...) I knew the price of the parts and that there would be shipping however I didn’t know about the new shipping price structure or the sales tax thing until the second page of checkout. (...) If I did, I would, but that is not the case. I am after (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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| (...) What do you have to complain about? If I place the same order on S@H I get a final price of 1182.25 SEK ($165.379 according to (URL) the fact that the average US person has 30-70% more money to spend than a Swede doesn't make the equation (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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| Wait, you are pissed because of their prices? Did you buy this without knowing, or did you see everything up front? If you already bought this and then realized what happened, then be pissed at yourself for not reading the quoted price properly. If (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Also, news from the Burlington store indicates that you can order from Shop At Home *from* the store, which can be used towards the loyalty cards (yum!). Hence, they likely changed the system around to accomodate this. Actually, since loyalty (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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| Ondrew: Lego switched to a fixed percentage for shipping a few months ago. As for sales tax, they only seem to charge it for states with actual Lego stores. Ken (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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