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I had to call the Consumer Affairs people to replace some old black wheels as found in Technic set #8246 and old Blacktron I set #6941 (almost the same element except for minor details). I had recently purchased several of these from a fellow Lugnut (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yes, just last night I had a couple of those hubs crumble when I tried to remove them from old tires. They were gray hubs. (...) - (...) This is why we will see several part resellers and part trading sites spring up. You might buy 1000 and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Is it possible that you were charged a flat shipping fee plus a lower cost per element? Replace well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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To All, (...) as (...) these (...) wheels, (...) bigger (...) me (...) stand as (...) I (...) each - (...) price. (...) Hmm.. well, I don't see outside of the big groups perhaps (I would hope they would provide the train groups with something!), (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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Too bad you didn't ask in here - I have over 100 of those rims from 8246s, I would have let them go at $.10-15 each ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) - (...) Well, I believe there were probably all kinds of overhead with fulfilling your order that could be reduced or eliminated with the kind of plan proposed for Lego Direct. For example, your request probably resulted in a search for the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I just called Consumer Affairs to buy some parts that were missing from a couple of open clearance sets that I just purchased (I should have known better). I was quoted a price of $5.35 for a saddle, samurai knight fig, his armor & katana, a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I just hope we can get what we want overall. I'd like to replace lots of old stuff, obtain stuff I never had, obtain stuff they never made in certain colors, and have lots of greenery elements besides. I hope they will facilitate these (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I think that you "hit the nail on the head" Richard. They aren't doing this for charity. They are doing it to make money. And if it involves labor intensive processes, you can bet that the 5 cent parts will only be found in the buckets and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) It all depends on how it's handled. If I'm buying true bulk (thousands of pieces), I don't want LEGO to count out individual pieces -- weighing my purchases will be close enough, and is a heck of a lot cheaper than paying a packing-monkey to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) as (...) each - (...) for (...) intensive (...) buckets and (...) I know I for one will NOT pay more than $0.05 for any piece unless it is something like 1/4 dome/saucer pieces. Then again I doubt I would order less than 5,000 of anything (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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