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(...) Right, I think that's what The Economist was driving at... that these sorts of inexplicable variances will, over time, either become explicable or become invariant, and that when they become invariant, competitive pressure will tend to cause (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:GpEHr8.Krp@lugnet.com... (...) snip (...) snip (...) snip (...) I can only second Jonathon's comments. I am in the UK and have ordered many things from shop@home - dozens of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GpFDv8.561@lugnet.com... (...) With LEGO's European wide e-commerce from Denmark there wont be any local price differences for VAT. However, they say that they must factor in the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I'm very sorry to hear of your problems. In the UK, I've had no trouble at all, with everything having been delivered within a few days of order, or of being made available when I pre-order. I always select the lowest level of delivery priority, but (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The guys at LEGO do not only make up this prices at random, in fact they have totally lost their minds. The UCS X-Wing now costs 209 EUR. That's madness - it's even more expensive than the Rebel Blockade Runner now. And talking about the amount of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.at)
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(...) According to a survey of the Euro in a recent Economist, one of the expected outcomes of Euro-isation is to make it easier to highlight price differences. Where the price differences are due to no reason at all, the expected outcome is that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) [snipped description of affront] That is pretty lame -- considering that football/soccer is a big deal almost everywhere except the US. (...) I'd guess the US team sets have happened because (a) soccer is very popular as a kid's sport in the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it's mostly a matter of the size of the market, though in that case Germany should see some specials also. It may also be a factor that probably the largest soccer fan base in the US is also pretty much the age range for LEGO (soccer (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I spent some time with the track workers when my company was developing some automation equipment for a railroad. Track workers wear ordinary clothes like construction workers. What you need is construction hats in yellow. Lester PS: Track (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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could they be running a converter on their exiasting prices - which are well documented as being different - untill they get everything straight ?? -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it's probably decided on a per country basis, taking into account local taxes, shipping costs and pricing habits (.99 is much more common in Germany than France, for example). Jürgen (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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After the introduction of the new European currency three days ago, I was very curious about what would happen to S@H's prices in the euro-zone. What now follows are my findings (which are by no means scientific - it just illustrates how weird their (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.at)
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(...) at (...) wheel, (...) right (...) If it helps: I ask, I even beg for big train wheels! (Smaller than 396 ones, bigger than 7750 ones.) And please add a hole for connecting rods and please make them in red and black.... To syncronise them (left (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snips> (...) Let me know when *that* set comes out ;) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes, but there are 2 teams in the set, and it does say that you can turn "YOUR SQUAD" into the US team, not that you can turn one team into the US team...so I still believe it reads as though there will be an Australian team in the set if I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sounds Good--excellent suggestion. My favorite minfig torso has always been the blue-collar worker guy with 2 breast pockets --> (URL) this minifig in Green, Red, Black, Dark Gray, etc. would result in me buying many, many minifig packs. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I'm sorry I have to mention this thing here, but after several bad and unsuccessfull deliveries I have enough! As most of you might know I'm a fan of Lego and it's products. I also like what's available from the Lego Online Shop. There are many (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Well, I have to grumble... I don't do it often, and frankly, I'm of the opinion that Lego Direct has been doing an excellent job overall. I haven't spent so much on Lego in all the years (32) I've been playing/collecting it as I have since (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Bert, this is generally true of _ALL_ items listed in the Shop@Home Catalogs. The January catalog is historically brief and a lot of items are not pictured but they are still available. In the way of a shopping tip: When planning your next S@H (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Pedro, This is just a guess based on my own experience dealing with distributors.... I think the reason the price is so great (only $40.00) is because these won't be available in the stores! Retail chains and and distribution add *huge* (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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