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(...) I don't think we have seen this type of deal from Shop At Home for a few years, but in the 1990's it was offered most years. Some past discussions about similar offers are here --> (URL) the first 5 discussions listed here --> (URL) no one yet (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In one of my 2002 catalog there is a card for a surprise bag offer when ordering from the catalog. Has anyone done this before? Does it turn out to be worth it? What sets did you get with this deal in the past? The deal lists two Surprise Bags, one (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
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(...) The 129EUR is approximately the price in shops here (800FF). 88EUR seems very cheap, maybe I should order before they spot their mistake? Jürgen (23 years ago, 6-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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| | Re: New bulk discount
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(...) I tried only ordering from Pages 30-31, and it didn't work either. I tried online, and with two different phone reps. The second rep suggested I call customer service at 1-800-835-4386 when they opened. I did have a happy ending. I called (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Shop At Home catalog Engine Shed
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(...) Full Sized 396 ones in black, with & without flanges (4-8-8-4 Big Boy!) Josh (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Delivery criticism!
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Lawrence Wilkes (<GpFHst.HAE@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:21:56 (...) I have. It took over a month and many phone calls to get one of my (not so) recent orders. In the end they sent it again. At the time I wasn't paying too much (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think you guys are missing what's printed on the page in the catalogue. In mine at least it says the discount is on packs bought from pages 30-31 in the catalogue. NOT on any and all packs you want. Could that be the problem? Eric (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just tried this and it didn't work for me. My catalog code was "J111". Did you use a different one? Mark (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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John, When you are on the shopping cart page, there is a place towards the bottom to put in your catalog code (from the back of the catalog). I just checked, by placing some trees in my cart, and applying the catalog code did get me the discount. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) discount? (...) Related to that, I was unable to get the free t-shirt with the $75 order online before Christmas-- the item number kept getting rejected so I ended up ordering by phone to get it. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ditto. I just verified this by attempting to order 15 copies of grey 2x4 bricks. I got all the way to "Submit Order" with no discount being applied. x-post & FUT lugnet.lego.direct so that someone from Lego sees & (hopefully) answers. thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Euro: one currency does not mean one price :-(
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Wessel inspired me to do my own little survey. My pick was slightly different; not so much the high end of the range, but across the themes and prices (and more or less my own taste ;-). I found some strange stuff....... My pick: 7191 Collector's (...) (23 years ago, 5-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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| | Re: Shop At Home catalog Engine Shed
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(...) And make some without flanges, too! ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry if it wasn't clear but I was agreeing with you... this is an inexplicable variance that over time would expected to become invariant, hopefully at the lower price points. That's the thesis of The Economist, and my hope as well. (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GpFJ64.LBE@lugnet.com... (...) No. I meant there isn't any VAT difference at all, now. Period In the EU VAT is charged at the rate of the selling country, not the customers country. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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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| | Re: Delivery criticism!
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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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| | Re: Delivery criticism!
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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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| | Re: LEGO direct query of the week
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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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| | Re: Shop At Home catalog Engine Shed
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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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| | Re: Shop At Home catalog Engine Shed
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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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| | Re: LEGO direct query of the week
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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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| | Delivery criticism!
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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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I Agree. I would really like to see Conductor Charlie and Engineer Max minifigs. And how about some passenger minifigs with back packs and lugguage, and please don't forget some female minifigs - very important. While I'm at it, how about a historic (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, Ffestiniog and Tal-y-lyn railways. (I just didn't want to have to look up the proper welsh spellings...I guess I was expecting too much by using the common initials, like if I had used ATSF or BN or SP or suchlike :) (...) So would I. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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More thoughts on a train mini-figure pack - - I could see the track workers set being comprised of an engineer, a ticket checker and four construction worker types. - For more play value, include a hand car or other mini-maintenance vehicle that can (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, what's "FR or TR"??? If *I* don't know what it is, it may not have much draw to US train fans as none of them will know either. May do well with the subset of UK train fans who know Wales, though. (...) Those are hard, minifig pack is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What would be really neat would be a working party like some from FR or TR in Wales in the 50's. School Jackets and all... I'd like to see some older looking (historic) minifig sets. The stuff that was faked up for the April Fools joke would (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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