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| [On the price of the new Imperial Star Destroyer in different countries] (...) My theory on the Australian low price (my pre-order is in!) is that 70,000 Australian declared their religion to be Jedi in the recent census, so therefore Imperial Star (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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| "Andy Lowe" <slipstreaming@ANTIS...NOSPAMcom> wrote in message news:H37n2A.GCs@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) Not only in the UK, by the looks of things. Having just checked prices in other countries, the Sterling equivalents are as follows: 172, USA (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Huw I completely agree with your comments. The Lego Shop@Home pricing policy in the UK has got completely out of hand. I'm afraid that it appears to me, a life-long Lego fan and consumer, that the company is now shamelessly exploiting the UK market (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Where are they being shipped from? In case they are shipped from Denmark to the EU, the VAT is around 25% (so that should be our reference). Two things come to mind: a) If they are being shipped *within* the USA (any plant there, producing (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Imperial Star Destroyer from S@H US$ 269 GBP 224 EUR 329, in Germany That's a massive GBP 50 more in the UK and Germany. How can this be justified!! Huw (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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