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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 (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (18 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 (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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I tried this solution out for myself, and it didn't produce the best results for rolling friction. Not to say it isn't a good solution, because I do see major improvements, but just that there is a better one. Adding the metal sleeve around the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Brick Blast Vermont>. This was are first experiance doing a mid summer train show and it was extremely hot and humid durring the event. My trains which have been running at shows for 7+ years would not run at all because of the friction (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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The seller has 15 of them! And the seller appears to have a track record of selling multiple copies of CDs and DVDs. Doesn't sound like someone selling off a few odds and ends from home. I think they are perfectly well aware of what they are doing! (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Farlie A" <alex@gfarlie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:J19JL7.u7@lugnet.com... (...) Seems like I came across a PC cdrom LEGO digital designer at my house the other day. Don't remember how, when, or where I got it, but nonetheless... This leads (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I picked up 300mm x 3mm rod just in a local hobby shop (URL) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Someone at Shop@Home mis-priced them. They cost more than 5.99 for dealers, WHOLESALE so I knew something was up, but it took them along time to figure it out it seems. Heck I bought our store stock from shop@home since it was cheaper than wholesale (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I bought a pack of the new road plates a month or so ago: (URL) costing CN$5.99 for the pair. Now I see the price is CN$11.99 for the pair. Yikes! That's quite the price increase. What gives? (Especially since I have a new kit based on the straight (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Cool, missed that part. Now...details on the sizing, where to buy, etc? I'm sure I could bore out some brass rod, but if you have a supplier that stocks the right size, it would save a ton of time... (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Umm yeah, well I think you missed the point, NO lube is needed In lugnet.trains, Peter Edwards wrote: (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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A slightly better solution may be to find similar stock in the pre-lubricated bronze used for bushings. I don't know the true name of the stuff, but if tubing of the right size could be found, you wouldn't need to worry about grease or oil. (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi all! This is in fact a nice idea! But I have one comment to make: this solution is causing friction between brass tube and metal axle, while the original solution is "rubbing" only on the very tip of the metal axle. The higher the diameter (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) wonder? Way better solution than knifing away plastic if it works... ++Lar (18 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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