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Re: australia and new zealand, your moment has come!
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Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:30:49 GMT
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"Peter Callaway" <peter.callaway@stgeorgecl.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > No. It's a complaint they are too expensive everywhere else :-)
> > Like if it is going to be AUD 76.95 in Australia, how come it is the • equivalent of AUD 103.80 here in the UK?
> > Something doesn't seem quite right.
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> > lawrence
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> Depends on what exchange rate they used to set the prices with initially.
> They can't very well update it daily with the current plummet of the • Aussie
> Peso, but your point is well taken. I must say at the moment it is • actually
> cheaper to buy the stuff in Australia, so let's all give Jon Hayward a • call
> and get him to fill his bags up when he returns!! Compare some of the • prices
> at ozbricks.com with S@H UK and you'll see what I mean!!
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> I'll be keeping a keen eye on the prices, particularly the Blockade Runner
> (very tasty set!!). Perhaps Brad could enlighten us as to this seemingly
> huge discrepancy in the pricing system.
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> But I still think it's great news for the Aussies (and Kiwis)! Even better
> if the pricing system remains this way!! Be warned, my friends!! Once you
> shop, you can't stop!!
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> Pete Callaway
Brad alluded to the fact that shipping to Oz and NZ will be expensive.
Maybe LEGO is offering their products cheaper (and at a lower profit margin)
to offset the high costs of shipping. If the total cost (product and
shipping) of their products is prohibitive, then they won't move much
product.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
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| (...) Depends on what exchange rate they used to set the prices with initially. They can't very well update it daily with the current plummet of the Aussie Peso, but your point is well taken. I must say at the moment it is actually cheaper to buy (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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