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Re: Discount code clarification and update
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:35:55 GMT
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"Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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--8<-- snipped as its not my place to comment as I'm not american either :)
> [1] Here in Australia, LEGO sells sets to toy shops for whatever price.
> These shops then have a 40% increase on this price to reach RRP. Why then
> does S@H have to charge HIGHER prices than the shops here charge, when • they
> (A) should have a cheaper starting price than the price in Australia, as
> they aren't having to cover a shipping charge to begin with, and (B) don't
> need to add anything to the base price, as at that price they are making • the
> same profit as they would expect on a normal sale in a shop here...
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> [2] With the current shipping prices:
> 3918 coast-guard key-chain
> $4.99 Aus,
> $ 50 Aus postage to Australia...that's the only option.
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> HOWEVER:
> 3918 coast-guard key-chain
> UK 1.99 = $4.99 Aus [approx]
> UK 2.95 postage [rougly $8 Aus]
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> Drome racer key-chain[similar to 3918 in size/weight]
> $2.99 US [roughly $5 Aus]
> choice, cheapest being $2.95 US.
>
> $2.99 US
> choice of postage, cheapest being $4.50 US
>
> And posting it here in a bubble-wrap envelope from any of these countries
> wouldn't we anywhere near $10 Aus, let alone the roughly $45 difference • with
> the US !
>
> Anyway, just my 2 bob
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
You have to remember LEGO cant be seen to be undercutting shops by selling
directly to the customer at a lower price. The shops would just stop
stocking their product.
(I do agree that their postage is a bit steep tho ,and is a major
contributing factor to my hesitance to buy from S&H regularly)
--
James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
#925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado
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