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In lugnet.loc.il, Yaron Dori writes:
> In lugnet.loc.il, David Arnon writes:
> > Where did you address it? email or an actual letter?
> > I'd love to join your efforts and send my similar request as well.
> >
> > - David • <snip>
> Thanks for the support and hopefully by the help of the other Israeli AFOLs
> (I know were not a lot) we'll convince LEGO that it will be profit for them
> to ship to Israel also.
Hey guys,
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there's not much chance of letters like
that helping. I had a chance to talk to a LEGO employee who, IIRC, is pretty
high in the marketing heirarchy, at Brickfest 2001. Her name is Peggy
Connelly (I hope I got her name spelled right), and she explained to me that
the chances of LEGO shipping to Israel are practically zero, because of the
high MECHES (import taxes) and the small market. She was not just talking
about a small AFOL market, but a small children's market, which evidently
they have their sources to check this. I mentioned to her that, very
possibly, not many Israelis buy LEGO since it is so expensive in Israel. She
acknowledged that, but stayed in her position.
Of course I would love to see S@H in Israel as much as you guys! But after
this discussion I see very little hope for that happening. :-( (I'm usually
a very optimistic person.) Plus, the people reading these letters or
answering the phones, are not likely in any kind of position to make a
difference. Their influence is probably very little...
That is, of course, just my opinion, and you can feel free to continue
trying. :-) Just my 2 agorot. :-)
-Shiri
P.S. David, good to see you're back! How was - New Zealand, I think? Boy,
that was a long time ago... Are you still living in Jerusalem?
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| (...) Isn't there nothing we can do to convince them otherwise? At the start there were less countries that shop@home did shipping and only a while ago they added countries like Australia, France and some others, could it be that they only taking (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) MECHES? AFAIK the import tax on toys is only 17% (I checked it when I started buying Lego on ebay) hardly enough to explain the 100-200% markup we're used to pay in Israel. (...) I suspect you are right :-( The chances are virtually zero, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Dear David I blasted both shop@home europe and shop@home US with alot of mails and got some responses on the mails and also a few letters about how the internet orders is relative new to them and how they want to try it for a while in only a (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.lego.direct)
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