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Subject: 
Re: Brown & Gray bulk packs now have percent discount
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:00:08 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David Gregory wrote:
>     So, tons of people have ordered some of that last production run of the true
> grays and brown, right?  I myself ordered several bulk packs of them as soon as
> they were on the LEGO website.  They were all $4.99 each, and they weren't
> eligible for the percent discount (5% off 5 packs, 10% off 10, etc.), but they
> were still a good deal.
>     Then today the president of my LUG posts a message asking if anyone wants to
> go in on a Shop @ Home order so that we could get a bigger discount on those
> true color bulk packs.  "Now wait a minute Self," I thought to myself, 'cause
> that's what I call myself when I'm thinking.  "The true color bulk packs weren't
> part of the discount, but now the someone from your LUG says they are."  I had
> to investigate.
>     I quickly went to lego.com and found that THE NEW TRUE COLOR BULK PACKS DO
> HAVE THE PERCENT DISCOUNT!  What was I to do?  I had already placed my order.
> "Wait a minute," I desperately contemplated.  "Every single item on my S@H order
> was a bulk pack that won't be available until May 14.  I've got my order number
> right here.  I wonder if I could call S@H and get them to give me that
> oh-so-special discount pricing since none of my order has shipped yet, and I
> ordered more than 15 packs?"
>     Next I called Shop @ Home and spoke with Jessica (love ya babe!)  I gave her
> my order number and told her of my predicament with the recent price change on
> all of the items in my order.  After listening to the Just Imagine hold music
> for a while, she came back to tell me that she had changed my order to reflect
> the new prices.  They can do that because they don't charge the credit card
> until the order ships, and every item had been a preorder item.
>     Life is good,
>                  David "Fuzzy" Gregory


This is good to hear!  I was honestly wondering why they didin't have the
discount in the first place and thats one of the reasons why I hadn't ordered
any of them yet. Anyway I will now place my order and feel I got a deal verses
something else.

OnDrew


Now if i only had $300,000.00 to blow on LEGO =)



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  Re: Brown & Gray bulk packs now have percent discount
 
(...) Don't we all wish. :) Now I have no excuse for bolstering the economy. -Mike (23 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)

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So, tons of people have ordered some of that last production run of the true grays and brown, right? I myself ordered several bulk packs of them as soon as they were on the LEGO website. They were all $4.99 each, and they weren't eligible for the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct) ! 

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