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RE: Australian Millenium Falcon Release Date and $$$ = IMPORTING necessity
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Santosh...Any chance of putting this sort of info in your letter, or would
that be better left to the second letter?

Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128

Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Gould [mailto:T.Gould@mailbox.gu.edu.au]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 3:22 PM
To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: Australian Millenium Falcon Release Date and $$$ =
IMPORTING necessity



or to look at it this way
                           US           Aus
AAT                  $20           $60      x3
X-Wing              $30          $85       x2.9
Y-Wing+Tie       $50          $130     x2.6
Millenium Falcon $100       $260 (max)


Timothy Gould wrote:

Import cost=
$100US * 1.7 (dollar to peso) = $170+~10%=$190+post= approx $220

RRP=$359

Who is making the profit ?

Once again LA make it difficult to buy Lego and deprive • Australian youth of
the toy they should be playing with (sigh!!)

Tim

Mike McLeod wrote:

Hi Studs, LEGOzzers, and victims of the Australian Peso,

Just rang Lego Aust @ Lane Cove.

Set 7190 (Mil. Falcon) is due for release at end of July • (28th I think).

I totally forgot the exact date when the helpful lady • told me the pre GST
rrp of $359.00. If it goes up 10% thats $395.00

And stupid me has been steering my kids away from 7150 • (Y-Wing and TIE
Fighter) telling them to wait for Millenium Falcon • ('cause its about
$120.00).

Arrgggghhhhh.

Mike (insert sobs here).

P.S. I'll go with Benjamin's idea on the Minifig sets from OS




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  Re: Australian Millenium Falcon Release Date and $$$ = IMPORTING necessity
 
Definitely the second letter, the first is just a "hey look at us , we're Lego fans, would you like to play with us?" type of letter. If they give good feedback then we can start giving them the juicy stuff. If they give us bad feedback, we give (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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