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  Re: DROID ALERT
 
WHAT???????? $99.99 for 8002??? What in the Sam Hill are they smoking at your local toystore? The MSRP for 8002 is $49.99. All the prices you mention are WAY high, by nearly a factor of two! I suggest you move to a bigger town ASAP! :-) -Bill Leue (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: DROID ALERT
 
Oops! Well, of course, I should have looked at your return email address more carefully! Australian dollars! *blushes* Sorry, typical Yankee assumption that 'dollars' means 'U.S dollars'. What is the current exchange rate? -Bill Leue (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: DROID ALERT
 
(...) assumption (...) Hi Bill, the way to work it out is to multiply the above by 0.6 , with the exchange rate at the moment just hovering above 60 US cents to the 1 Aussie dollar. I know, it's still more expensive but that's the story down here. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: DROID ALERT
 
(...) the (...) Actually Bill was about spot on with his factor of 2 comment. That's the basic factor which seems to apply between US MSRP and Australian RRP prices, factoring exchange rate, shipping, corporate lunches for LEGO execs, etc. Pete (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: DROID ALERT
 
In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes: <snip> (...) Plus Research and Development of outright crappy pieces and crappier sets. Why don't they just steal the ideas of people from the internet. Ever seen the Orange TGV (french Train) that James (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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