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Re: DROID ALERT
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Mar 2000 03:41:15 GMT
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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

In lugnet.loc.au, William M. Leue writes:
> 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
> 
> In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> > 
> > Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:FrxB2H.Fr1@lugnet.com...
> > > FYI - TRU Parramatta had all three SW 2000 DROIDS available as at Friday • 24/3,
> > > the prices were $ 100+ $ 60+ and $ 40+ AUD, sorry but I didn't write them
> > > down. So expect the prices to be a couple of dollars above the above.
> > 
> > 
> > I went down to my local toy store (Toyworld / Uncle Pete's, Wollongong).
> > They also had all three droids. The prices were
> > 
> > 8000   $43.99
> > 8001   $65.99
> > 8002   $99.99
> > 
> > Looking at the models, and the number of pieces, I don't think that the
> > cheaper two are worth it. Just not enough parts to justify the cost, and the
> > models look very average. However 8002 is an extremely cool model and with
> > about 600 parts, becomes excellent value. Bought it on the spot.
> > 
> > Assembly is in progress. :) The model is bagged in an 8448 format, with each
> > bag labelled (1), (2), etc. to simplify construction.
> > 
> > later,
> > David Drew.



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(...) 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. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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