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Re: Who is behind this?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:44:09 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jason King writes:
> I was looking at an Ebay auction and this was at the bottom:-
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> Have you heard of the new LEGO.au.com web site yet? Finally Australians will
> be able to purchase sets online from Australia. Opening in mid - February
> 2001. I'll see you there!
> www.lego.au.com
I don't know who it is, but I can see it ending in a brief crunchy squeak.
To quote from the site
"The Lego Group does not sponsor or endorse this site in any way. This site
is privately owned and operated within Australia."
Despite this they seem brazen enough to use LEGO (Trademarked, registered,
limited, exclusive, whatever) as a top level domain name. This isn't a
...com.au site it's a ....com site, indicating (supposedly) an
internationaly trading company. And you can guess who's already got
www.lego.com.au
In any case they are a long way over the fair use of name and fair play
guide lines that lego loves. Granted they're Australian and have an inherent
problem with authority, still it's not going to be pretty when Lego takes
exception to this use of their name.
If it's still going in Feb, don't expect anything spectacular, if it's run
from Au, that means limited set range (read availble in Au stores) or high
prices as sets are brought in from overseas.
Well that's my 3 and a half cents, the short of it? It'll end in tears.
James (who's a cynic sure, but finds it save time in the long run...)
P.S. If the persons behind this are lugnet readers/lurkers we'd love to hear
from you, help you stay up and running with a worthy selection at a
competitive price.
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| Ah, that announcement got my hopes up briefly. For some reason my mind registered it as au.lego.com rather than lego.au.com, I was vaguely wondering why we'd got a locational name for Lego shop at home when no-one else had, only to be hit with a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| I was looking at an Ebay auction and this was at the bottom:- Have you heard of the new LEGO.au.com web site yet? Finally Australians will be able to purchase sets online from Australia. Opening in mid - February 2001. I'll see you there! (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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