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Re: Where did you lot spring from?
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Tue, 2 May 2000 22:35:24 GMT
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <390EA9ED.D286D372@one.net.au>...
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> No secret, just that they are in a different league to the rest of us.
> Last I heard, they were buying so much lego parts per month that they
> were dealing directly with Denmark and having it shipped direct to them.
> At least that is what my contact at lego in Sydney told me.
Gee, that's pretty fair, not! Only want to play with the big boys, eh TLC?
That's it, that's what _we've_ got to do. Does anyone in loc.au speak
Danish?!?
> They are the Ditman family, consisting of three or four brothers (only
> one is married). They own and run a successful optometry practice in
> Perth and regularly put on huge lego displays in shopping centres. A mate
> of mine in Perth has confirmed a rumour I had heard that they are
> converting the upper floor of the building the practice is in to a
> permanent lego display.
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> I've never seen them get involve in any lego internet discussion in the
> last five years.
Well, from the sound of it they'd already have all the admirers they'd ever
need!!!
Jonathan, if you are reading this, hurry over to the Ditmans' optometry
practice as soon as you can, and tell us all about it!
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> What I mean is that prior to the new policy, lego in Australia was able
> to successfully request any quantity of any part that was in the "stock"
> book from Denmark if the order could not be filled from stock in
> Australia.
This happened in NZ as well. I remember it all too clearly when Sanjay
D'Souza spilled the beans about his bulk buying, now THERE was a provocative
discussion: "I'd monitor various parts auctions with some amusement. Here
was I able to order pieces at ridiculous prices while others had to fight it
out for certain pieces..."
> For example, a couple of years ago I decided I wanted to build a large
> prime mover and semi combination but didn't have enough large 24x43
> wheels so I just rang lego and ordered 20, a week later they arrived.
> I wanted some extra monorail hill pieces, so I ordered them and a week
> later they arrived. I bought a used 6285 which was missing the pirate
> babe, I ordered one and it arrived.
Did you go as far with it as Sanjay did? And were you amused too? ;-)
> Now it's like getting blood from a stone, nothing but excuses.
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> Someone on the newsgroup was asking when lego direct was coming to
> Australia. Hmmmmm..........
> Australia had something better than lego direct up until the end of 1998.
> I doubt we'll be so lucky ever again.
Well, it's a pretty baffling mystery as to exactly why we won't. Apparently
TLC don't want our money. Oh well, it's their loss.
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| (...) I've eaten a lot of apple and blueberry Danish's in my time without effect. We could always.... 1. All change our last names to Ditman by deedpoll. 2. Setup a pirate Lego Australia (moored off the Sydney heads). 3. Pledge allegiance to the (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) No, I'd spent to much on old stock sets in Australia. (...) Definitely!! It was our last chance to gloat. It will all favour the yanks from now on. (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) I would if I know where it was and if I dodnt have a vital economics assignment due on the 29th of may to do that I havent even started. (...) I think that basicly there are a lot of overheads involved with being able to order individual parts (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Hi Paul, No secret, just that they are in a different league to the rest of us. Last I heard, they were buying so much lego parts per month that they were dealing directly with Denmark and having it shipped direct to them. At least that is what my (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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