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RE: Where did you lot spring from?
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general
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Wed, 3 May 2000 05:35:38 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Low [mailto:stinglessbee@hotSPAMFREEmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 3:32 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com; lugnet.general@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Where did you lot spring from?
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> >
> > -much snippage---
> > >
> > > Cheaper net-access is one thing, and true; but another • thing is cheap lego.
> > > You have NO idea how expensive and/or hard-to-find lego is • in non-US/Euro
> > > countries. I NEVER EVER bought lego in Israel in the 12
> years (out of 16)
> that
> > > I've lived there. I got it from europe, the US, any source • that I could
> > > possibly get it.
> > > Just so you get a feel for it, in the biggest lego-carrying • toy store network
> > > (called Han toys) I would rarely see more than 10 sets. I
> would often see
> sets
> > > at prices that you would never believe, like 5571 for 1000 • NIS (at the time
> > > ~$330, nowadays more like $250).
> >
> > Net access is pretty good in Aust.(1 in 2 people have access • to the Net)
> >
> > There is a big opportunity for a US citizen/s to make a • living selling to
> > other countries the LSAH and full US range of sets, just • tack a percentage
> > on to make it worthwhile (the US has a low retail price + • clearances).
> > Need I mention the coming Lego Direct.
> > Wait... there's the name ...Lego-Indirect.
> >
> > Amazon will deliver books to Aust.,but not Lego, maybe • there's some legal
> > stuff I am unaware of.
>
>
> Re: cost and availability of Lego. Our range is reasonably
> good -- most sets
> come out here a few months after they appear in the US. The
> real limit is the
> price. In general 2x US$MSRP = $AU RRP (so 7131 costs $US15
> in America, or
> about AU$30 in Australia). Some of the difference comes from
> having a weak
> currency, but that doesn't really lessen the pain. On top of
> that, the best
> sort of sale we can hope for here is 25% off (the recent 50%
> off SW at Target
> was a major aberration as far as I could tell).
>
> --dave L
Actually, it was a keying mistake by Targets head office...All the adds, and
the posters in the stores said either it was excluding LEGO, or that it was
star wars toys from HASBRO, and 1 other manufacturer only....We were
extremely lucky [BTW, who-ever bribed the person who does pricing to make
that mistake....Can you do it again please :) ]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsary..Growing up isn't :-)
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