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Re: Where did you lot spring from?
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Wed, 3 May 2000 05:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
<shnipped> 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 :) ]


There was also the sale a couple of weeks ago where all Lego was 25% off, and
SW, Ninja, Insectoids, Fright Nights were all 50% off. Maybe they saw the
massive surge in spending because of the mistake and thought, "Let's try it
again"?

--daveL



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(...) that (...) sets (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)

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