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Re: S@H...It may not be good news when (if) it does arrive!
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Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:30:26 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Tom Stangl writes:
Benjamin Whytcross wrote:

I had an order from S@H sent to a friend in the US and forwarded on to me,
but unfortunately it seems LD rely on deceptive advetising with some items...

Set 7000: Young Ankylosaurus.

This set features a nice picture with 4 2x2 corner sloped bricks in
Verdi-gris, helping form a nice body for the animal...yet when it arrives, I
find it uses other, less useful, parts and has a dis-appointing shape.

Set 2996: The lost tomb (?).

This set has the following description:

"Johnny Thunder and Professor Lightning are exploring the Lost Tomb. They've
got all the gear they need -- shovels, picks, and more -- but Sam Sinister
is on the way to steal the treasure! "

And yet when I opened the set...no Johnny Thunder or Professor Lightning.
[guess which of the two I was most dis-appointed abount not receiving :)]

Was that description for 2996 or K2996?  K2996 was a promo, it was 3 sets sold
together with the K added - 2996, 2995, and 5900, for $18.00 if I remember
correctly.

Yep - http://guide.lugnet.com/set/2996

Johnny is in 5900, Prof L is in 2995 - so what you wanted was K2996.  If you
order 2996, that's all you'll get, the ONE set.  You must tell them K2996 to get
all 3.  BTW, it's just 3 separate sets, they don't package them together in any
way.

I have no idea if they still sell it as K2996 or not, but if they don't, I have 3
sets, I could give 1-2 up.

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Tom Stangl
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Thanks for the info...The point of my complaint was that people are relying
on S@H to have both accurate descriptions AND Images, otherwise they are
leaving themselves open to False advertising complaints, etc.

Unfortunately, the item isn't listed as K2996 [how do you order K sets
on-line by the way?] but I wouldn't mind a couple of the packs...but I can't
REALLY afford them at present :( [anyway, I'm sure you have some good uses
for them :) ]

BTW, This goes along with my previous complaint about an item [the director
key-chain] that is shown in the S@H catalogue, and has "shop on-line at
www.lego.com" below it...but can only be ordered over the phone [A bit
expensive from Australia] as I discovered upon trying to order it on-line (I
eventually emailed S@H and found this out]

AHHH....I just realised...I remember Brad saying at one stage that S@H
wouldn't be expanding its service till it got all the bugs out...this must
be what he meant :P
[Now he knows the bug has been found S@H can come to Aus ?]

Benjamin Whytcross (Doing his best to help S@H get their act together so
they don't end up with Mr Fels telling them off for misleading/false
advertising... and slapping a BIG fine on TLG.]

Lugnet member 407



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(...) You really should add some ":-)"s to that statement! Cheers Richie Dulin Patrician of Brick-Morpork Where you can't be *too* cynical (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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(...) Was that description for 2996 or K2996? K2996 was a promo, it was 3 sets sold together with the K added - 2996, 2995, and 5900, for $18.00 if I remember correctly. Yep - (URL) is in 5900, Prof L is in 2995 - so what you wanted was K2996. If (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)

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