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Re: australia and new zealand, your moment has come!
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Sun, 30 Sep 2001 03:21:14 GMT
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"best thing since sliced bread."
Aaron
"Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@home.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.lego.direct, Brad Justus writes:
> > I am pleased to announce that LEGO Shop At Home service will be available • to
> > Australia and New Zealand beginning Thursday, October 4 (yes, October 4 • of
> > this year, for the cynics among you...).
> >
> > You will be able to order essentially the entire LEGO retail assortment • (as
> > seen in our online shop) as well as all LEGO Direct exclusive items • (trains,
> > sculptures -- including the Sopwith Camel and the new Star Wars • sculptures
> > -- bulk elements, and more). Pricing will be in your local currencies; • for
> > retail items, prices will be consistent with what you'd expect to pay in
> > your local shop. LEGO Direct exclusive items will be priced consistently
> > with what you see on LEGO.com, adjusted for currency rates. (For example,
> > the Sopwith Camel will be AUD 76.95 and NZD 89.95.)
> >
> > Initially, you will be able to place orders only through the online shop
> > (http://shop.lego.com); we are planning to add freephone order service in • a
> > few weeks. Shipments will come from the LEGO Direct fulfillment center in
> > Europe; due to the significant time difference, this will have the
> > interesting effect of being able to have your order shipped the day • before
> > you place it (how's that for service?).
> >
> > As those of you Down Under are no doubt aware, shipping costs to • Australia
> > can be very high. We are working with our carriers to minimize these • costs
> > as much as possible, and we will also be subsidizing rates to you for the
> > introductory period. But we would encourage you to think of creative ways • to
> > reduce these costs further, such as working with your local LUGs to group
> > your orders together into one order wherever possible.
> >
> > We don't really have the opportunity at the moment to promote or • advertise
> > LEGO Shop At Home in Australia or New Zealand, so anything you can do to
> > spread the word of its availability is very much appreciated.
> >
> > Our team has worked very hard over the past few months to offer LEGO Shop • At
> > Home to Australia and New Zealand -- overcoming the technical and • logistic
> > issues has not been easy, but we think that you'll find it was worth the
> > wait. We look forward to serving you and offering you the same terrific
> > service that our other LEGO Shop At Home countries enjoy. (For the • record,
> > you will be the 14th and 15th countries to which we offer service -- we
> > added France at the beginning of the month and Finland this week.
> > Switzerland is coming soon.)
> >
> > Shop Well! (And then, of course, Play Well.)
> >
> > -- Brad
> >
> > Brad Justus
> > Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
> >
> > P.S. Will someone please cross-post this to the relevant groups (such as
> > loc.au); I can't post there. Thanks.
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