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Re: 3033's (K-Mart) now $49.95 Aust
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Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:52:10 GMT
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Thanks for the informative post.
I don't suppose that even sending packages slow boat would make it
economically feasible. What a shame, I take a personal delight in short
circuiting some of the national barriers set up by retailers. I've exchanged
Lego parts and sets with people in both Japan and the UK. (The Japanese
really pay high prices!)
I assume the K-Mart you're referring to is the same one that declared itself
bankrupt here last week. Maybe you'll be getting some really good deals in
the near future!
JB
> > Holy smokes! What is the current exchange rate?
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> About 2 A$ = 1 $US
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> > I just got some of these
> > tubs via mail order discount from Target for $16 US.
>
> But, yes, even with the exchange rate, you *do* get them cheaper in the USA and
> you've been get them for a lot longer too. Generally Lego is cheaper in the USA
> and also you get a lot more clearance sales where the prices are signficantly
> discounted than we do. However, occasionally it works the other way. We got the
> soccer sets in Australia for about half the price in the USA; we joked that
> they got the currency conversion wrong because it appeared we were paying in A$
> the same number as you were paying in US$, which means effectively 1/2 price
> for us. And we get S@H prices cheaper than you guys, but then get screwed on
> the shipping (it comes from Europe).
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> So, in Australia the "normal" price of the 3033 Blue Tub in KMart is US$34.50.
> KMart appear to have a monopoly on selling these blue tubs in Australia (I
> certainly haven't seen them anywhere else in Oz), which might account for the
> very high price. Because of the weight of this set, it's not likely to be an
> economic proposition to buy them in the USA at a lower price and then post them
> to Australia.
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> A couple of times last year, KMart had the tubs marked-down occasionally last
> year briefly at a special sale price of US$20, which is when we all snapped
> them up, not just the AFOLs, the mums and dads and kids were loading up the
> trolleys too.
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> However, the tubs don't seem to sell too well at the regular price, which might
> be why they are now appearing at a new regular price of US$25. Market forces
> prevail!
>
> Kerry
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| (...) No, our K-Mart is locally owned (presumably there is some sort of licensing deal involved). Fingers crossed for good deals anyway! Cheers Richie Dulin Quester for 20% off LEGO (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) About 2 A$ = 1 $US (...) But, yes, even with the exchange rate, you *do* get them cheaper in the USA and you've been get them for a lot longer too. Generally Lego is cheaper in the USA and also you get a lot more clearance sales where the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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