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Santosh Bhat wrote in message <3813BA17.F875384E@s...edu.au>... (...) All true enough. I'm only a CA (and that's just between you and I, alright?), but the whole GST thing does not look like a happy day. our prices are a dan sight more than just 22% (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Well im no economist (thanky you oh great one who decides careers), but I was told that the Sales tax/import tax etc..on lego came to about 22%, but with a flat GST of about 10% then that would be a 12% saving. But even then its not cheap. I mean (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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James Howse wrote (...) less). No complaints there from me. Some of the models are brilliant (snowspeeder, Y wing). The second release (Phantom Menace) didn't seem anywhere near as good, and the pictures I'm seeing for the third and fourth releases (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Santosh Bhat wrote in message <38135ECC.F3C04196@s...edu.au>... (...) Excellent place. Seems to have gotten a bit bogged down in buy and sell, still, ther's a proverb about beggars and choosers. (...) may improve things. Buy from the US, new or (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) Yes. (...) Them too. :) I'm keen on the new star wars stuff (commercial yes, but nice none the less). James. (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Howdy, Apologies for the delay in seeing this message. I haven't really explored LUGnet since its inception. I've been reading rec.toys.lego for about three years now. In fact my vert first usage of the internet led to Matthew Bates' Lego Train (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Damn! Two people from Sydney! I'm from the Southern Highlands myself, though I work in Sydney. So what's your pleasure gentlemen - town, space, technic? You'll find my site rather self explanatory - Guards and pirates have been my weakness. Richard (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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James Howse <jehowse@yahoo.com> wrote (...) Bummer. Those dorm rooms tend to be smallish if I recall correctly. But Uni will undoubtedly produce other ways to entertain you... (...) Newtown. I'm being a cyclist right now, which is more practical in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) A disconnected existence indeed! I have almost the same problem, I'm in a domitory room at Macquarie University (near Epping) and my lego is at my mum's place in the country (well 3hrs train west) Where in Syd are you? (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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James Howse <jehowse@yahoo.com> wrote (...) Yes. Kind of - my Lego is in NZ, but I am here. Moz (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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