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Doesn't seem anyone seen them :-( So I'll take Kevin's advice and repost. I've had a pair of recent additions to our household and thought it would be fun to see them kicking around the Lego soccer ball in a few months time. So if anyone has at (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | SOME CUSTOM CASTLE TORSOs I've been working on
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Hiya all.... Just thought you might be interested in having a look at some custom torsos I've been working on.... (URL) just redrawn the original ones...then modified them. Feel free to download and use them... I'm eventually going to put a link (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LARGEST LEGO LOT ON EBAY EVER!! (???)
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(...) Hmm... Let's see if I can accurately predict the objections of some of the NALUG members... Me: "Wife" Michel: "Wife" Kevin: "RRSP Season" John: "1 bedroom apartment" Steve: "Have you seen my Visa bill???" Raven (my wife): Glare! :) James (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: LARGEST LEGO LOT ON EBAY EVER!! (???)
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(...) Hmm. A joint bid from the nalug members? <Chris ducks and hides so that none of the other nalug folks can find him.> (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LARGEST LEGO LOT ON EBAY EVER!! (???)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yikes, I hadn't thought of that! I hadn't seriously contemplated bidding on it; although I could have(at the risk of serious relationship strain - not worth it!) done it financially, although not up to where he's implying his (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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Heather Patey <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G84yH9.D7L@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) Actually, it is the little reciept I get from the teller each time that says "your value account saved you $5.00 in fees today" or something like that. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LARGEST LEGO LOT ON EBAY EVER!! (???)
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(...) This just occurred me. I'm trying to imagine him at the Canadian border crossing. "What's in the truck?" "Old Lego." (Customs officer has a look) "Lego, yep. Worth how much?" "$47,000 US" (or however much it ends up being) (Officer has heart (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) OK, yes, I've seen the Delaware inscription. I meant "international" meaning "outside Canada", which isn't exactly right. So Kyle's MO's from Scotiabank may be drawn on a Canadian bank instead of a US one? Curious. I can see them being no good (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Soccer Ball
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Tony Jang wrote in message ... (...) Haven't seen any, but if you just want the soccer ball rather than the whole shebang, ask here and on lugnet.org.ca.bc.vlc - I bet people have spares. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Q: Soccer Ball
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Would anyone know if there are any of the Soccer Team Bus sets _with_ the mini soccer balls around town anywhere? TJ (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) The MO's that Canada Trust uses are not "international" per se, but the are US money orders, and cashable anywhere in the US. I'm not certain of the gory details, but in effect, they are drawn against a US bank - you may or may not have (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) Much welcome. If anyone has any more info about money orders in Canada, please pass it along. Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well, that's a good question. The Canada Trust money orders are good in the US; indeed, I thought they all were. I've occasionally received MO's from the US that say right on them, "Not negotiable outside the US and Possessions", and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) G'day Heather, For the banks, are these regular money orders or international? The one from CanadaPost is by default an international money order. The ones from the bank may not be, but might just be drawn in US currency. I've heard of sellers (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) Thanks for posting that information; it’s a great reference!!! You've really provided a nice resource for us to use. :) Sincerely, --==Richard==-- You can reach me @ SHROUD_OF_KUNG_FU@Hotmail.com -Lego good, Canada great-® (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Yeah my membership money would have been in about a month ago if paypal was any good. I signed up for a paypal account just days after it went international and went through the whole process of verifying my credit card and it worked (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Heather Patey writes: <snip> (...) When I shopped around (over a year ago now) Canada Trust had the best package available. Aside from the (relatively) low service charge, their hours made a big difference (A bank open later than 5 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Walmart Clearance!
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Hi, I just got back from Wally World. They have some interesting clearance items: 6600 Highway Construction for 40$ 6429 Blaze Responder for 13$ 7111 Droid Fighter for 6$ 7140 X-Wing for 30$ 7184 MTT for 40$ Also, the large Throwbots, Power Pit Stop (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Money orders, was:Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) Thanks. (BTW, I think your fees have gone up!) I can't find a reference for the $5 per MO, though - do you know the URL? Here's the list of what I know so far. (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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Hello, My opinion is that these Paypal fees are a sham .... if I buy something from LEGO s@h or anywhere else in the US, the amount I pay is the amount that shows on my credit card. Paypal should at least be up front about it and show these fees (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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Heather Patey <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G84tvz.3G9@lugnet.com... (...) charge - (...) one (...) else (...) My Scotiabank Value(I think) Account costs me $9.95 per month saves me $5.00 a pop on $US money orders which I figure I break (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) I sent my membership in recently, too. I used Paypal - they now accept international accounts. I made my fee $13, to make it just under $CDN 20. BUT Paypal adds a 2.6% (or 2.9%?) + $US 0.30 as a surcharge on international transactions. This (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) I have a US Borderless account at Canada Trust, which includes free money orders for $4.95 a month. (They charge $3.50 otherwise, same as the post office.) I just did a quick look around to see what the other banks charge - not easy to find! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) I'm assuming that the $3.50 is for the possessing of a U.S. money order; cause American stamps simply costs $.60! Try using the Royal Bank, they don't charge the processing fees that some banks do on creating foreign money orders. P.S. I know, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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(...) Close enough.....$3.50 CAD just so the post office can "stamp" a piece of paper saying it is worth $10 USD! (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Doh! Canada is expensive...
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Why did you pay $4 for a stamp? ;-) -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Doh! Canada is expensive...
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I finally got around to sending in my LUGNET membership fee today. I got a US$10 money order and a US stamp - my cost in CAD dollars? $19.49! Ouch! (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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(...) And they evidently collect on non-postal imports as well..., I drove that large order in personally. (...) Well given that a BrickBay package that just arrived from Italy was also taxed, I guess I won't be seeing anything come back. Since (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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(...) Kyle, I don't think you will have much luck getting your PST back. CCRA (was Revenue Canada) and the province of Ontario have a service level agreement to collect PST at the border. I just double checked the Customs site and CCRA also has (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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Following up my own message here. I had posted in the previous message that in Ontario you should only have to pay GST on imported LEGO from the USA. This was based on information given to me directly by Customs by telephone. As it turns out this (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Playvalue has cheap technic and DDK sets
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(...) Heh heh - how silly of me. Yep - I know where TRU is - it's a block from my house. Cheers, Kevin (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Yes, Toys Are Us. (...) Nearly everywhere! Not hard to find at all. If you somehow still don't know, it's the one with the giragffe dude. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) What's TRU? Does that stand for something? Where is it? Thanks, Kevin (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: oasis ambush at half price
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(...) I don't have *that* many, I only have 5. I could use 5 more thought ;-D KZ #142 (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | oasis ambush at half price
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Hi, tonight I stop at a Wall-mart that I was passing by hopping to find a few oasis ambush that Kevin Z. might have left ;-) Well to my surprise I find out that they where half price and that there were 26 left.... emptied the shelf. Martin (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I got it about a month ago at TRU for $19.98. (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Weather (was )Re: ANDRASTAVIA
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(...) Well I guess I'm glad I'm here Down Under..... : ) even though.. it's been up to 45 so far....!!!! Kev... : ) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Weather (was )Re: ANDRASTAVIA
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(...) Eastern Canada has in fact been cold and snowy (I'm in Southern NB), but we still aren't hitting -30C or -40C. Well, often in central and northern parts with overnight windchill it may come close but where I am in Saint John it's relatively (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: SuperCar in Ottawa?
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(...) I would say that it is not available in Ottawa and Toronto. Only S&H has some left. (...) Yes, and according to (URL) sets have those, but they are expensive or discontinued. My <set:8417> also has two of those. It is also a discontinued set (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Price Screw-up at Sears
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I would have thought someone at Sears would have figured it out by now, but I was in one today, and bought one of these sets for $9.99 minus the 20% sale. The total was about $8.50. How could I resist such a deal! Even the lady at the cash register (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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