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Re: new lego sets? are they crazy?
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lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 02:04:07 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Bradley Dale writes:
In lugnet.town, Constantine Hannaher writes:
Lego separated the cost of shipping in the Shop at Home catalog, if I remember
correctly, so that the price of the individual items could be compared to • other
sources more easily.

Well it sucks!  At least in Canada, where a "3.99 US" set has $4.50 US
shipping.  And they the want our taxes in US$.....  Now I never use S@H, even
though I would use it every month if not for the misleading and unreasonable
princing changes.

So you think it makes more sense for Lego to charge $8.49 for that set?
What if I want 10 $3.99 sets?  If I get whacked for the shipping each and
every time, I might as well order them seperately, which means it will cost
LEGO the absolute most it could to ship me those 10 sets.  Or they can
seperate out the shipping cost, encourage me to make larger orders less
often, and keep their overhead down.

I'll happily take those 10 $3.99 sets for $39.90 + $6.50 shipping instead of
$84.90 shipping included, thanks.

And I seen people complain about the tax thing before, and I just don't get
it.  7% is 7% no matter what currency it happens to be recorded in.


James
(who does use S@H, although not every month.  Probably about every 2 months,
with a couple extra orders of stuff I "need" before NALUG train shows)



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: new lego sets? are they crazy?
 
(...) remember (...) No, but they used to get by charging about $4.50. Shipping charges didn't used to be huge on the little sets. (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: new lego sets? are they crazy?
 
(...) I agree. (...) ? The North American catalog only charges taxes if you live in CT. (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: new lego sets? are they crazy?
 
(...) other (...) Well it sucks! At least in Canada, where a "3.99 US" set has $4.50 US shipping. And they the want our taxes in US$..... Now I never use S@H, even though I would use it every month if not for the misleading and unreasonable princing (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)

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