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Re: Canadians get Nailed again...
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:03:14 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Dean Husby writes:
> My VISA bill arrived today. My Lego order was quite respectable in terms
> of total dollar amount. I was charged 1.5897% in exchange... I think I
> can safely say that was my LAST order that I will be using a Credit Card
> on. Lego's Exchange rate is 1.43 if you use a cheque.
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> LEGO, if you read this channel, your going to lose MY orders for
> everything I can EVER buy at a store. And you can be sure I'll be
> thinking twice about an order as it is. Wait 9 days for them to get your
> cheque order etc... Also with aprox $9 CDN dollars shipping minimum,
> horrific exchange and quite the wait for an order are pretty good
> reasons to not purchase from S@H.
I also fell off my chair when I opened up my Visa bill. I know TLG isn't to
blame for the exchange rate and thankfully my last order was the one with
free shipping, but ordering from S@H is getting too exhorbitant for me.
I crunched some numbers. My last order was for 650.64US$. With the "regular"
exchange rate of 1.48 to 1.50 range that comes to 975.96 Loonies. With the
crazy 1.5898 rate it comes to 1034.30Can Loonies. A 58.34$ difference!!!
Imagine all the sets I could have gotten for that amount! And imagine the
savings if Lego Canada were still open (to ship sets).
Here is a suggestion, how about all the AFOLs from one area order all at
once one order form from the catalog. That way, there is a decent exchange
rate and one shipping fee.
I think I will save a lot of money in 2001. Between ho-hum initial offerings
(except the Imperial Shuttle), no Town and the crappy bird we call money
:-), I would rather fall back on the parts and sets that I already have.
Stick a fork in me, I'm done.
Kev Z
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| My VISA bill arrived today. My Lego order was quite respectable in terms of total dollar amount. I was charged 1.5897% in exchange... I think I can safely say that was my LAST order that I will be using a Credit Card on. Lego's Exchange rate is 1.43 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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