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Lego Canada close at the end of the year. (from rtl)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:54:03 GMT
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Found this interesting tidbit on rtl. Don't know if it's true or not. My
thoughts at the end.
----- Original Message -----
From: ANDRE POTVIN <potvin.a@videotron.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:34 PM
Subject: Lego Canada close at the end of the year.
> Hi,
>
> Following a conversation with somebody from Lego Canada, they will be
> closed at the end of the year and everything will be transfer to Lego USA.
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> Next year, here in Canada, we will have all models available in USA. Lego
> USA will serve all the North America. A result of the restructuration for
> Lego.
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> Is it a bad or a good news?
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> BTW, I am interested to know all members from Canada. Can you leave me a
> message with your coordinates?
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> Thank`s everybody
> Good day
> Andre Potvin
I like Lego Canada, but for years I've been harping that the US S@H offers
many sets that are not available here. But I now realize that it's a two
way street in that there are ones available in Canada that are out of stock
south.
My big fear is _duty_. I bought a Dacta vehicle set from Kaplan. The set
was about $60CDN and I was hit with $15 for duty and processing.
Tony
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 | | Re: Lego Canada close at the end of the year. (from rtl)
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| (...) Yep. The owner of a local toystore told me the same thing a while back. Duty actually should not be a problem - I believe there is no actual _duty_ on toys, judging from my experience getting things from the US. What there IS, is GST - and the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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