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(...) I guess I've missed it or not paid attention - but what exactly was the cost per set (in dollars or pounds)? I know shipping has to be figured in at some point, but is somewhat offset by us not having to pay your ridiculous VAT. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) And in many cases this is an almost completely empty gesture meant to stop the obvious scalping (or the non-persistant scalping) and the whining of parents who didn't make it to the store on time to get the coolest new thing their kids must (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, I don't demand all this touch-feely crap from the businesses I deal with. I want to call them up, buy whatever they are selling at whatever price they're asking for it, and not be bothered with, "uh, let us check our list to make sure (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ha ha. Thanks for your support - though I don't think you're going to endear yourself to many Americans with comments like that. If what you say is true then I find that very sad. But what concerns me is that so many sets went to just two (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Ian Bishop (<x9TlRKA7I0$3EwZm@g...on.co.uk>) wrote at 13:25:15 (...) I was thinking about stability and simplicity. The current (evolving) proposal is for everyone to bring their sections, and we'll build the necessary transition (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) you suggest with both Halloween Buckets and Star Wars LEGO sets. The limit was two per person. I don't know how they enforced it but there was a sign in the Star Wars aisle stating that (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd like to think that you'd regard doing business as a bit more than that. There's two sides of it: A. Making a profit, and B. Providing a good service to your customers. Both are important. Selling all your stock no matter who to may be the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That was just my usual tongue-in-cheek banter. I was quite impressed by the ingenuity of the badges made last time around, and have a few tower ideas myself. 40*40 studs seems way too big though, surely. It would preclude most innovative (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Simon Robinson (<FJBD82.DyF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 02:21:38 (...) I agree, but they don't know that sort of thing until someone tells them. I couldn't believe it when they said that 250 were going to America just for 2 orders. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Nah, too much trouble. I know *I* wouldn't bother doing that if I were a retailer. The point is to sell your stock on hand and make a profit. If Larry or anyone else wanted to artificially limit the number they would sell to people, fine, or (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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That is really good of them. But what would be nice in that case would be if they could be persuaded - when they know they've got a rare old set that is in heavy demand - to restrict the numbers of the set that they will sell to any one person, in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I was researching a new screenplay: "How to get a head in Architecture". -- Liam. (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) prototype (...) new-for-98 3-thin-spoke "alloy" wheels (I guess their development timeframe is far too long for that to have been inspired by me posting about that possibility); the chromed 8880 wheels look a lot better then the new wheels (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Scott-A (<FJAAx9.Fy0@lugnet.com>) wrote at 12:34:16 (...) 0161-881-3906 (I was tempted to just reply 'yes' :-) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Scott-A (<FJAAsw.Fr3@lugnet.com>) wrote at 12:31:31 (...) I think first time round I'm more interested in impressiveness. We don't want to push the envelope when we'd have to sort out whose was what if it collapses. If we can do (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<Pine.LNX.4.04.9910....5242-1000 00@ukonline.co.uk>) wrote at 18:44:08 (...) Definitely possible on the day, then :-) (...) Err. Why? (...) Yeah. I was in a quandary about this. Perhaps another size might be an idea (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Lawrence Wilkes (<FJAKM4.8DK@lugnet.com>) wrote at 16:03:40 (...) Let's not try to run before we can walk :-) Apart from anything else, we'd struggle to get a crane! Everyone who is coming to the fest in December is cordially (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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This is the shopping report for Gloucester and Hereford. Report valid Friday October 8th 1999. ATTN ALL SHOPPING: Low prices reported for ECC, Hereford on discontinued sets. Gloucester ===...=== TRU --- 6755 Sheriff's Lockup 3302 Football Starter (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Liam Parnell wrote in message <99100719480506.0091...ender2>... (...) Okay, so I can't count, but hey, who's counting? Oh, you are. Okay then. David. (...) I can't comment, I'm a Space-only freak, but I fear you're being controversial! (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That's an interesting little article. Thanks for posting the scans in a large enough dpi such that they were readable. It's interesting to try and discern the design mentality behind the cars. For example, the blue supercar prototype looks a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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