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| | | (...) order and was charged until I realized there was more so I made a second order: 6190 £2.00 6769 £3.50 6982 £2.50 6765 £1.60 7171 £6.00 7141 £1.50 Shipping £3. Only one of each. Somebody at the Entertainer has made a boo-boo :-) Wonder whether (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | | On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:40:52 GMT, Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities... (...) I'd just noticed, that looking for these 1857's....wish me luck! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | Wow. And they seem to ship to the US too, for decent rates. I did an amazing order... 20 shuttles, 20 silver cities, 30 fort apaches. I could not print it out, due to the site being done with frames... so it may just be a dream. We shall see what (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Franks
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| | | | | | | (...) Except for the part, on the front-page, that says Technic Shuttle: Was £99, save $59, pay £4. (...) We will find out tomorrow morning I guess - sleep well everybody! Richard (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Nick Goetz
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| | | | | | | | I have a hard time believing it as well. This is too good to be true, talk about SOTM (Sale of the Millennium). Maybe they just aren't up to date with that new Y2K thing. :-) -Nick Richard Franks wrote in message ... (...) site. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | If their system is broken, it's broken badly. I just got my confirming email and the prices matched what the site had. No hackers would bother with this sophisticated of a trap, even if one could subvert DNS... (doing a search: (URL) you a link to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Whoops, I did NOT mean to imply that because Yahoo found it, that the DNS entry was legitimate. But I think it is... going to networksolutions.com and doing a search of DNS (URL) what I feel is a legitimate address etc for a store based in the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Franks
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| | | | | | | | (...) The Entertainer Website has been up for a while - it's an established name. I was not implying that the site was a fake, but that database entries could have been changed for items. In which case they would show up on the site, and on the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3842F451.7B36DF2E@v...er.net>... (...) What did the shipping come to on this? I wanted to order three (3) Silver City (6765) sets. The shipping was £42.54 on a £4.80 order. Now $75 for three sets is a good deal but (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | Think bigger... Here is my order. Order Details: Qty Product Cost 20 Aquashark Sea Wolf 6190 GBP: 1.70 30 Fort Apache 6769 GBP: 2.98 20 LEGO Silver City 6765 GBP: 1.36 10 Lego Technic 8266 'Blue Flash VS Arachnophob' GBP: 1.70 10 Lego Insectoids (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | (...) Arg! The yanks get them tax free! (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) I doubt "the yanks" will get any at all, but I could be wrong. I don't know if I'd expect a store to come through on what would have to be back-breaking prices. I've seen larger companies come through on obvious mistakes (like Borders honoring (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Is "yanks" insulting. If so oops and sorry. Scott A (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jennifer Maher
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| | | | | | | | | | | This is the note I just received from thetoyshop.com: { Thank you for your Email. We are unable to process your order. Your card has been refunded for ALL charges made. Please accept our apologies. Our site was displaying incorrect information due (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jason Fabisch
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) No, not any more than calling you guys "Brits". Jason F. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Of course it is. I would assume anyone from your side of the pond would know that already, considering it's your word. Not that I really care, but I don't see how you could NOT know that. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Christopher Lannan
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm over here in the states and I din NOT know that. I don't feel insulted. By "of course" I assume that there is a history in the etymology of the word that makes it an insult. I think that it's in the eye of the beholder. There are the NY (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, as someone who has moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina, I can definitely say that Yankee is used down here in a derrogatory (or at least not complimentary) fashion. Not only do we get accused of intefering with their state rights (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Rob Doucette
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| | | | | | | | | | Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38440E66.7D35@m...ing.com... (...) A Yankee visits, a damn Yankee stays ;-) -Rob Doucette. Massachusetts->South Carolina->Pennsylvania (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | E-mail from the ToyShop —Pawel Nazarewicz
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'm not sure if you are wrong. It broke my heart to see those prices and me not in on it, so I sent them an e-mail asking basically "what's up?" Here is what they wrote: "Thank you for your Email. Please accept our apologies. Our site was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | | On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:46:57 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) with IE5, right click in the relevant frame, click print, and there you go! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | | | | (...) the site: Our site is temporarily unavailable due to updating. We hope to be operating normally again later today (30th November, 1999). Please try us again soon. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Looks like the game's over. Still a few good prices though. Anyone still looking for the larger "cowboy" Wild West sets would be well advised to pay them a visit. Looks like very similar stock to DYA and Busy Bee (except no trains or pirates). (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:40:52 GMT, Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities... (...) I think they may have noticed, now cannot connect to the server, on 2 different connections..... (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Franks
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| | | | | (...) It works okay for me - it must be your computer feeling guilty :) I did the 3 Shuttle Order as well. Silly £10 minumum! But I also mailed them back saying that if it was an error that I wouldn't hold them to it. I would have felt too guilty I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) Would there be any way to cancel this if they decide not to honor their price? I'm ordering from the US, and with the cost of shipping, I'll get ten for the price of three! Jeff (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dewsbery
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| | | | | | | | (...) I don't know of the top of my head. But I've just placed a modest order (2 shuttles, plus some wild west stuff). I don't care about Karma - you'll work out why in a moment. I expect them to honour the deal. Because in my spare time, when I'm (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jason Fabisch
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Just placed an order for 1 shuttle, 1 Sea Wolf and 1 Millenium Slizer. If they charge me even 1 pound more than the stated amount, I want to know immediately. Also, damn, I just won an ebay auction for the 6190 and I paid out the nose ($75) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | | | On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:47:46 GMT, Richard uttered the following profundities... (...) Please let us know, what arguments you use to make them honour the price, if successful! (...) Been here, though quiet (hears cheers in the background....) for a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:21:22 GMT, Richard Franks uttered the following profundities... (...) I have connected ok now, and ordered 900+ worth for only 95! (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jeff Boen
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| | | | (...) i just managed to get in and order 6 shuttles, plus 5 or so of a few SW items... all the RR's were back ordered... would have ordered another pod race for parts, but they're BO'd too... anyway.. i got in, put in the order, got the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
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| | | | If worst comes to worst, they deliver, and charge me full price, I live just 6 miles from the warehouse...... (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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