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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) Arg! The yanks get them tax free! (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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