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    Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Franks
    Gosh! Am I the only one with a conscience in this NG? :) They are a decent company who have given us good deals in the past - we shouldn't screw them over too much for making a simple mistake. On the other hand, it does seem unlikely that so many (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) I just sent them a note (which I bcc'ed you on) asking them if it's for real. I don't know about everyone else but if these prices are real, great. That was their decision. But if they are not, because someone hacked the site, I certainly (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Franks
     (...) What if it was an error - a work-placement student slipped up? (...) Yep - definately! :) But the amount of mistakes on the front page - "Was: £12, 50% off, now: £0.60" etc, etc, indicate an error rather than intent. I have no problem taking (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Poindexter
   (...) over (...) made (...) I just placed an order and within minutes, my card had been blocked by Mastercard for fraudulent activity suspicion. I did notice that there is no secure server icon in my IE bar at the bottom of the window, so I am a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Jon Kozan
     (...) How do you know it has been blocked? -Jon (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Poindexter
     (...) It stopped working and I called the company and they told me it was blocked for a fraudulent use alert. It might be OK, as they called me to verify an order from DYA before for the same reason. Nobody home, so they probably just put a stop on (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) How big was it, and was this the first time you've bought from overseas with this card in that sort of amount when you weren't actually present? Reason I ask is when I paid for the BusyBee hoppers, Paul and I had a deuce of a time, we could (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —James Brown
     (...) Yeah, heaven forbid that anyone on this side of the pond find out about a good deal in the UK. After all, we never tell them... (Before launching flaming responses, check the follow-up.) James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Poindexter
   (...) little (...) It was not for that much, just 8 of the Technic Space Shuttles. I had used this same card for other overseas purchases. I know I used it for DYA and I think I used it for Busy Bee as well. Just kind of odd. (...) My mother got (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Things seem corrected now. It was fun to dream while it lasted. L40 is actually not such a bad price for the shuttle... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Richard Dee
   On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:48:05 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) For the UK, for a set of that size, it is a very good price. We were fortunate to have the shuttles on sale for 45 squid, about a year ago, not bad, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
 

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