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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:59:02 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:

Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
I'll confess to being a little concerned about those ordering 10 or 20 copies
of particular sets.

I did this (10 8480's). But I often do buy multiple copies of sets - sometimes
for parts, sometimes for trade. So I do not really see it as a problem...
although my wife would argue the opposite.

Richard thinks its wrong for some people to have more than others,
presumably whether we're talking about money, Lego sets, or
whatever.  He's been fairly outspoken about it before.

If you didn't catch it, he was making a reference to the problem he
had with several Americans buying up tons of the Blue Hoppers a
while back.

I don't want to speak for Richard, but the BH is a totally different issue. On that
occasion, "several Americans" bought _ALL_ the sets.




'Course, if the European Legomaniacs had done their job
in the first place and bought them when they came out they wouldn't
have been there for Busy Bee to find and sell.

That is a very weak argument.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) I have it on good authority that you are wrong about that. ANd even if you aren't, so what? Your beef is that enterprising Americans bought up stuff that you had a chance to but didn't? (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) Oh well. You snooze you lose, I guess. And the fact remains - they were THERE in the European marketplace to be bought before BB got hold of them. I don't care if Martians bought them all - if they called first and had the money to pay for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) Richard thinks its wrong for some people to have more than others, presumably whether we're talking about money, Lego sets, or whatever. He's been fairly outspoken about it before. If you didn't catch it, he was making a reference to the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)

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