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Subject:	Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:45:30 GMT
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Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote: > > 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. 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 them. I think all this thinly veiled jingoism is pretty funny. The same people who bitch and moan about how they can't get buckets and such in Europe, and certainly can't get them for 70% off after Xmas, are all too willing to buy some of those from me and others, yet they'll make snide remarks about the yanks buying up all their sets. What Larry said is true. Without HIS money to make the BH deal happen hardly anybody would have gotten them. > > '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. I disagree, but it doesn't matter. I haven't seen anything more than whining about "fairness" from the other side, so I don't need strong arguments to respond. The parts you want and nothing else? http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free! http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/

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		Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Mike Stanley (<slrn84as2r.2ds.cjc....utk.edu>) wrote at 17:45:30 (...) While I agree with you that Larry appears to have had a pivotal role in making the hoppers immediately available to this community, for which he should be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)

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		Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
(...) 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. (...) That is a very weak argument. (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)

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