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UK Field Trip from US
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:06:33 GMT
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My wife will be visiting Basildon, Essex, on business the week of 15-Mar-99.
I have requested that she purchase Lego sets while she is there,
specifically any and all Soccer sets, #5134 {Shooting Cannons w/Wheels},
#5905 {Hidden Treasure}, #5906 {Ruler of the Jungle} and technic sets such
as #8480 {Space Shuttle} if they can be located. [She also has specific
instructions to harass the British Airways personnel until they surrender a
number of promotional in-flight Lego sets ;-) ]
Is there anyone familiar with the area that can recommend a nearby (<15km)
toy shop she can visit? Is there a mail order service similar to the US S@H
that could deliver to her local office in Basildon? Is there anyway around
the VST for non-EU citizens?
The address of the office she is visiting is:
Gardiners Lane South
Basildon
Essex, SS14 3HE
England
Thanks for the help, feel free to reply directly.
-Rob Doucette.
York, PA USA
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| On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:06:33 GMT, Rob Doucette uttered the following profundities... (...) I don't know Basildon, but I do believe that she would not be too far away from Lakeside Thurrock, a shopping mall, which has a TRU, and should have therein (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Basildon has its own TRU and a fair size shopping centre, but as I haven't been there for a while, I don't know what other shops are about. Richard is correct in that Lakeside, West Thurrock isn't too far away. All the shops are open until 8pm (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| In article <F8C7GB.GnJ@lugnet.com>, rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net had their 2d worth... (...) I don't know basildon I'm afraid but there are still a few space shuttles around here and there for 50-60 GBP, I don' know about the rest - I'm a Technut. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: UK Field Trip from US
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| Well she's back. I don't have the heart to tell her that the 3 sets she bought (2 space, 1 ResQ) are all available in the US and at S@H. Oh well... It IS the thought that counts. The problem is that her co-workers (and mine, we work for the same (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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