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Re: Busy Bee goodies
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sun, 7 May 2000 18:24:56 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jon D. Hayward writes:
> You might get better prices from Toy City, BUT: Toy City are out of stock of
> most of these, and I feel that we should support British Busy Bee anyway ;-)
> ...and I think that the Euro sets were bought into stock 'cos we asked for
> 'em!
Is this in the same spirit of buying a car from a dealer cause they are
British, even though they charge x% more for that car than the rest of Europe?
Much as I am glad that Busy Bee are able to come up with some hard to find
sets now and again, I find it hard to reason why I should pay them 20% extra
for a current set compared to what I can get it for from ToyCity, British or
not.
regards
lawrence
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| lawrence wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:Fu7CHK.1vv@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) ;-) (...) for (...) Europe? (...) extra (...) or (...) I'm told the 2126 sold in Germany for half what BB ask, I think Torsten was picking them (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Busy Bee goodies
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| On Sun, 7 May 2000, lawrence wilkes (<Fu7CHK.1vv@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:24:56 (...) Because if you don't support them, you may not be able pick up those hard to find items, because they've gone out of business. (not specifically aimed at BB here) (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Busy Bee goodies
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| lawrence wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:Fu7CHK.1vv@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) ;-) (...) for (...) Europe? That's the manufacturers, not the showrooms... (...) extra (...) or (...) It was only a suggestion to those of us who (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Busy Bee goodies
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| I received a parcel from Busy Bee the other day with a new price list. As per Carbon 60's site, the following are still listed: 2126 Goods Wagons £39.99 3225 Classic Train set £39.99 4519 Cross Track £7.50 4548 Transformer and Speed Regulator £29.99 (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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