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Re: Busy Bee goodies
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Sun, 7 May 2000 18:33:44 GMT
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Jon D Hayward <JonDHayward@BlueYonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Fu79oL.8Kz@lugnet.com...
> 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:
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> 2126 Goods Wagons £39.99
> 3225 Classic Train set £39.99
> 4519 Cross Track £7.50
> 4548 Transformer and Speed Regulator £29.99
> 4565 Freight Train £99.99
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> But they've also added the Euro sets:
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> 4533 Snow Plough £7.25
> 4541 Maintenance Vehicle £9.99
> 4553 Train Wash £24.99
> 4556 Station £31.99
> 4557 Container Crane £24.99
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> You might get better prices from Toy City, BUT: Toy City are out of stock • of
> most of these,
They are out of a lot of stuff. I think it must be their current promo.
> and I feel that we should support British Busy Bee anyway ;-)
I do not think BB prices are all that high, but I do think it is this sort
of ethic which exacerbates the thing some people call "rip-off Britain".
> ...and I think that the Euro sets were bought into stock 'cos we asked for
> 'em!
> BTW: Scott Arthur told us that BB had stocks of 2150 a while back... BB do
> not advertise sets which will draw a lot of attention simply so that their
> phone doesn't get clogged with calls (and that's my interpretation of • Paul's
> words).
Sigh. I passed on the information to readers in this group in good faith.
The next time I see a good deal, I shall keep it to myself.
Scott A
> I've been in need (!) of a 4565 for a while, so I asked for one
> along with another 3225 for parts plus some non train sets, and was
> pleasantly surprised to be offered sets not listed... ;-)
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> Just [overloaded with trains] Jono .oO
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| (...) Not sure I agree. I think the pricing that retailers have to use because of various government policies is the problem, not the fact that small shops charge more than the big chains. I've bought from both The Entertainer and Busy Bee and I (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Scott-A <scott-arthur@eh105j...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fu7Cu5.2r6@lugnet.com... (...) do (...) their (...) Scott: that wasn't a dig at you at all - I would have done the same thing if Paul hadn't explained his reasoning to me. I just (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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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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