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Re: Busy Bee goodies
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 12 May 2000 10:57:58 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Fri, 12 May 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<FuFHyF.25o@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 04:03:51
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> > Me, I like hitting every Target I drive by during christmas
> > clearance season, it's the thrill of the hunt, to a certain extent, even if I
> > could save as much by buying in bulk over the net (which I do, too...)
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> Hmmm. Is it worth a trip to the US, just for the experience of going
> into a shop, seeing lots of LEGO at 50% off, and buying it.
50%? For shame. Mike Stanley will tell you it's 40% and then 75%.. you know
you've really hit the jackpot when you find a really old decrepit Target (NOT
near where Conan lives) and you go in and find lots and lots of starwars on 75%
off. Lindsay F Braun did it last year. The blighter.
> "Excess baggage?"
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> "That pile of LEGO cartons over there"
Hehe. I've strained the airline baggage capacity, customs officer credulity,
and my back coming back from Canada once or twice. One time I hit Zellers at
just the right time and filled a Dell display/monitor box so full I had trouble
taping it shut. It was so big it almost didn't check (which would have been a
disaster, I woiuld have had to re-rent a car, get a hotel for another nite and
repacked the box into several and shipped it).
> Mind you, after my recent trips to the toy shops, I'm not sure there's
> many current sets that I'd want to buy even one of :(
Ain't that the truth. Star Wars is about the only thing I'd pay more than 1/2
off in any kind of quantity. Well, and trains.
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| (...) I (...) 75% (...) trouble (...) I thought (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that you could only bring a certain value of goods back into the UK (less than 100 GBP I think) before you were supposed to pay tax on entry, even if you (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Fri, 12 May 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<FuFHyF.25o@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:03:51 (...) Hmmm. Is it worth a trip to the US, just for the experience of going into a shop, seeing lots of LEGO at 50% off, and buying it. "Excess baggage?" "That pile of (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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