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Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 13:45:26 GMT
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Toy City have put their prices up. BIG TIME!
4560 is up from £44.99 to £99.99!!! Straight and curved track up from £7.49
to £12.99, points up from £16.99 to £24.99, etc...
Most of the other sets now appear to be at the same price as the rest of the
UK :-(
Should we guess that they were on a loss leader to get the customers in, or
could their costs really have gone up this much? "Rip-off Britain" or
"Rip-off Europe"?!?
Just Jono .oO
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 | | Re: Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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| (...) Perhaps is was pressure from Lego, following pressure on them from their other retailers, to keep prices in line with rest of market. Supposedly illegal, but apparently frequent action by large brands regards lawrence (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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| (...) I had noted this also. All there prices now include shipping(?) - which means there is no saving to be had by buying more than one item at a time. Based on what I have had from them, I'd say they must be at the bleeding edge of the internet in (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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