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Re: Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:05:41 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jon D. Hayward writes:
> Toy City have put their prices up. BIG TIME!
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> 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...
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> Most of the other sets now appear to be at the same price as the rest of the
> UK :-(
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> 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"?!?
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
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 | | Re: Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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| (...) other (...) but (...) Uhmmm? if this is indeed true, let us hope it does not spread to Lego putting any pressure on our good friends at Argos!!! Jason (25 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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