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Re: Toy City on a "loss leader"?
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sat, 24 Jun 2000 12:15:16 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...
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 the past. The price increases may well change that - but I doubt
it.
Scott A
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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"?!?
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> Just Jono .oO
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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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