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train part prices
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:28:02 GMT
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I was looking at the 2000 shop at home catalog and noticed that whereas set
prices in UK are a little bit less than the common 'pounds for dollars' ratio,
the prices of train extras were not. i.e. stright rails are $12.99 and often
£12.99 in UK shops, and at toycity.
Even worse, the train service packs are MORE pounds than dollars. e.g. 5302
boggie plate is £2.05 compared to $1.99 and 5303 buffers are £3.30 vs $2.99.
Though they have separated shipping now (which is minimal on a service pack),
it hardly seems to reflect currency exchange and the fact that the parts are
EU sourced in the first place.
Clearly time for a 'rip off Britain' campaign. I shall write to the Daily Mail.
Joking aside its not fair though is it?
regards
lawrence
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 | | Re: train part prices
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| (...) Mail. (...) It's absurd. Given the proximity of Denmark to, well, the whole of Europe, prices should be a lot less. I say we have a no-Lego day, like the petrol pump boycott. Nobody has anything to do with Lego that day, except to explain to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: train part prices
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| Here we go again, complaining again about "rip off britain". Everyone knows that everything costs far more in Britain because the price reflects the high wage costs, high fuel transport costs, and the high cost of premises to operate a distribution (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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