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Re: train part prices
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:37:02 GMT
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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 service.
So when you add up the additional costs due to the higher wages UK Lego
employees get over there US counterparts, the additional costs in transport
due to the increased weight of Lego spares because of the better quality we
have here in Britain, and the fact that working the plastic mines where Lego
is sourced are underground mines and therfore more costly to extract than
the surface mines as in the US.
I hope that this explains the reasons clearly and that you can now pay up
and get back to playing with you Lego.
Peter D. Simpson
sterling@interalpha.co.uk
If you can afford Lego, you can afford to pay more taxes!!!
lawrence wilkes <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Fy796q.Kx@lugnet.com...
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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| (...) You dont believe this spin put out by those who would rather prices remained high do you? Prices are high in UK simply because we dont complain and accept it. Folks dont shop around or haggle, whereas our continental cousins are apparently (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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