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Subject:	Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:53:41 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes: > The worst offenders are lego software, which are at least 2x, with Lego > > Friends 3.65x, as it is on offer at $9.99 compared to UK price of £24.99 > > Friends came out at 40 USD MSRP IIRC, as do most LegoMedia titles. It's > currently on sale, yes, because it didn't do very well. (my daughter Taya > (11), who loves Scala and to a lesser extent Belville, was quickly bored by > it). I did imply that by saying 'it is on offer', meaning special offer. But anyone thinking of buying it in UK would be mad at our price. It is very annoying that software is so expensive in UK compared to US (even more so when it is a UK developed game from a UK publisher!) regards lawrence

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		Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
(...) Well, you know... it has to work on a higher voltage. That's gotta be why it costs more. (1) 1 - Heard a story once, dunno if it's true, in which that particular reason was given for why a very expensive piece of software would not install (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
(...) You may want to make sure you're comparing apples to apples. For example: (...) Friends came out at 40 USD MSRP IIRC, as do most LegoMedia titles. It's currently on sale, yes, because it didn't do very well. (my daughter Taya (11), who loves (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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