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Re: eToys closing down
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Date: 
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:37:49 GMT
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message
news:G6LEBy.GDn@lugnet.com...


I just gave them a substantial payment... my 3rd in 2 days.


Good strategy on their part.

Hold a very attractive sale that brings in lots of orders, THEN tell
everyone its a closing down sale!

Their US parent is still in operation though, so hopefully for you they are
just cutting their losses as opposed to going to the wall.

regards
lawrence



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(...) Indeed. From: (URL) pulls out of Europe The company blamed the slowdown on the largely US-centred problems of difficult retailing conditions, the "current disfavour" towards internet retailing, and "a consumer population meaningfully (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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