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Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 08:08:44 GMT
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> Looks like Lego might to be picking up the bill or part of it!
> regards
> lawrence
> 
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of creditors owed about $100 million by
> eToys Inc. extended a deadline to refrain from pressing claims against the
> troubled Internet toy seller while it seeks a buyer or investor to prop up
> the company, an attorney for the creditors said on Wednesday.
> 
> The creditors group, which includes such names as toy makers Mattel Inc.
> Hasbro Inc. and Lego Systems, had set a previous deadline of Jan. 31, but
> extended that until Feb. 15, said Michael Fox, a New York attorney who
> represents the group.

Seeing as eToys US operation has now shut down too, presumably unable to pay
this bill, I hope you will be all returning your 50% sale price Lego sets to
Lego
:-)

regards
lawrence



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  Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
 
Looks like Lego might to be picking up the bill or part of it! regards lawrence LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of creditors owed about $100 million by eToys Inc. extended a deadline to refrain from pressing claims against the troubled Internet toy (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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