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Subject:	Re: Limited Quantities of OLD stuff available at shop at home!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk
Date:	Thu, 3 May 2001 15:11:21 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason Briscoe writes: > In lugnet.loc.uk, Huw Millington writes: > > > > I think they have all been available before, but some are very old, like the > > garage doors and large harbour/platform plates, which according to brickset > > date back to around 1991 (shame they are not available!) > > Huw's right, this is nothing we have not seen before, its just selling off > of old stocks, nothing more nothing less. I should have thought that the N/A > means these items have simply sold out first. I placed some orders this > afternoon and it would not let me have the quantities I required, i.e. 200 > pirate packs! so its suggestive that quantities of items are limited. No, not really. I spoke with some of the management people at the S@H Europe phone bank today. As of 25 minutes ago, there were 530 5058 packs left--it's a matter of discretion whether they sell a lot to any one person, and the website is intended to limit quantities one can order anonymously. Regarding the NA, though, *call up and ask*. It sounds obvious, but I was able to get four 5200s (which have been listed as NA) just now. What's more, some things have "become" available; I ordered a dozen garage door assemblies. > I thinks that Lego has obviously sorted out all the service items that were > sent back from all the european centres like wrexham. So its buy while you > can, some very nice items to be had I must say. Just as well we've saved > those old service leaflets eh? looks like at least three diferent pirate > packs and cannons to be had, as well as the nice 54 piece technic crawler > tracks! many other goodies too. Oh my, yes. best LFB

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		Re: Limited Quantities of OLD stuff available at shop at home!
Might I dare to suggest a non-pessimistic theory... S@H is now the way Lego will sell items it previously sold via Service. It recognised the need and set up the bulk packs concept before offering all this 'old stock' service stuff. Once it sees the (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: Limited Quantities of OLD stuff available at shop at home!
(...) Huw's right, this is nothing we have not seen before, its just selling off of old stocks, nothing more nothing less. I should have thought that the N/A means these items have simply sold out first. I placed some orders this afternoon and it (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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