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)
"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GCrn50.MqL@lugnet.com... (...) I have early train wheels for trade on my trade page (URL) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
(...) Maybe, but I suspect that Service was dropped (and this was over a year before Shop@Home) because it wasn't profitable. Too many sets for too few orders. The bulk brick selections are based around a different concept. These 'new' items are (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)