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Re: Boot sale Prices
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 8 May 2001 18:44:20 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Alan Kershaw writes:
> Condition guide should be :
> M Mint
> P Played With
> H Heavy Use
> BV Baby Vomit (and other unmentionable encrustations)
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> Different pages can be shown to the putative seller depending on the items
> for sale - finally resorting to the back cover which points out that all
> Lego is merely rented out from the Lego company, not purchased and that
> possesion of the items more than 5 years after they were obtained is a crime
> punishable by death, and that as an authorised collector you can take the
> stuff off their hands.
Perhaps simply providing irefutable evidence of damaging their lego to these
extents should be punished by death :-). I have some really grotty
secondhand bricks from the Cheshirefest, come to think of it, I think I
bought them from you Alan!
Actually on a serious note I'm more concerned with whether a brick is merely
scratched or actually gouged, cause if it's gouged it may not fit correctly
and with Technic that can hamper operation.
Steve
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| Dear all I've noted a steady rise in the prices asked for Lego at car boot sales. A couple of years ago a stacker box full with assorted instructions would be around £5, certainly in Northamptonshire where i 'booted' regularly. Now people ask (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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