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Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:31:14 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> Lawrence,
> we only have ourselves to blame. They will work out the costs based on how
> much they think they will sell at any given price. No doubt, if the UK
> bought more Lego trains we may well get them a fraction cheaper.
That's just not true. All the S@H stuff comes from one central place, so
the whole of Europe is just one market. There's no national segmentation.
The only difference between countries is shipping costs, and we pay the
various shipping rates separately anyway.
> I am just happy they are making these sets, rather than more like the 4560
> style sets.
I'm glad to see them too, but I'm tired of things showing up all over the
website as 'not available'. They plug the wagons, dinosaurs and sand-red
bricks on the main page of shop.lego.com, but none of these have prices and
all are listed as 'not available'.
Jason J Railton
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| (...) You appear to be saying they s@h only? Are they? If they are then, other than tax differences they should be the same. But despite that, my 1st sentence still holds true - supply & demand! Scott A (...) In the case of the dinosaurs - I am not (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Lawrence, we only have ourselves to blame. They will work out the costs based on how much they think they will sell at any given price. No doubt, if the UK bought more Lego trains we may well get them a fraction cheaper. I am just happy they are (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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