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Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
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Date: 
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:51:05 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.

> In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > 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.

In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> 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!

This thread was discussing the prices of the new train wagons, which are
exclusive to S@H.  So, apart from tax and shipping costs, there shouldn't be
a difference.  But, they probably match the on-line prices to shop prices
which are so affected.  The real rip-off is that you still have to pay RRP
to buy direct from the supplier.

> > > 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'.
> 
> In the case of the dinosaurs - I am not concerned.

Well, two out of three ain't bad.

Jason J Railton



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  Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
 
(...) This is a good point. I expect it is more to do with keeping TRU/Argos happy, that it is with keeping us happy. :( Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
  Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
 
"Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:GG91x5.BEx@lugnet.com... (...) I think other shops and sites would boycott Lego if they started to get undercut by the supplier you simply cant afford to do it James (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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