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Re: More Rip Off Britain from LEGO
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:08:04 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J. Railton writes:
> > > 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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
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> > > > 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.
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> Well, two out of three ain't bad.
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> Jason J Railton
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