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Re: buying lego in london
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:08:58 GMT
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"Michael LeCount" <lecountm@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Gv58tq.25H@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> > Sorry, but shops selling Lego in London at good prices don't really
> > exist.
> > Lego is more expensive in the UK than in the rest of Europe and the • US.
> > I do not think you will find Lego in the UK cheaper than Italy.
> >
> > lawrence
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> Actually its not, well during a recent visit to Denmark, Sweden, • Germany,
> Belgium and France. Lego in the shops was almost exactly the same as • the UK
> with the only variations being +/- pennies due to the exchange rate
> fluctuations.
> Denmark and Germany were for the vast majority of Lego a good • percentage
> more expensive, mainly due in Denmark to their 25% tax.
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> Michael.
I am surprised.
Given that sets on shop@home are nearly always cheaper in these
countries than the UK, I am surprised that sets in stores would
therefore be more expensive.
If that is true, then shop@home in the UK appears to be even more of a
rip off. Why are UK shop@home prices the same as store prices in the UK,
instead of cheaper like abroad?
lawrence
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| (...) Actually its not, well during a recent visit to Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and France. Lego in the shops was almost exactly the same as the UK with the only variations being +/- pennies due to the exchange rate fluctuations. Denmark and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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