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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Peter Parsons writes:
> Hi all
> This is my first attempt to sell or trade on Lugnet so please be patient.
> I have the following for sale/trade in the condition as stated.
> 6812 Blacktron (Bagged/instructions copy) 2 off $6
> 6851 Blacktron (bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $8
> 6832 Blacktron (bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $6
> 6833 Mtron (bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $7
> 6939 Spyrus (bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $15
> 6898 Ice Planet(bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $13
> 6982 Exploriens(MIB) 1 off $60
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> Prices are in US dollars Email me if interested thanks.
Hi, welcome to b.s.t, and good luck with your sale. In 'strine(1), does off
mean quantity available, or does it mean something else?
(in US usage off typically means a discount as in "I'll give you 5 off the list
price for that"...)
Thanks!
1 - the Australian variant on/dialect of english...
++Lar
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| (...) I'm used to it meaning "each of" or "quantity of". I hear it rarely, but it floats around Canada among Older Folks(tm), so it's probably a British-derived thing... KDJ ___...___ Kyle D. Jackson, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, LUGNETer #203 (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| Hi all This is my first attempt to sell or trade on Lugnet so please be patient. I have the following for sale/trade in the condition as stated. 6812 Blacktron (Bagged/instructions copy) 2 off $6 6851 Blacktron (bagged/instructions copy) 1 off $8 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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