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Subject:	Re: Major revision/expansion of my wantlist page
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:32:36 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Frank Filz writes: > Another factor here is reliability. If you start into a deal with Larry, he > won't back out halfway through because he found someone else with a better > deal. That is true. I'll just buy them both! LOL. Law of averages. However Frank IS overpraising me here, I do need prodding, I have a tendency to forget about deals in progress. So if you're waiting for me to complete a deal, please bug me, I may have forgotten about it. It happens, and I do apologise for it, too many balls in the air. What can I say? But I always make my deals good, you can count on it. It just sometimes takes a while to clean up the messes. Speaking of things in the air, does anyone know if BA is still doing Lego Promo sets on transatlantics? I've arranged to return on BA from the UK next month (although I go over on NW/KLM, so I can get into business class and get some sleep) as I will be there for the better part of two weeks including time to get to the LegoFest going down on the 19th... > Nico Hoogerbrug - I've necer sold stuff to Nico, but he is also an > exceptional international trader]). And a really nice guy with some amazing printed reference material and arcana! I got a chance to meet Nico on an Amsterdam layover, wish I'd had more time. He had a whole shopping cart full of stuff he just wanted to *give* me. No way could I have accepted that even if I could have found space in my luggage. ++Lar

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		Re: Major revision/expansion of my wantlist page
(...) Wow! I sure appreciated all the goodies he threw into the box when I got my Shell sets, especially the copy of The Gate of the Present. I suspect LEGO is going to end up giving me the excuse to take a trip to europe. I haven't been since 1972 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.fun)

		Re: Major revision/expansion of my wantlist page
(...) "I refuse to answer on account whatever I say might incriminate me". When it comes to slow service, no one has cast a wider net... I just have so little time -- what working 57 miles away from the house (2 hours daily commute), stopping at my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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		Re: Major revision/expansion of my wantlist page
(...) Another factor here is reliability. If you start into a deal with Larry, he won't back out halfway through because he found someone else with a better deal (though I would expect him to still back out if the deal becomes a hassle in some way). (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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