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(...) Matt, Wow! You have single-handedly, though perhaps unknowingly, indicted all of capitalism. For the trouble of extending Lego Shop @ Homes reach and advertising, for taking on the risk of selling at a loss, for bringing to market something (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Actually, such an auction isn't necessarily deceitful of him-- mainly because people in other countries & overseas don't *have* S@H, and thus may not have access to the sets. However, I will admit that doing what he did DOES sound like he was (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) I had a similar experience that actually worked out in my favor. Back when the classic train was out, I wanted to buy the classic train kit because I needed the extra track and speed regulator. I saw an auction for the kit on ebay and bid and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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<snip recap of unfortunate ebay transaction> Well,hopefully the Lego packing slip will educate other biddders as to where to find those "rare" and "hard to find" sets that pop up on eBay.(Not a moral either, but maybe a happy ending, kinda.) Julie (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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I've wanted to share this story since I first started posting to LUGNET, but couldn't find the information to share until doing some digging around the house on other LEGO related business this evening. This story is a warning to my LUGNET friends (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) FWIW, PayPal is splitting their business rates on July 14. Up until now, PP had two rate structures: Personal (very small volume and free) and business/premier (larger volume and not free). PP appears to have decided to segment the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Hmmm.. I just used it, seemed fine to me (other than the 389 active users <g> ) Also note that email is working again. Lets hope it last longer than one day this time. Ray (25 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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TO All, I tried going on Brickbay, it is crashing everytime, I saw the last user count was 542. Is that right? It is really weird! Scott S. -- (25 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) Or for the conspiricy theorists out there, is Interland falsly exaggerating the amount of traffic on BrickBay to support their campaign to dump the site without honoring their contract? (Insert X Files like music here) But then, I'm one to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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(...) I'm wondering the same thing. It started sometime just after 2pm EDT today. I was updating some picture links on a few parts, and watched it climb from mid- 50s, 200, 300... I think it topped out about 850, then slowly decreased to what you (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.services)
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