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(...) I'm interested in a couple more of these, and would offer you $60 each for them to be shipped to me, you get to keep whatever the difference between that and the actual cost with shipping. (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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At the Glendora, California Wal-Mart I was browsing the LEGO aisle when I happened to look up at the top shelf, where they usually have extra stock of what's on the normal shelves.. well, much to my surprise, I saw about 8 boxes of 6079 Dark Forest (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I received a flier in the mail for Ames' "the Biggest The Best Toy Sale". 72 pages of nothing but toys! There is a whole page of Lego. Sale runs Oct 27 - Nove 23 Lego Sets: 4990 Rock Raiders HQ - $59.99 6456 Mission Control - $59.99 5986 Amazon (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) brought (...) My kingdom for a Shopko! Alas here in the Lone Star state we have none. This is the last piece I need for my Adventurers collection to add insult to injury. Oh well I guess I get to pay the $48.88 at Wal-mart (the cheapest I can (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Over the weekend I was looking for a Lego fix. Target had the 5976 River Expedition set at a retail price of $49.99. A visit to Shopko, however, found it at $39.99, plus the 20% off sale on all Lego (expires this Saturday) brought the price down to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Fred Meyer has 20% off Lego, todays prices. So if you are lucky enough to find a clearance set you get an additional 20% off. Rose (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Anyone who might think that the purple bucket (2494) is an endangered species, should have been with me on my recent road trip. There seems to be many purple buckets still in the pipeline. At one K-Mart I counted 160+ purple buckets on the shelf, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Where can you buy the 1076 Advent Calendar?
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Huw's site lists that the 1076 Advent Calendar is available in the US, Where?? I have only seen 1298. Someone a few weeks ago mentioned that it was available at KBkids, however their web site doesn't list model numbers of sets. Rose (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New Wal-Mart Value Pack
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The little carrying case thing counts as a set. (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Not sure how many people would legitimately qualify for this, but just in case... (URL) till 11/1 They're also doing free shipping till 12/1 (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Howdy, Meijer grocery/dept stores (I think they are only in the mid-west) are having a 30% off all Lego sale Oct 21-23. They have a pretty decent selection and their normal prices aren't inflated. The add in my local news paper also gives a web (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This evening I was in Wal-Mart where I noticed that they have a new value pack out. It contains the following sets: 4222 - (URL) - (URL) - (URL) (1) 6706 - (URL) - (URL) (2) The labeling on the box says six sets but there only five shown. The box (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: question to the North American folks
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In at least MI, NY and FL, there is putatively a "use tax" that you owe on purchases made out of state, and there is an official form to pay it which can be attached to your income tax return (in the MI and NY cases) or sent in with a check (since (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: question to the North American folks
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Mike Timm wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) purchases (...) states (...) in a (...) About the only thing I have ever seen this applied to is the purchase of a car. If you buy a car in one state but title it in another, you don't have (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) if (...) property (...) I'm not Larry and don't play him on the internet :^) The way I understand it, currently and in MN, is that any mailorder purchases where the MN sales tax is not collected you are supposed to pay a "use tax" that happens (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Really? I thought you only paid sales tax if you live in that state, say I bought an item from Michigan, where I reside, from a Michigan distributor. I don't think many local taxes are in sales, etc. It is mostly income and property tax. i (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Torsten, That is one of the reasons the shipping costs are so high. The charges for Customs and import taxes are including in shipping. As for the Taxes on the actual merchandise, legaly even if you recieve a package from another state you are (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: question to the North American folks
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Lego imports into the US duty free. Someone on Lugnet dug up the US customs reference on their webpage. If you search for lego and customs in the same search string I bet you will find it. Can't say for Canada. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I don't know for sure, but I think, since it is such a rare set, that people will pay for it, no matter what cost there may be involved. Scott S. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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With all this ordering about at Busy Bee and discussion about those high shipping charges, I thought of another cost factor which should come up: Don't you have to pay any import duties and taxes on your orders? Regards, Torsten (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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