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most of my purchases have come from new sets and pretty much all of the rest have been at a local second hand toy shop that I go to (they do LEGO by the part and by the set and I am one of their best customers) Right now though I have pretty much (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Maybe it's a socio/geographic thing. I live in Chicago so there are dozens of resale shops, and enough affluence that alot of folks just prefer to drop it off for that warm-fuzzy-feeling and tax write off rather than bother with Ebay. I do (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow and congrats! Your experience has certainly been different than mine. My wife and I used to hit the thrift stores every week. We stopped going two years ago for two reasons: 1) We realized our house was full of junk that we didn't need. 2) (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This would be a guess: 45% pick-a-brick/S@H Bulk/factory 50% Bricklink 5% New sets (usually small sets, ie: Racers, when I am at Target for other non lego items) I very rarely buy used bricks. I can't remember the last time. Maybe 3-4 years (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Forgive me if this has been discussed already,(I did a search, but it's a topic with many possible names) but I was thinking recently about where I buy my LEGO, and I realized that this year a significant portion has been purchased at resale shops. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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69.99 They show the original price as 199 (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) What is Tuesday Morning charging for these? I have seen them mark up the retail price and then take the discount off of the inflated price. (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) For those who live around the Houston or Austin area and are looking for these, the Tuesday morning in my town, College Station, still has 3 left after I bought two of them! If you live elsewhere, you might want to think about looking in (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Nice snag, Nate! Ed (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Summer clearance. Not much that interested me, but I am sure others might find something they like: (URL) Happy shopping! Jonathan (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) After I got the one in Scottsdale I drove around to several other stores and bought three more. So yes I was the one who bought them all here. (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Guess Nate and I were the lucky ones. I picked up 2 and he got one. I did go to the other stores in Phoenix and no one else had them. Nate did you buy them all? Larry (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I went to my local TM (Sunnyvale CA) and they had the NBA and Hockey sets but they told me the Metroliners had sold out "weeks ago." (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Funny, I have never heard of them either and I assumed "Tuesday Morning" was when the sale started. No need to clear my calendar tuesday morn, apparently my postal code is not a valid zipcode, who knew?? Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I wasn't thinking, its been awhile since I checked the newsgroups on lugnet. I've never even seen a tuesday morning store. I did check their web site and found a few within 60 miles. (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, since the name of a store is in the subject, I'd assume that's where. Adrian (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Where? (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Metroliner for 50% off. Buy them and enjoy. (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials for Aug 16--Aug 22
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative). 8793 Sir Rascus 8.99 4.50 4969 Tractor Fun 4.99 2.50 3476 1x6 Green Bricks 6.99 3.50 (18 years ago, 19-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative). 8783 Sir Rascus 8.99 4.50 3297 Scoop and Lofty at the Building Yard 29.99 15.00 4969 Tractor (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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