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r2 wrote in message ... (...) However I just read the paper and Albertson's has the Oatmeal buy one get one free. Rose (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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For all you oatmeal eaters out there, Costco sells a 45 pack for $7.99, better than the $3.85 Albertson's wants for 10 packs. Rose Raymond Flournoy wrote in message ... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) yup.. the local safewat here has them now. I looked at them and cant say i am super impressed (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Quaker Oatmeal LOM offer - scans online
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(...) Well, and it's not like you don't get to eat the oatmeal, which, while a little on the sweet side, has made a nice temporary change in my breakfast routine-- variety is the spice of life, after all. :) On the other hand, it also doesn't look (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.space)
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(...) Just got the Mania mag today, and this offer is on page 4, with an envelope! Approx retail value $5.99. that's a lot of oatmeal to save $4 ;-) of course, it is an "exclusive" Milissa (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.space)
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Here's some cheese to go with your whine. The nearest target to me is 1.5+ hours away. ;-p BEN G And David already cleared those out ;-) Thanx, Mark Millére LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millére's Spares (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yep. You could head a little west and clean out Mobile and the Big Easy. Mississippi should be ripe for the pickings, as I havn't been out there yet. Ray (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Here's some cheese to go with your whine. The nearest target to me is 1.5+ hours away. ;-p BEN G (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I really do miss the turnpike.... But that's another story. Here in the Milwaukee area there are only 2 Targets and for the 2nd week in a row there are NO!! markdowns. I mean nothing at all. Last week there was 1 Primo set in the clearance isle and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I live in CA, which SHOULD take 12+ hours to traverse N-S at the speed limit. Yet I seem to make the 450 miles from SF to LLC in 7 hours or less every time ;-) I've also made it from OH to CA in 2.5 days including a breakdown that blew half a day (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh go for it Tom ;) We can meet at 8am when K-mart (or WM or target, etc) opens up and have coffee while counting our finds <lol> In fact, some of the WMs are open 24/7. Just remember, FL is (geographically speaking) strung out all to hell. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Most of the Targets I've hit haven't even gone 50% off, though, or if they have, not on very many sets. (...) If I move, it will probably be to FL, which might make some people there wince ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bulk Brick sales at LEGOLAND
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Nothing newer as of last weekend. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Ok, this got my curiosity: how many 2x4s are there in a pound ? I took a tub of red 2x4s and measured them onto one of my scales (better than 1/10 oz accuracy). It took 101 2x4 bricks to make 8 oz. So Legoland is selling them for approx (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Oog. My Target only had the AAT on sale, and it was only $5 off. There were a ton of A-Wings on the shelf, but they were full price. I picked up three more Droid Escape sets, tho. :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) As well it should: of the 3 Targets I've checked this week, two were down to single-digit quantities of sets on clearance, and the third was barely into the teens. Ditto for Wal-Mart. Why would they want to increase their losses when half-off (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I can't answer this question - anybody know? I'd like a quarter ton of bricks sent to me too! Much better than having to lug it home on an airplane! (...) I was in LEGOLAND just before Christmas. (Made myself a wonderful ornament out of 1x2 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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I want to buy 5305 and 5310, but S@H seems sell no longer, where can I find them? (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I had that same hunch and went back to a store (60 mile round trip!) where yesterday they vehemently denied that the sale prices would be coming down. I was thrilled to get two copies of that lovely color-coordinated set Dino Research Compound (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm curious about this too. Was the "gift package" set available by phone? And if so, would it be the same number to call? I'm in dire need of lots of 2x4 brown bricks. (Well, more dire need than my general ABS jones, anyways.) Arrrr. Another (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) ...And in the "always check back" department, I had a hunch that today might see discounts that were missed yesterday. I called a few stores and they vehemently denied that anything had been further discounted since yesterday, but somehow I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Oatmeal promo in Northern California?
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(...) Hmmm... consumer relations... Suzanne's last name isn't Williams, is it? :) Steve (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I counted them. I think you get about 230, so it compares very favorably to the S@H price. However, the quality is not as good, since they are mixing around in the big bin as well as on the scale before they scrape them into the bag. /Eric (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Anyone know if these are available at the Orlando LIC ? Ray (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Forgive me for following up on my own question, but I finally found some boxes at one of my local Targets. The boxes do exist! --Raymond Flournoy flournoy@cs.stanford.edu ray.flournoy@amikai.com (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Maybe it's just me, but isn't the kit only worth about 1.99? The 24 packets must cover the shipping. (I know this might be in the "cheapskate" vein) -Jon (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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I submitted the following request to the Quaker Oatmeal Consumer Relations group about a week ago: "I've heard that there is a LEGO promotion going on with the Oatmeal product. My son loves the product and my other two kids love Grits. I live in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just got back from a Target this morning. This was one that isn't as well-trodden as the others because it's tucked out of the way in a smallish town. I was happy to see a couple of Mindstorms accessory kits, but they were still scanning in at 50% (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey Tom, haven't we all on Lugnet learned by now that you don't draw flies with vinegar? :-) When I checked three Targets in Solano county yesterday morning only one had gone to 75% off. Unfortunately it wasn't the first Target I hit and I had (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hmm, is it possible to order these by phone? (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Hmm. How does this price compare to the S@H price? I have no idea how many tiles are in 1/4 lb... J (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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Hi, For answer at your question, the set is in metal case and in english and french version. The price : about 110 $ U.S. Emilie (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bulk Brick sales at LEGOLAND
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I wanted to post this a long time ago already, but wasn't able to upload the pictures ... until now. There have been a few people who've mentioned it, but bulk bricks are available to be bought at LEGOLAND California. They are being sold in front of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Final Round of Target Clearance.
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AS USUAL, the Bay Area is stubbornly refusing to drop prices along with the rest of the nation. I'd like to have a word or two with the Regional Coordinator for this area. OK, a few thousand, very LOUD words, many of them profanity. (...) -- Tom (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Unfortunately the stores around my area were hit n' miss too. I nabbed a Guarded Treasury, a Battle Droid, and a Pit Droid at 75%, but everything else was still only at 50%. I was told to "try next Wednesday" but no explanation as to why some (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Oatmeal promo in Northern California?
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Ok, what is this promo??? Should I run to my local supermarket? Are they only in northern CA - how bout Southern CA? Mark (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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I just got a order from eToys placed on 1/7 - delivered by the US postal service. Apparently I got in an order on the $24 Vision Commands an hour or two before they closed out - I got a shipping confirmation on THAT order TODAY. I guess shipping'll (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Great Deals on Hard-to-Find DUPLO and DACTA Items
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Hey Everyone, I've just started getting back into Duplo and Dacta because of my kids. Normally, I'm a System and Technic purist (is there such a thing?), but the simplicity of the DUPLO components makes it ideal for my 4 year old. Also, my older (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Actually, the envelope is for sending in an order for the items on the back cover, the T-shirt and K1360 LEGO Studio Action Kit. Scott Member 718 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Oatmeal promo in Northern California?
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You don't really need the special box. The latest Mania magazine has a special envelope for sending the packets in. Rose Raymond Flournoy wrote in message ... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Oatmeal promo in Northern California?
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Hi all, Has anyone found the special Quaker Oatmeal promo boxes in Northern California yet? Thanks! --Raymond Flournoy flournoy@cs.stanford.edu ray.flournoy@amikai.com (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Final Round of Target Clearance.
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(...) Hehehe. I um... visited... several different Targets today. Two of them weren't marking stuff down to 75% off, though. I got pretty lucky at my second stop and cleaned out some motor kits, a couple of pit droids, a Trade federation MTT (worst (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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(...) I also got the email yesterday. I checked the status today and it has shipped, YES!!! I was worried that because it was an international order to a US address that it might have problems, but obiously not. I did have problems selecting the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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(...) Maybe that's how they'll make some money. I think it is hillarious that they shipped me 20 Sith Infiltrators for $20.00 in a box almost big enough for me to lay down in but want $28.00 to ship 20 Naboo Swamps (or 20 Lightsaber Duels). (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I received the same e-mail this morning for both of my orders. I was a little curious so I went to track the status of the orders on the etoys site. Sure enough, both shipped today, but I still haven't received a shipping confirmation e-mail (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Final Round of Target Clearance.
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(...) I got the the RC car 5600, $19.94 , (2) 8735 Power Packs ($9.44) a 8002 Destroyer Droid for $12.44 and Advent Calendar 2250 for $4.94. These items were all scattered about on the clearance aisle, and the signs were still at 50% off. It pays to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO: The Store @ Downtown Disney Address
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My wife and I visited this store on opening day (1/12/01), and was completely underwhelmed. It was much like the Legoland stores, only smaller. They did have the minifig statues, but nothing special, no clearance. Clearly this is not an outlet (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys shipping rates - Note the Maximum!
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(...) Yes, my last order (not shipped yet) had a shipping fee of $113. BEN (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: eToys shipping rates - Note the Maximum!
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Is Brickwise working? It seems to always have wrong prices in it. Did you ever figure out a way to put the date/time of the last update on the Brickwise pages? And by the way: There seems to be no more max shipping at eToys. My shipping cost was $46 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Question
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Where is this going for ~$100? David (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LEGO: The Store @ Downtown Disney Address
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Hey Everyone, My wife went to the employee preview of Disney's California Adventure last night and stopped by LEGO: The Store at Downtown Disney. It was about the size of a small outlet store, with the usual items. She only took three pictures (ask (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Thumbs up II: The Revenge (LONG - was Re: Thumbs up for walmart.com)
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(...) Maybe so...but I didn't have the extra money at the time, and I had already been refunded for it (well, for the Railway Express it was supposed to have been anyway). (That's not to say I wasn't tempted - but then, it would have been the same (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Question
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I would be interested in it IF it is the one in the METAL case, not the cardboard case. And of course the price matters ;-) And I would be interested in 8450 for a good price. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Specials, Jan 17 - Jan 23, 2001
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(URL) Stop Rail Switch $ 4.99 $ 2.00 2107 Duplo My Turtle Friend $24.99 $20.00 System 6462 Aerial Recovery $24.99 $10.00 6327 Turbo Champs $ 9.99 $ 4.00 Scala Bellville 5387 Beach Accessories $ 2.99 $ 1.50 Technic Misc -- | Tom Stangl, Technical (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Question
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(...) I have two of these for sale, if anyone's looking. Unopened/MISB, of course. Regards, Torsten (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I expect some people are - but be warned, the set comes in several languages. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) These seem to be selling in the US at the ~$100 level. How about the 8450 expansion set?? -Rob. (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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(...) I placed 2 orders and tried to cancel the first the day after it was entered (I ordered to VCs at the $44 price before it went to $24). I received an e-mail that the first order shipped. I received the above e-mail in reference to the 2nd (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Question
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Hi, Are you interested by Lego set 8482 ? Emilie (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Thumbs up II: The Revenge (LONG - was Re: Thumbs up for walmart.com)
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You should have kept that 8458 - they're all gone now. I'm glad I put in an order last night! They had less than 50 left for several days, I placed an order around 11pm last night, and at 5am this morning, they had 2 left. Gone now. (...) -- | Tom (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Thumbs up II: The Revenge (LONG - was Re: Thumbs up for walmart.com)
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(...) Well, I thought I'd post the rest of this long and sordid story. In addition to the recap above, there were three packages to me missing, also to be delivered by the US Postal Service. We'll call the Walmart Highway set order Order #1 (for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Final Round of Target Clearance.
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(...) Well, I'm outta here! Now, where did I put those car keys.... Maggie C. (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Final Round of Target Clearance.
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I went into my local Target today (Concord, NH) to check if the long awaited final round of clearance had started. I scanned three sets. . . same prices as last week. As I was starting to leave, I noticed that a Target employee was organizing one of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: eToys sale prices on the rise
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We just got 2, got my fingers crossed. Please ship before you close, please ship before you close......... Thanx, Mark Millére LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millére's Spares (URL) -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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(...) ewww, yeah. Slave 1 back up to $15 from $10 and I don't see the Sith Infiltrator even listed. (...) Yeah, I got one of these. Swamped shipping dept? With the S/H fees they charged they can pull homeless people off of the streets and put them (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) We've no guarantee that the company will last forever. Our emotional investment in the product is a chance that we take in our hobby. But, it would be foolishness if I squandered my budget by making purchases, in part, to buck up the company. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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I got one too, unfortunately. I sure HOPE they can fill my (small for once) order, as EVERYTHING I ordered has gone back up in price, some things are almost 3 times the price now. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just got one. Hopefully they will be able to fill the orders. Charles (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: eToys sale prices on the rise
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(...) Did anyone else get an email from eToys like this ... We wanted to let you know that, due to the positive response to our January clearance sale, all or a portion of your order may take a bit longer to process than usual. As a result, it may (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | eToys sale prices on the rise
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Has anybody noticed that a bunch of those "up to 75% off" items are now going back up? A bunch of things that were %30 off are now only %20 off. I guess the good times are over for now :-( (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) What happens next??? I think we have already seen what is happening next, and the time is soon approaching when the we will have to put up or shut up. First off, I don't begrudge TLC for creating sets such as (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Furthur Price Reductions at etoys
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It sold out several days ago. Rose Zhengrong Zang wrote in message <3A650A2B.896F0B7C@i...me.com>... (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I couldn't find Vision command, could you tell me the URL? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I've actually almost lost interest in _sets_ as such, since there's been so little decent mid-range Technic for a couple of years. Almost all the Lego I buy for myself (as opposed to what I buy for my children) is intended to swell the parts (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That's not really the point, I don't think. It's not that you OWE them anything-- BUT, does Lego OWE *US* anything? If we take the stance that we won't buy junky sets, that's fine. But Lego might go out of business entirely. And if we want (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Er, last week. (...) Bottom feeders? I owe Lego *nothing.* I work for a living. I pay my bills. I pay my taxes. I pay my tuition out of my own pocket. Forgive me for not handing over my wallet to Billund. Free market economy. Plain and simple. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Furthur Price Reductions at etoys
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does anyone know what time etoys usually updates or puts things on sale? I'm wondering what time to check if some other things I want go on sale (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: BlueLight.com sale
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(...) Scott, I got my small order (1 mobile outpost, 1 Anakin's pod racer) last week. I've been checking back this week, great deals on the Firehouse, but it's out of stock and I wouldn't trust it. It looks like they're web shopping may have a few (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Dwayne's LEGO Parts--Email trouble
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I have solved my email problems, hopefully permanently. My new email address is dwayne@towells.net. (The old one will continue to work for an undetermined amount of time.) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: BlueLight.com sale
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(...) Did anyone receive their order(s) from BlueLight?? I also ordered Mobile Outpost's, and now they are telling me not only are they out of stock, they will not back order or anything. Yet my order still shows up as placed.... -- Scott (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: $13 Soccer Buses (white train windows) at eToys
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(...) My Targets had some of these with the soccer ball included for 50% off. (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | The Sanburn Systems Company - Further Category Sales
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To All, After a brief timeout for the GATS Train Show, The Sanburn Systems Company is back at home and we have put more categories on sale, here is the list: A) Total Basket Discount - 25% Off A) Remaining Bricks & Plates - 45% Off (Total of 70%) B) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G77t3w.F93@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) until I (...) I feel guilty about this all of the time. I only sorted/parted out about half of what I bought from Tuesday Morning (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) It's a lot like some other hobbies that way. Today, I went out to my TRU to "help with the Lego shelves" but it had gone from bad to worse. They got 2001 sets. There was no place to put all of them, so sets were either crammed into the nooks (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOL's as cheapskates?????
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(...) [snipped lengthy but interesting post] (...) That really resonates with me. I have been giving Duplo or Lego as gifts to my daughter's friends for about 3 years now, from when she was two until now, when she is 5. I can't count how many times (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | AFOL's as cheapskates?????
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Sorry, but I do beg to differ. I would not want to hazard a guess on the percent of our gross income spent on Legos over the past decade. Almost all first or second copies of any given set have been bought at list (or above - as some local toy shops (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) No, Yes, and I'm looking. :^) (...) Me too. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) There are people at every company that do not care about the products/services they produce, and they tend not to stay around too long. Most of the LEGO employees I have met or coresponded with have a good appreciation for their product and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) In any company there are always some persons whose caring and concern goes beyond the paycheck. If a large enough percentage care, then you may have a great company. I believe that the early days at Apple were like that (possibly are again). (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | TLC hiring fans (was: Re: AFOLs as cheapskates)
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(...) Well, I can only speak from my own experience, but I'd like you to know that of the employees I've met, or worked with, all cared at least a bit. Some care quite a lot, and they even work in areas which can be influential in future product (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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Yes, the promo sets like shell you have to get at full price, but the shell sets are soooo cheap. Lego does offer the small sets like the shell does - but they charge $3.99 for them. I love the fact that the small shell sets were like $1.60 - I WISH (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Did we clean them out ? (was Re: Furthur Price Reductions at etoys)
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(...) AFOLs (...) Most likely, while I was trying to order Saturday night, both the Vision Command (Mindstorms) and Red Fury were auto-removed from my cart, and showed "Sold Out" and "We no longer carry this item". I called, hoping they stop (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) And almost me... Ben Gatrelle (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) There are always exceptions. Was it an AFOL who was responsible for Juniorization? ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) Likewise here. Especially on teenager "salary" (very undependable) I can barely afford anything for full price. Lately I've even started selling parts to defray costs. I try to buy 50% if I can; and, if I were given the option, I'd buy only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It doesn't amaze me. I would guess that many if not most employees are somewhat ambivalent about their employers goods. (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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With the exception of course of me, Brad, Tomas, and others, of course.... Jake (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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(...) It's continually amazing to me that they hire people who care not one whit about the brick or what it means to people. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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"Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3A62FB37.367D18...one.net... (...) but (...) not (...) sale, (...) Locally (...) I'll shop (...) with the (...) for a (...) sale to (...) I also (...) Droid (...) parts (...) My shopping (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Did we clean them out ? (was Re: Furthur Price Reductions at etoys)
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(...) I see that the 7171 Mos Espa Podrace no longer appears on eToys listings. AFOLs strike again ? Ray (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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