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In lugnet.robotics, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > Sorry, not quite the question I was asking. More specifically, is the
> > (for example) yellow plates pack actually discounted from what it was
> > before now that it is on "special" ??
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> Hardly any items on the clearance page are discounted. The yellow plates
> were $8 in the 2001 catalog (hard copy), then $8.50 in 2002, and are not
> in the 2003 catalog at all. I suspect "clearance" to them has more to do
> with discontinuation than discount.
As I suspected. Sigh. It is STILL lost on me why Pitsco got the Dacta monopoly
in the US from LEGO... I haven't seen the value add or synergy from combining
them, but that's just me.
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> > Normally I avoid Pitsco except for things you cannot get elsewhere as
> > it is so very very expensive.
>
> Especially if you consider ordering a $10 item and discover shipping is $6
> and that they charge sales tax (to California anyway) on top of that.
Indeed. Their shipping is 6% or 6 dollars... whichever is more. Sigh.
XFUT market.shopping
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| (...) Hardly any items on the clearance page are discounted. The yellow plates were $8 in the 2001 catalog (hard copy), then $8.50 in 2002, and are not in the 2003 catalog at all. I suspect "clearance" to them has more to do with discontinuation (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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