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(...) Janey, you live too close the the only store I know of that does frown on PAB stacking: (URL) They post a no-stacking policy above their PAB tree: (URL) At least it was there when I last visited the store 3 years ago: (URL) For Brand Retail (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) LOL, Doug, wow, that sure does look familiar... you may have solved the mystery of why I thought that was a rule. Silly me, right in my own back yard too. Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Not sure if it's changed recently, but at our brand retail store in Portland Oregon, the manager won't let you out of the store if your PAB cup lid touches the rim of the cup, let alone snaps shut! Well, he's not quite that millitant, but he's (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow! I'll be stopping by the Portland store on my vacation this summer, and I will be glad of that service. Here in Chicago they don't insist on filling, but they never object to stacking. My tops rarely close completely, and no one ever says (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) - snip - (...) Yesterday I bought a green PAB tub from the Portland store, and having seen this thread, decided to do a pseudo-scientific process of it. So I kept track of how long it took to pack and then tested to see the volume, count, (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Here's my experience with a PAB tub at the Bellevue, WA store: Time to pack: 2.75 hours. This included chatting with Neil, Gordon, Soren, and Jon Tatman (because it's not a real visit to the Bellevue store if you don't run into Jon there. . .). My (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Both of you spent almost three hours filling your green tubs. Then, to be able to actually use the pieces you carefully packed, you had to disassemble them all once you got them home. Being cost effective means considering not just the money, but (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That's only true if they were spending their time dealing with the PaB tubs when they would have otherwise been performing work that had monetary value. If they would have spent the time sitting on their butts watching TV, then they've lost (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This got me to thinking, so I ran some numbers (note that math is not my strong point, and I estimated a lot). A 2x4 brick at the online PAB is $0.16. Adding 3 sets of 999 (for close to the 3,000 parts that someone quoted) 2x4 bricks shows me (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It's all part of the hobby. I would agree with the watching TV example. "Free time" shouldn't figure into a cost equasion. If you are looking a brick dealer, and that's your livelyhood...maybe. (...) For some folks, myself included, the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) For me, part of the "fun" of LEGO is the socialization aspect. I know all the LEGO Store employees by name, and they know me... we like to BS and throw insults back and forth. The environment is fun. I get to say "thanks" when people walk up (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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