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Re: LEGO books for "FREE"
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 06:50:49 GMT
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[This was posted in lugnet.market.shopping; forwarding a copy to
lugnet.robotics & lugnet.books. I assume/hope Jonathan still gets the same
royalty on the book either way, whether it costs someone $0.11 or $24.99...
--Todd]
In lugnet.market.shopping, Hari Wiguna writes:
> I've just ordered Jonathan Knudsen's book "Lego Mindstorms Robots" for
> $0.11.
> Yes, ELEVEN CENTS!!! How?!
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> Step 1 - Go to http://www.flamingoworld.com/
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> Step 2 - Click on "$20 off a $20 order" under buy.com section.
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> Step 3 - When you're at buy.com, click on "Books" tab
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> Step 4 - Search for "LEGO" at buy.com.
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> Step 5 - Purchase whichever LEGO book you desire.
> They have both MindStorms books (Dave Baum's apparently is not shipping
> yet?!).
> They have "The Ultimate LEGO Universe" for $12.96, Crazy Contraptions $12.96
> And a few more LEGO books that I'm not familiar with.
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> Another tip: If you need to bring up the total to $20, consider searching
> for "Stickers". I ordered a few stickers at 75 cents each to bring my total
> to $20.11
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> PS: Spend your $20 wisely, since supposedly it is good only for new
> customers.
> I didn't dare try to use the coupon twice, I feel guilty enough getting a
> $25 book for 11 cents.
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| (...) Todd- I'd be really surprised if he didn't. After all, his monies are drawn from what the retailer pays the distributor, and as far as we know it's buy.com who's taking the hit on their P/L to promote their site. All that matters is they sold (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I've just ordered Jonathan Knudsen's book "Lego Mindstorms Robots" for $0.11. Yes, ELEVEN CENTS!!! How?! Step 1 - Go to (URL) 2 - Click on "$20 off a $20 order" under buy.com section. Step 3 - When you're at buy.com, click on "Books" tab Step 4 - (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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