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Subject: 
Re: 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:15:42 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler writes:
In lugnet.pirates, Andrew Pruette writes:
While placing an order for various Christmas gifts last week, I noticed that
6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew were both shown as in stock and
shipping in 24 hours at http://www.amazon.com. They arrived today, so I can
verify they're available. May be a good opportunity to pick up these kits
which don't seem to be in many stores anymore, at least in my area (NC, USA).

Well, here's the not-so-hidden price structure that offsets the benefit of
such an order, according to the CSR I just talked to:

  As a toy, each item has a flat $1.25 shipping charge;
  The whole order has a flat $3.00 shipping charge, whether you buy 1 or 100

As such, the price for 10 copies of Skeleton Crew would cost $45.40, or
$4.54 per set.  Doesn't seem like as good a deal to me now, I'm afraid,
especially when the total shipping/processing for a $25.00 book is about three
bucks!


True enough. At the moment, there are many coupon codes floating around for
$10 off, such as PRESENTS-4-ALL, that help offset it to a more reasonable
level. I've also received several coupons in the last few months for $10 off
Amazon toys, so that helps as well.

Andrew



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  Re: 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
 
(...) Well, here's the not-so-hidden price structure that offsets the benefit of such an order, according to the CSR I just talked to: As a toy, each item has a flat $1.25 shipping charge; The whole order has a flat $3.00 shipping charge, whether (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping)

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