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Re: WB store sale —Andrew Lynch

Wow! Thanks Larry... I just ordered two of the 8735 Technic power packs for $12 each. That is two gear reduction motors and white clutch gears plus other parts for $24 plus $5.95 shipping... I've seen this set at TRU for $37.99 normally. When I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

(...) That part is entirely optional, depending on jurisdiction. :-) c /wife/spouse/ for PCness... (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Julie Krenz

If anybody hasn't made their purchases yet, or is going back for more, take a second to join up at ebates.com. You get a 6% rebate. And, as noted in Larry's sig, say Larry sent you and Lugnet gets some cash as well. Larry too. Larry, didja remember (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

RE: WB store sale —Doug Finney

Ack, you're right! Serves me right for not checking the complete store list - I just looked the the likely categories. Are they even listed under a category? I'm just glad I wasn't making a Larry-sized purchase. :-) Doug (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Frank Filz

Doug Finney wrote in message ... (...) Gaack, getting the complete listing is painful on a slow connection... Crud, can someone point me to a page which has just the WB item, that full listing blew my IE's top (it now displays gibberish for pages). (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Julie Krenz

Go to (URL) from there click on the top black tab for "stores" or try this link (URL) are in the Flowers & Gifts category, about 3/4s down the list. If you're using Netscape, you can do what I did to find them: do Edit, find in page, studio. I tried (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Frank Filz

Julie Krenz wrote in message ... (...) "stores" (...) in (...) Brothers. (...) I finally managed by turning off pictures, getting the whole listing, getting in, turning pictures on again, and then I had to refresh. Hm, I guess I didn't scan the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —David C. Pyatt

(...) "stores" (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I forgot and it hurts because we're talking about 60 bucks I flushed. I confess I have gotten out of the habit of checking ebates to see if they have a link to where I want to go because for a while they didn't have much good... (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Frank Filz

Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38838CE9.5FC56E0D@v...er.net>... (...) take a (...) Larry's (...) Larry, (...) Well, if it makes you feel any better, you'll get almost two whole dollars due to my order (of course you'll give half of that to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jeff Stembel

(...) How much do refrences get? Jeff (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) Have you gotten a check from Ebates? We're still waiting for our first checks... (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Julie Krenz

Yesterday was my first purchase using them.There is a note on the site that says checks will be mailed on Feb 15 for purchase thru Dec 31. I am a bit concerned though, because I didn't recieve the email asking for my mailing address. I sent them an (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —David C. Pyatt

Hey Julie, After I asked you about that I logged in to the site and went to the member account information and filled everything in from there. Just go to https://www.ebates.c...info.jhtml Dave (...) take (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

I've gotten 2 checks from them so far. Neither bounced. 6-8 week lag after the end of the quarter. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) Hrmmm... makes me wonder when I will get mine... (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —John DiRienzo

Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Don't worry.... you'll get yours. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) Hahahahaha. As a matter of fact, both Rachael and I got e-mails today telling us they would be sending us a check soon. But I doubt that's what you meant... :) [off-topic] Just signed up for a new account at Pair today. When my domain their (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tim Rueger

(...) Thanks from me, too! I did a 2x 8735 order as well. I also had ordered a couple of free RIS 1.5 upgrades from S@H earlier in the day; now I've got four clutch gears and two 8735 motors on the way for about $40. -Tim (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Frank Filz

Well, I got my stuff today (Saturday), having ordered Monday with Standard shipping. It was sent USPS Priority Mail (how did they ship the expensive way?). The Pokemon card is a WOTC card (I opened my pack up to see, since from the outside all you (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Julie Krenz

Clue me in, what's "WOTC"?. Thanks, Julie (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Naji Norder

WOTC = Wizards of the Coast They are the little company that got big and bloated with the Magic: The Gathering card game. They bought out TSR (makers of Dungeons and Dragons) a few years ago, and they currently make the Pokemon collectible card (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Julie Krenz

Thanks! I should have made the connection, having been to their website more than once for my little Pokemon junkies. IMO, it could be worse, they could be wrestling fans. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Steve Hodge

(...) Wizards of the Coast. They're the big game company who started trading-card- game craze with Magic the Gathering. They market a Pokemon card game, which is what I assume the card is from. They bought the old role-playing game company TSR a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Raymond Flournoy

(...) Nuts! I ordered mine Friday of last week, and it still hasn't arrived! I'm in California, so I wonder if that is the source of the delay. BTW, is your order info updated on your order page? Mine keeps showing "ordered sent to warehouse for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

Got mine too, at least part of my order, anyway. 4561s are back ordered. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jeff Stembel

(...) Not me, and I ordered on Monday too, but I haven't gotten mine yet either. 'Course, I got part of my KBKids order today. My guess is the rest of it didn't fit in the truck. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

WTT: WB Promo Pokemon Cards (was: Re: WB store sale) —Steve Bliss

[x-posted & follow-up to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade] Let me repeat my previous offer: I'm willing to trade some LEGO pieces for these WOTC cards. Anyone who got the promo Pokemon card from WB, and wants to have some extra LEGO instead, contact me (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

Re: WB store sale —Ben Gatrelle

(...) I also ordered on Monday the 17th, I checked my order status today (24th). All LEGO items are listed as canceled. The only thing that shipped were the pokemon cards. What gives! Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —John Gerlach

(...) Ditto for me - Ordered on the 17th, now everything shows up as 'cancelled'. I just sent an email to customer support, we'll see what happens... :-( JohnG (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jeff Stembel

(...) I called 'em. The lady said "both those items are discontinued." I asked if that meant backordered, and she said no, they're gone. *sigh* Well, I guess that's $300 dollars I'll save... Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

This is so (dare I say it??) daffy. (ouch) I got my first order with everything except the 4561s and I got a mail just now from WB Cust Svc saying that my second order has been shipped. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Alan Demlow

I ordered on the morning of the 17th, and my account shows my 4561's as being "in process", whatever that means. I take it as a good sign that I'll be getting them soon (they no longer say "credit card hold", which they did for awhile...). (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

My 4561s now say "cancelled" so oh well. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Daniel Moquin

(...) Mine too - Time to sell my AOL stock - Rats!!!! Dan M. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Steve Bliss

(...) So does mine. I'm not sure why, but this really ticks me off. More than it would if some other store canceled an order. Maybe it's the combination of a bad website (visually, interface-wise, and performance), selling product that has no (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Steve Bliss

(...) [snipped rant] Oh, wait. I know why I'm pissed: Received product total: $22.00 Shipping charges: $15.00 !!!...!!! Their @#$ shipping charges totally negated my great deal. $15.00 shipping on a $100+ order is not a big deal, but on a $22.00 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tom Stangl

Interesting. My orders were confirmed by emails at 2:41 and 2:49am on the 17th, and EVERYTHING on both of them were cancelled. What time was your "on the morning"? (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Naji Norder

My order (confirmed the afternoon of the 18th) is still listed as "Credit Card Hold." While I am nowhere near the credit limit, I think that a WEEK should be enough time for them to email me about a problem with the transaction. Naji (...) 17th, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tom Stangl

What times did you make your orders? Both of mine were cancelled, every damned set. I'm pissed, to say the least. I'm going to burn a few ears off of WB employees in a few hours... The sets I ordered were listed on their website for almost TWO DAYS (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I do not remember. I think it was AFTER some other people reported having ordered, though. I know I saw it on RTL, went and ordered one order, posted here complaining that the quantity was only 10, then ordered again. My posts weren't first I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Remy Evard

lpieniazek@novera.com (Larry Pieniazek) wrote in <388D9C47.E1297C92@v...ager.net>: (...) Hm. I noticed in one of your auctions that you were experimenting with x.com and was wondering how it was going. I guess this is some data for that experiment. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Things are looking up. I got on line (chat) with a CSR. my missing referrals were fixed and I subsequently have gotten I think 3 more, no hitch, as well as a number of incoming and outgoing payments that worked fine. I lost the little slip (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jeff Stembel

(...) What time did everyone order? I got a message at 4:21 pm EST, and both Lego items were canceled for me also. No backorder, outright canceled. I sure am not paying anything if they try to charge me for the stupid Pokemon card. Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Douglas Pegram

(...) I ordered on the 18th and the last night my order was "backorder staus" now it's "cancelled" can they do that ? (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Frank Filz

Doug wrote in message ... (...) Lego (...) am (...) Well, they were clearancing the item. I suspect the "backorder" was due to a programming deficiency (not being set up to deal with clearance items, which should not be backordered when they run (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jim Rosikiewicz

I got 0% of my order and I'm very PO'ed about it.. Their E-comm need some serious help! Jim (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) Sure they can. Just about every online store (and heck, maybe brick and mortar ones too) have some wording someplace that goes something like, "your order is really just an offer to purchase at the stated price and we are not obligated to sell (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Erik Olson

I never got any email from wbstore, but today I got a pokemon card and an invoice for backordered 4561s. I assume I'll get another snail mail in a few days to say "cancelled". Toys R Us, on the other hand, having cancelled my 7171 order after I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tony Priestman

(...) Hey! Here's a neat idea! Why don't they *just sell the stuff they own* If I offered to sell 10 8855s, took the orders, and then said, "Oh, sorry, I haven't got ten.' I would get flamed to a crisp. What annoys me is the incompetence of the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —James Powell

(...) Yes, but what is at issue is that the sets (certanly some of them!) are still in the catalog, therefore it is reasonable to assume that TLG has the sets still in stock (4561 for example) It cheases me that they would do this, Tom & Larry, keep (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) I heard Andersen Consulting was at least partially to blame for some of the TRU's online holiday season problems. Anyone know if that's for real? (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Ray Sanders

(...) Its a shame that the WB Store doesn't have a feedback number :) Of course, now I wonder if it should really be called the 'Time/Warner/AOL/Net...MI-Store'. Remember which mega-conglomerate you are dealing with here. Ray (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tom Stangl

You aren't dealing with that conglomerate YET. The merger won't go through until much later in the year. Otherwise, I'd find out an internal # at work to raise hell ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Raymond Flournoy

(...) I'm not sure if the smiley means that you don't really want the number, but the phone number for the WB Store is 1.800.289.7900, and the email address for customer service is wbstore@customerserv...email.com. Flame on! --Raymond Flournoy (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Ray Sanders

Actually, I was referring to feedback in the ebay sense. I should have said 'a feedback rating'. By now, the WB Store would have quite a few negative feedbacks. For all the problems with ebay, at least you can get some sense of the honesty & (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Dennis Williamson

They participate in BizRate, for whatever that's worth (not much as far as I can tell). (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Gus Altobello, Jr.

Bizrate sent me a rating inquiry for WB Studio Store. I didn't give them all "1"s. I gave "product representation" a N/A since I never saw product. They have good scores overall, though, never would've suspected how messed up they really are. -gus (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

RE: WB store sale —Mark Benz

So how do we get in to fix the rating? m (...) with. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —David C. Pyatt

No... It's a shame that they all went home Tuesday afternoon "because of bad weather"! Yeah, a storm of mad customers calling! :( My 3 extra 8735's and second Indy Storm got cancelled too... I was gonna order several more on payday! AAAGGGHHHHH! (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Andrew Lynch

My Exchange Server at work just let me know that my e-mail that I sent out on Wed 1/26 to the address wbstore@customerservicemail.com was undeliverable. The message states that the host was unreachable. Did anyone else have a similar problem? -Andy (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Mike Stanley

(...) Well, come on. Really. Do you think every single place you order from is located in a giant warehouse with acres of merchandise sitting there, just ready to go out? The reality is places start clearing stuff out, and maybe through a glitch, or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Larry Pieniazek

Yes, but... Companies that hide behind "we goofed up" are within their rights. They're just not as well regarded as those that stand behind their offers. Ali V. told me of a tale... seems he had found a store that sold 4558s in Japan somewhere. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Japanese Cust.Svc. anecdote. Was Re: WB store sale —Maggie Cambron

(...) That reminds me of something that happened to my mom. I lived in Japan as a child, and one day my mother bought a dozen pastries or riceballs or something at a store in Yokosuka (Saikaya Department Store). Well, she got them home and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tom Stangl

Ah, but a point you are missing is that when someone in here was on the phone with WB right around the same time as many of us were ordering, and they said they were out of the clearance stuff on the website, but had them in their CATALOG sales at (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Jim Rosikiewicz

Does anyone have the WB catalog phone number? and product number of the 4561. I'd like to see if they have it in stock. Thanks Jim (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: WB store sale —Tony Priestman

(...) Ok, I confess, I'm a dangerous idealist. But for a company which sells things, two of its most valuable assets are its inventory and its customers' goodwill. WB don't seem to be good at managing either. Again, I have no axe to grind here, just (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)