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Re: WB store sale
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:13:02 GMT
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Mike Stanley writes:
> What else are they supposed to do
> - produce them out of thin air?
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 marketing which leads to
*numerous* threads like this one.
Not that it affects me, we don't have many sales in the UK :(
--
Tony Priestman
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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