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Re: Spring Break Shopping in Canada
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lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca
Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:50:32 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jeff Hudson writes:
> I went to Niagara Falls for my spring break last week and stopped by the
> Countryside Toy Outlet in Waterloo.  It was a really neat place with large
> Lego models, a play area and their Lego store.  The prices on the sets that
> are available from shop at home weren't much lower, but they had some older
> sets that were on sale.  They had a ton of 6497 Twisted Time Train and 6766
> Rapid River Village, but I don't remember the sale prices.  They also had a
> lot of service packs on sale, including 5303 train buffers and couplers for
> $2.99 Canadian (roughly $2.40 US after tax.)

Does anyone know if Countryside ships?  (within Canada, that is.)  If so, I
wouldn't mind getting their phone number - can't hurt to have another place to
look for Lego, and most of the US routes are closed to us Canucks.

>  Later in my trip I went to a mall in St. Catharines called the Pen Centre.
> I walked into a store called the Bay and found what I would consider a FOTW.
> They had 6493 Flying Time Vessel, 6494 Mystic Mountain Time Lab, 6982
> Explorian Spaceship and 6280 Armada Flagship.  They had 4-6 of the 6494 and
> 6982, and 10+ of the 6280 and 6493.  Unfortunately all the sets were at
> retail prices and I'd already spent most of my Lego budget in Waterloo.  But
> I splurged and bought, of course, more than I should have.

The Bay frequently has older stock sitting around gathering dust.  This is
because their prices are typically 10-15 percent above MSRP, and they very
rarely discount more than 10%.  So, predictably enough, their stock moves with
the speedy uphill rate of molasses.

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/

(x-posted to loc.ca)



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  Re: Spring Break Shopping in Canada
 
(...) They have sale prices on some of the train sets, which might make the price less than ordering from US S@H. Does anyone know if Countryside ships? (within Canada, that is.) If so, I (...) Yes, I do believe they ship within Canada. They can be (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)

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  Spring Break Shopping in Canada
 
I went to Niagara Falls for my spring break last week and stopped by the Countryside Toy Outlet in Waterloo. It was a really neat place with large Lego models, a play area and their Lego store. The prices on the sets that are available from shop at (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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