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Re: anyone use DYA-Shopping?
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:56:49 GMT
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adam.payne.1998@alum.AVOIDSPAMbu.edu
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adam.payne.1998@alum.bu.edu (Adam Payne) wrote:
The shipment arrived Friday! The boxes were in great shape, and I
can't wait to get down to building my first Super Car!
Sadly my order from kbkids.com didn't turn out nearly as well. 2 of
the 3 sets were fine, but instead of a Naboo Fighter, they sent me an
inflatable Jar-Jar Binks chair! Ack. Hope it won't be difficult to
straighten that one out.
Adam
> In one of my rare forays into RTL, I saw someone had gotten an 8880
> Super Car from a site in France (www.dya-shopping.com) for less than
> retail. I looked at the site, and, even with shipping to the US it's
> still below retail. I promptly ordered an 8880 and a 5571 Model Team
> Giant Truck.
> My question (naturally it's too late now, what with my having
> succumbed to the panic of "Oh my God! Legos that I want at less than
> eBay prices! Must buy NOW!") is whether any of you lugnet denizens
> have heard of/used the site, and if there are any kudos or cautionary
> tales. FWIW, some RTL'ers chimed in that they'd gotten stuff from
> there, but I'm inherently suspicious of anything on USENET relating to
> an electronic retailer (for all I know the oringal poster and
> followups all come from people connected with the site, if it were
> some kind of scam). Posters to lugnet seem to be generally courteous,
> kind, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and revererent--as opposed to
> the newbies, spammers, and predators that lurk around the more
> publicly-accessible forums.
> So is the consensus that I'll be kissing the bricks of two great big
> Lego sets in a few days, or merely kissing the money goodbye?
> Adam
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| In one of my rare forays into RTL, I saw someone had gotten an 8880 Super Car from a site in France (www.dya-shopping.com) for less than retail. I looked at the site, and, even with shipping to the US it's still below retail. I promptly ordered an (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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