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Re: Shell Ferrari $15 if you have a Charge card!! but....
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lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:01:04 GMT
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In lugnet.promo, Jonathan Wilson writes:
The reason that they arent allowed to sell the larger sets yet would be
this:
they only have a limited supply of the larger sets and once thats gone
they cant just call up lego or shell and get more AFAIK.
So they dont want to start selling them now so that when xmas does come
around there are still enough large sets on the shelves to go around for
those people who want to buy them as gifts etc.

I think it has more to do with the fact that the set is a promo.As in Shell is
using the sets to promote their gas stations.

They are using new sets each week or so to draw people into their gas stations
to buy Shell gasoline.
They want us to come to the gas station at every fillup to see what set has
become available. It would not do Shell any good for them to sell all the sets
at once. I do not usually get my gas at Shell - they are at an intersection
with 3 other stations all with gas the same price, and Shell is at the least
convenient corner for me. But now I will be getting my gas at Shell - until the
promotion is over and all the Lego is gone.

As a gas consumer, I have no problem with their promotion.
As an AFOL, that's a different story :-)
Julie



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  Re: Shell Ferrari $15 if you have a Charge card!! but....
 
(...) At the Shell stations around Washington, you can buy all of the sets now. It just depends on the managment of the individual gas station, or the mood of whoever is behind the counter. Daniel (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: Shell Ferrari $15 if you have a Charge card!! but....
 
The reason that they arent allowed to sell the larger sets yet would be this: they only have a limited supply of the larger sets and once thats gone they cant just call up lego or shell and get more AFAIK. So they dont want to start selling them now (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.shopping)

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