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| | | (...) Damn, They limit the order to 20 items. I used a $10 coupon and got 20 buckets for $50 which includes shipping. Woo Hoo!!! Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys —David Cooper
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| | | | | I looked and looked for an online coupon greater than $5 off $30 and couldn't find one. I used the coupon code C4539 to get $5 off. This helps offset the tax we poor saps here in CA must pay. 20 buckets totaled $57.80. Please share your coupon code. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry, I just tried to place a 2nd order with the code and it seems to be a one time only code tied to my account. I did get 20 more though. I think my In-Laws will be supprised with that showing up at their door. Eric Kingsley The New England (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys —Tom Stangl
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| | | | What coupon? (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) This was a coupon I got in an E-mail because I am suscribed to their mailing list. It came on 11/13 titled "Your $10 Gift Certificate to Shop Early". It is a one time only code :-(. Who knows maybe I was just lucky. There is also a $5 coupon (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | These buckets are going in and out of stock RAPIDLY. A friend emailed me this morning, they were in stock at 8:01am PST. When I checked at 8:57, they were out. Just for kicks, I've been reloading the page for the last hour or so, and they just came (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | OK, they're back in stock, AGAIN, for probably an hour or less. I've been watching them appear and disappear rapidly. At least we know their inventory system is pretty up to date ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Clifton D. Chambers
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| | | | | | | Interesting way of doing business. I requst e-mail notfication when they are back in stock and I have been checking off and on all day. No (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Troy Cefaratti
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| | | | | | They are now showing as in stock on the search screen and more info screen, but when I try to add them to my cart, it says they are out of stock. I guess I'll keep reloading and trying. Troy Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Cary Clark
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| | | | I got my first 14 buckets today. Each one was shipped separately: given the cost of the box, the packing material, and the USPS shipping, eToys is really taking a bath on this one. All came off the same line at the same location, but five different (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | I got 6 of mine today, but of the 15 i ordered, i was told that only 11 shipped... i've so far been charged the full $20 shipping, and i've still got a few yet to be sent... I hope i don't get charged any additional shipping. fyi, my first 6 arrived (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | | I can't believe they are sending these out one per box!!Well, at least I'll have plenty of boxes to ship out brickbay(1) parts in :-) What kind of packing material are they sending? Popcorn/peanuts, bubble, brown paper or those awful airpocket (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | | | Those awful airpocket things. The rest of mine shipped and i didn't get charged any more than the original $20 shipping... though, i wonder if each charge was charged to my card separately, I don't really care, just curious is all. For those who are (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | RE: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Doug Finney
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| | | | | | | | | | What's wrong with those airpocket things? Not as flexible as peanuts or bubblewrap, I'll agree, but great for filling up large spaces in boxes. Twenty boxes worth is probably more than enough though. :-) Doug (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | | | | | | They work just fine when stores ship my items to me. When shipping out my brickbay packages, I find they aren't as reusable as the other forms of packaging. If they sit around too long they get flat. I'm hoping for bubble wrap... 20 boxes worth, I'd (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —David Wertz
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| | | | | | | | | | | | I was getting ready to pop and throw away all of my huge Rapid Fill bags, then I figured out how they work. That thin strip of plastic that sticks out through the seam in the bag is the key. There is a penny-sized hole at the end of the strip that (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Not at one per box! I agree with you Doug, these are about the best way to take up space in boxes when weight is your main concern. I love them and am glad to get them, I use them up on overseas packages faster than I can keep them around, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Shipping comments (wasRe: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 ...) —Rich Manzo
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| | | | | | | | (...) It comes with the airpocket things. One per box. -Rich ---...--- Looking for discontinued sets MISB? (URL) sets available (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Mark Cornell
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| | | | | | I just received 20 e-mail notifications that my buckets had shipped. Each e-mail indicates that one bucket shipped and gives me a UPS tracking number for each box. Looks like I can expect to get twenty boxes from UPS next week. Too bad this deal (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | Weird. I got an email confirmation for my order to home, I was given ONE shipping # - looks like mine may all come in large shipments. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) My goodness. What is WRONG at eToys??? They weren't this silly previously. Have they changed fulfillment software? I don't get it. I can remember getting things from eToys in the past that were packed SOMEWHAT more sensibly. Not always the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Thomas D. Fulk, Jr.
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I ordered a Silver Champion (8458) from Etoys, and it came in a huge box, slid in vertically/diagonally across the box corners, with brown paper crammed on both sides of it. The bags and parts had moved around quite a bit, and the bottom of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Ran Talbott
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| | | | | | | | (...) My guess is that somebody slipped a decimal someplace when entering dimensions. So, even though the weight makes it a Medium Thing, the code that figures out how to box Things thinks that its a Huge Fluffy Medium Thing, and sticks them in (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —David W. Speck
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| | | | | | | | (...) Funny, I went to the post office yesterday to pick-up the 20 boxes from e-Toys (to assist my carrier, and because I received a nice phone call Sunday morning from them asking for help). They, of course, wouldn't fit in my car, so I unpacked (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well my postman did bring them but asked "Never do this to me again" he was only half kidding I think. I then told him what was in them and unpacked one and he was similarly shocked! The other funny thing was I had my wife place a second order (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | The nice thing about the buckets ONCE YOU HAVE THEM, is that you can compact 2.5 buckets into one, so those 40 will end up being 16 buckets. And if you just throw them in a cardboard box, you can cram them into a decently small box. I still have 16 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | | | (...) 20 Buckets fit nicely (without *any* packaging) into 3 tubs, with space left over.... There's where the waste starts - original packaging at LEGO. Perhaps EToys is just continuing the LEGO practice. -Jon (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | Are your going out UPS or USPS? My email says US priority mail, with a tracking number, which I think means they stuck confirmation delivery on it, 20 x 3.55= $71.00!!!!! My poor mail lady, she drives this little tiny jeep. Once though, when I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —John Hadd
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| | | | | | | (...) I put one box on my Postal Scale and it weighed more than 2lbs. So that would make it $4.65 x 15= $69.75 on my order of 15 buckets, which totalled $50.00!!! I wonder if this type of thing is why the stock is down 97% from the high? John (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | RE: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Doug Finney
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| | | | | | The first 10 of mine arrived USPS today. Actually, 8 arrived yesterday but they wouldn't all fit in the package guy's car so he just left a slip saying I had packages to pick up at the post office. He dropped off 2 more just after I got back from (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | I got my 20 buckets today, nicely packaged in two large boxes. I was also only charged for one order. I bought mine very shortly after the initial post was made. I wonder if that had anything to do with my shipping containers? Joel (...) <snipped (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —David W. Speck
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| | | | (...) only (...) Well, my story gets a little more worrisome for e-Toys. I was reviewing my credit card charges on-line, and now e-Toys has given me a credit adjustment to 10 of the 19 original charges they placed against my card ($2+ each). The (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Aaron West
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| | | | (...) Some companies just go out of their way to go out of biz! The eToys werehose is about 10 minutes from my house, but they still wanted to gouge me for shipping, so I passed on the Biggest Deal Of The Year. Aaron, bucketless. (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | "Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message news:G4v5w6.Jr9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) It isn't eToys (although their shipping is high), the USPS charges the same rate to deliver next door as they do to deliver across the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | Sounds to me like YOU were sillier than THEY were - sure, you get whacked for $20 shipping for 20 buckets. Lesseeeeeee, that makes it a whopping $60 for 20 buckets. Ooooh, $3/ea instead of $2/ea. Pretty silly to pass that up for the principal, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Aaron West
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| | | | Can't say I don't agree, but "available funds" have been tied up in Shell sets and moving expenses. The decision was not really based on shipping cost, but rather what my wife would say if 20+ boxes showed up with LEGO in them. I'd die a painful (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now) —Jeff Shiner
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| | | | (...) Ah yes... the "Lego goes on sale but I'm moving" dilema. Sadly I have learned from experience that you were correct. My wife and I moved a few months ago after the birth of our son. Sure enough... one month before our moving date Zellers had a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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