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Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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Date: 
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:03:33 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David Eaton writes:

Wow, am I the only idiot who goes out and buys sets at full price?

Yes... Yes you are... ;-).  Just kidding of course although in the last year I
have become extremely stingy.  I think thats for a number of reasons.

1.  Since the baby came I just don't shop very much any more.
2.  Since the baby came my building time is not what it used to be.
3.  I have become much more of a MOC builder so sets mean much less to me.
4.  I have a ton of stuff sitting ready to sort and until I am a bit more
organized I don't want to keep adding to the pile unless it is an extremely
good deal like $2 buckets.

That being said though I did buy a Tie Fighter at retail because I just had to
have a Stormtrooper.  I also suppose if I were working on a MOC and needed just
that one piece or two to finish it off and there was a show within the week I
might spring for full retail.

Whenever
a cool set comes out, I always buy 1 or 2 of 'em just 'cause they're cool--
I don't wait for sales, really... but I hardly ever 'stock up' on sets
unless they're on sale-- exceptions being the Guarded Treasury, Droid
Escape, Speeder Bikes and the Defense Archer...

But I do buy stuff for regular price... Am I one of the only ones?

Well like I said, I just don't have the time or as much money to spend since
the baby came along so I have to be much more carefull in what I spend.  It
does kill me occasionally to pass over some of the Star Wars sets I don't have
just yet but so far I have been able to contain myself.  Except of course for
the Tie Fighter.


Eric Kingsley

The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/



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  Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
 
(...) Gosh that sounds familiar. :) Tricky to work on building or sorting when you've got a baby that needs to be walked around. ;) James (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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(...) Wow, am I the only idiot who goes out and buys sets at full price? Whenever a cool set comes out, I always buy 1 or 2 of 'em just 'cause they're cool-- I don't wait for sales, really... but I hardly ever 'stock up' on sets unless they're on (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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