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G'day folks, This will be of particular interest to people in southwestern Ontario (Windsor, London), eastern Michigan (Detroit), and northwestern Ohio (Toledo). A LEGO Factory Outlet store has just recently opened near Windsor, Ontario. Woo-HOO! (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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(...) Thanks for that heads up! I take it that includes GST and PST? IIRC, US citizens can file for a GST (but not PST) refund as long as their purchases meet certain minimums... ++Lar (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Is this an official outlet store, run by Lego? Or just a discount toy store specializing in Lego? If official Lego, I'm confused as to why it would have a name like "bricks and blocks". -Greg (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes, you're correct. I forgot about that. So all of my US$ prices should be lowered by 7%. Also, I forgot to mention the 3033 Blue Tubs were there at Cdn$24.99 (no taxes). So that would be US$17.81 with taxes and assuming you got the GST (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm not sure how these work. They have all the official signage of LEGO, but they also always seem to get their own name. It's almost like a McDonald's franchise or something. Their sign says "Bricks & Blocks Outlet" with a massive LEGO logo (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) You can *get* LEGO signage if you're a retailer. European toy shops all feature it prominently. Doesn't mean you're LEGO owned. However... (...) Maybe this is branding on LEGO's part to avoid dilution of something else or to avoid stepping on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) Are there any other fans in Toledo? Am I the only one? -chris (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Many of the major US-Canada border crossings with duty free shops have a GST Refund window that lets you get your GST credit back on the spot, in the form of a voucher. You have to go into the duty free shop to cash that in, but it's not too (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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