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Subject: 
Re: Limited Edition Bioncile Pen...
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic.bionicle
Date: 
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 18:42:22 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jimmy Park writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Matthew Gerber writes:
> 
> > > I'm not interested in a pen, but I think it would be nice if you offered to
> > > pick up the pens for people at cost and shipping without any other fees.
> > > You plan on being there anyways and there have been times when you've asked
> > > people to pick up much larger items for you at cost.
> > 
> > Um, Jimmy?
> > 
> > Quoting Tom, as you did in your post: "(at cost plus shipping plus, say, $1-2?)"
> 
> I think you've misunderstood.  I am objecting to the added "$1-2" markup,
> hence I wrote "without any other fees."  I think it would be cool if people
> would sometimes do things for others without compensation.  And if Tom
> doesn't want to do it (he hasn't answered yet), I certainly wouldn't mind
> picking these pens up for people at true cost (which is cost plus shipping).

Yup...you're right...I missed the second "plus". I read it as $1-2 for shipping.

Come on Tom! I collected the McDonald's Bionicle Tohunga sets for Japp in
the Netherlands at no markup...and that was a relative pain-in-the-@$$ (what
with last minute trades and all). Jimmy's right...if anyone wants them, and
you ARE going to be there anyway, be a straight shooter for the community.

Especially if others have treated you with the same respect in the past.

Matt



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  Re: Limited Edition Bioncile Pen...
 
(...) I think you've misunderstood. I am objecting to the added "$1-2" markup, hence I wrote "without any other fees." I think it would be cool if people would sometimes do things for others without compensation. And if Tom doesn't want to do it (he (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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