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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Simon Robinson (<FJBD82.DyF@lugnet.com>) wrote at
02:21:38
> That is really good of them. But what would be nice in that case would
> be if they could be persuaded - when they know they've got a rare old
> set that is in heavy demand - to restrict the numbers of the set that they
> will sell to any one person, in order to ensure that as many people as
> possible get at least some of the set.
I agree, but they don't know that sort of thing until someone tells
them. I couldn't believe it when they said that 250 were going to
America just for 2 orders. Smacks of American imperialism to me - 'Send
us your hoppers, or we send in the helicopter gunships!' :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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| (...) Ha ha. Thanks for your support - though I don't think you're going to endear yourself to many Americans with comments like that. If what you say is true then I find that very sad. But what concerns me is that so many sets went to just two (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| That is really good of them. But what would be nice in that case would be if they could be persuaded - when they know they've got a rare old set that is in heavy demand - to restrict the numbers of the set that they will sell to any one person, in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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