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Subject:	Re: Tired of Paying for Dirty, Discolored and Damaged LEGO
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:49:21 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Greg Perry writes: > In lugnet.market.shopping, Richard Marchetti writes: > > > > I can tell you that I have certainly come across dirty, already been > > chewed, bubble gum encrusted, snot caked, putty filled, milk spattered, > > larvae infested, and otherwise disgusting elements in my time. > > LARVAE INFESTED!?! If this ever happened to me I'd probably abandon my LEGO > buying completely. Snot I can handle but creepy crawly things...YECCH! Please tell me this was just hyperbole, and you didn't actually receive pieces with LARVAE in it!

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		Re: Tired of Paying for Dirty, Discolored and Damaged LEGO
(...) I can't speak for Hop-Frog but I have received bulk LEGO(r) brand pieces with things such as dead insects and dried insect eggs mixed in. That was from eBay though. Never live larvae. (or at least I didn't really check all that closely) I'll (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

		Re: Tired of Paying for Dirty, Discolored and Damaged LEGO
(...) Well, I can't say I've bought anything in that condition, but in my 20 years of Lego collecting, I have thrice found bricks with insect-egg-sacks in them amongst my non-airtight Lego boxes. All hatched before I found them. Made me wish I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

		Re: Tired of Paying for Dirty, Discolored and Damaged LEGO
(...) In lugnet.market.shopping, Benton Jackson writes: (...) Hyperbole?! I was trying to be nice about it. When you look at the bottom of a brick and see some kind of slightly brown, mustard colored stuff packed in the tubes -- well, you draw your (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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		Re: Tired of Paying for Dirty, Discolored and Damaged LEGO
(...) appreciated your attempt to provide a standard for everyone to use. (...) LARVAE INFESTED!?! If this ever happened to me I'd probably abandon my LEGO buying completely. Snot I can handle but creepy crawly things...YECCH! (...) As I pointed (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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