Subject:
|
Re: Fixing the world (was Re: Ldraw cannon
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 01:52:09 GMT
|
Reply-To:
|
cjc@newsguy.(stopspam)com
|
Viewed:
|
2407 times
|
| |
|
|
Richard Dee <richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net> wrote:
> Sounds familiar, and one of the biggest impediments to customers getting
> a fair deal in the shops here in the UK and Europe.
> Consumer goods cost more in the UK than in our competitor's shops. For
> instance, and this is the most galling, I could go to the States, buy
> any item of clothing from, say, Aquascutum or Burberry's, bring them back
> and pay the VAT at customs, and still save money, a lot of money. 30% or
> more...
<major snippage of horrific rip-off stories)
> > Lego is also very expensive comparitively speaking by the way......
Wow, with all those and the one I left in just above, I don't see why
you don't move to the US.
--
Unofficial listing of weekly US Lego Shop at Home phone specials
http://www.lugnet.com/lsahs/ (discontinued thru Holiday season)
800-835-4386 (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 ext 222 (S@H Canada)
www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new resource for LEGO fans worldwide
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Fixing the world (was Re: Ldraw cannon
|
| (...) Regulations that shield companies....... Sounds familiar, and one of the biggest impediments to customers getting a fair deal in the shops here in the UK and Europe. Consumer goods cost more in the UK than in our competitor's shops. For (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
94 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
