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Re: Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Items
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Date: 
Sat, 22 May 2004 02:02:59 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.market.auction, Matthew J. Chiles wrote:
This is the weekly update of new items listed at AuctionBrick.com as of
Thu May 20, 02:49 PM PST.   To bid, register or view details of any item,
go to www.auctionbrick.com::

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10152 Lego Maersk Sealand 10152 Container Ship NEW SUPER RARE  - MISB
Current Bid: $200.00, Time Left: 11 Days 7 Hrs+
http://www.auctionbrick.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=cat10&item=1086072361

10152 Lego Maersk Sealand 10152 Container Ship NEW SUPER RARE  - MISB
Current Bid: $200.00, Time Left: 11 Days 7 Hrs+
http://www.auctionbrick.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=cat10&item=1086072371

it was bad enough when this seller was selling onesies twosies on eBay... but
200 copies? at 200 each? With no mention that you can just ring up S@H and get
it yourself? Not very community friendly.

Dear LEGO,

If you want us to respect the capacity constraints you placed on this set and
not try to circumvent them, please make sure that this seller is either an
authorised reseller of yours (and let us know that to avoid confusion) or
enforce the capacity controls against them as well.

Figure out the delivery addresses he's using and shut him down, that would be my
advice.

While it's true that some feel it's the duty of sellers to separate suckers from
their money, I'd prefer you not enabling that.

Thanks.


This person has either cheated the system to somehow get 200 Mearsk ships, or
they do not really have that many to begin with.  I also agree that asking $200
each for a set that just came out is both rude and absurd...so I'd like to do
something about it...

The person who is selling those "200" Maersk ships is:

Jin Wong
633 Nalanui St #402
Honolulu, HI 96817



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Items
 
(...) It could be very possible that this person works for Maersk in Hawaii, or knows someone who works for Maersk, or contacted Maersk directly (having an "in" with the company) to obtain the ships. Not to defend this person, but these are (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Items
 
(...) 200 copies? at 200 each? With no mention that you can just ring up S@H and get it yourself? Not very community friendly. Dear LEGO, If you want us to respect the capacity constraints you placed on this set and not try to circumvent them, (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.dear-lego) !! 

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