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RE: just some words from Lego Aus.
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Tue, 25 Jul 2000 06:49:22 GMT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Santosh Bhat [mailto:santosh@student.unsw.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:37 PM
To: lugnet.org.au@lugnet.com
Subject: just some words from Lego Aus.


Hey all, spoke to Customer service at Lego Aus today and just
thought I'd share
some of the goss.

Thanks.

They have the Railway Station 4556(?) in stock priced at $80
I'm looking to buy some tracks (more than whats available at
the stores) and
i'm getting packs direct from Lego Aus at $24 a box
(including delivery). Thats
a pretty good price IMO

Well, at the start of the year, it was $69 [inc postage] for the station.
Pity they didn't tell anyone they do this sort of thing...

Lego Aus are well aware of Lugnet, but they say that some of
the ideas that
float up on here are wrong!

Well, they are certainly welcome to correct us...Until then we're going to
have to believe what's here.

Price fluctuations according to GST are in the hands of
individual retailers
not Lego Aus.I asked about the Football sets and if they were
indeed going up.
Customer service couldn't help with this, It's up to
marketing and retailers.

Which is dependant on the cost of the sets to the stores FROM LA...and LA is
the ones who set the RRP.....

Oh also, expect online sales to be implemented Aug/Sept, This
is Lego Direct I
think as Lego Aus will still be bringing sets in. But expect all the
sets/pieces available from this online facility to be in US$ and to be
increased shipping costs.

Why couldn't they have done this from the start for everywhere, and then
just 'reduced' postage as warehouses were opened?

Lego gets more specials in America basically for two reasons:
1) bigger market
2) they sell a lot more by way of Home learning/education
sets whereas there's
no such setup here in Australia.

and 3) There's a factory there which seems to specialise in this sort of
thing.

Ok mayber Customer Service do a good job, Its the rest of the
office that needs
to be spoken to!

Agreed...Although customer service could at least let us know when they're
getting specials in.

Santosh



Benjamin Whytcross  [waiting to hear LA's reply...but not holding my breath]
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
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I probably should've added this too: As most have speculated, they do recieve shipments from Denmark, and they only distribute whatever they get in the containers. So I'm not sure how many shipments they get, but perhaps its as small as 3/4 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)

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