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Re: Binghamton Field Trip?
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Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:09:05 GMT
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I theoretically wouldn't mind heading down some day, but it's busy for us
right now with the holiday season. The bigger problem is that I'm still not
sure the place exists anymore. I just tried searching the web with no
success; the only address I could find was the old one. Kevin was the one
who said they had moved--I was just passing on stale rumors, Ed ;-) Kevin
and/or Peter said they would call down there to see what they could find
out, I believe.
We've had a good time down there (my wife and I, that is). I think the
first time I went it was more as you described--high prices and too much
haggling. He eventually charged a flat $.05 per piece and $.50 per minifig
(torso, head, and legs--accessories and hair/helmet counted as pieces),
which was quite reasonable and didn't require haggling. I agree that he was
a little cranky, though. I think the last time I went I bought about $35
worth of stuff, and he sullenly said something like, "I guess I should've
charged more" under his breath :-)
Alan
In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Ed McGlynn writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Dave Amos writes:
> > Hey, at the last Ithaca meeting it was brought up that there is a huge
> > trough of bricks at a hobby store. There was interest in going down there
> > and checking it out. Well, Im interested in going before the Christmas
> > break (I head back to the frozen tundra on the 20th). Let me know if anyone
> > else wants to make the trip, has a car, or whatever!
> >
> > -Dave
> > www.bricktannia.com
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> Dave -
> Sounds good to me, but my car's usually full of wife and kids when I go down
> there to visit our folks.
>
> The HORC Hobby store that used to be located in the plaza on Harry L. Drive
> in Johnson City across from the TRU has been closed for some time now. I
> think Alan said that the owner relocated and opened up elsewhere in the
> area, but I don't know where. Maybe Alan's got more info on that.
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> The owner's not the nicest business person to deal with, but he did have a
> table full of used LEGO pieces that you could troll through and he'd charge
> some inconsistent prices for different pieces. I got tired of haggling over
> stuff, and stopped going there. Many pieces were damaged, but there were
> some goodies. All of them needed cleaning, and they just got worse over
> time as more people would rifle through them on the open table that he had.
> If he's got the same pile, I'm not that interested. If he's refreshed his
> stock, maybe. He always kept minifigs and easily recognizable pieces behind
> the counter and out of reach, with especially high prices.
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> There's an HORC store up here in Rochester that's related to the store that
> was down in JC, and I can tell you similar stories with that guy, but
> there's no LEGO involved. These two guys just leave a bad taste in my
> mouth, and I spend my money on BrickBay instead. But, it's fun to go
> through a table of LEGO for sale at a crummy hobby store at least once.
>
> Wow - looks like I really rained on your parade there! Sorry. I actually
> hope you get to go there to check it out and find great stuff. Keep us updated!
>
> Ed
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| (...) Ya..we are kinda at a dead end just now. Peter Jarvis has tried to find out more, but with no luck so far. Supposedly, the shop moved to Vestal somewhere but until we can nail down the coordinates any trip there will have to wait. Plus, if the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| (...) Dave - Sounds good to me, but my car's usually full of wife and kids when I go down there to visit our folks. The HORC Hobby store that used to be located in the plaza on Harry L. Drive in Johnson City across from the TRU has been closed for (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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