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Subject: 
Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous)
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:07:52 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Paul Sinasohn writes:

"I went to Orlando for a conference and spent $750 at the Lego Imagination
Center, then went to Fresno to help Mike Poindexter build train tables and
bought $462 worth of Lego from him, and $200 from a Shell Station, then I came
home and spent $560 on eBay on Technic lots from Britain and $250 on the Lego
paddlewheeler, and then placed a $100 order from the eToys half-off sale
and a $200 order from the Legoland tent sale.


When we who are considered grown-ups (by others at least), find the greatest
buys in some store, and then buy the rest of the sets who are the best bargains
- should we feel guilty since the kids do not get the sets?

My husband and I found that the Power Pack Motor Set (8735) was a great buy in
one of the "not-very-toy-stores" (Suggested Retail Price in Norway NOK 349,-,
their price NOK 184,-(app. USD22)) - we have not seen it cheaper anywhere.
We've known that they've been planning on getting rid of all the Lego, so
lately we've been stopping by quit often - waiting for them to mark it down.
Yesterday we found that they had started with a 25%-discount, so we did get the
rest of the 8735, and a few other boxes that already had a great price. ¨We
stood there with the Lego Catalog and figured out what we could save for the
50% mark off, and what already was one of our best buys, and might empty fast.

The question is: Should we feel bad that there are no kids who get the Motor
for the absolutely great price of NOK 138,- ???

aj-ml
--
Anne Jorunn Midtkil
Trondheim - Norway



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous)
 
Anne, I can sympathize with your dilemma. This past weekend I went to a Zany Brainy to pick up 2 7171s that had been transferred to the store for me. The clerk said that a lady had been in and was distrought that both were on reserve, as she wanted (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)

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  Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???)
 
"Hi, My name is Paul and I'm a Legoholic...." "Hi, Paul" "I went to Orlando for a conference and spent $750 at the Lego Imagination Center, then went to Fresno to help Mike Poindexter build train tables and bought $462 worth of Lego from him, and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)

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