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Re: Shell Promo News
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Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:12:19 GMT
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Hello Mike, thanks very much for getting this info and posting it... I was
hoping I wouldn't have to go through the ebay madness of $60 for the F-1
Ferrari, I'll just wait and hopefully it will be in colorado in November!
In lugnet.promo, Mike Walsh writes:
> Sunday night I stopped for gas at yet another Shell Station here in North
> Carolina in hopes that they might know something about the promo sets. I
> received yet another baffled "I have no idea what you are talking about"
> look from the person on duty. When I went back to finish pumping my gas I
> noticed a sign on top of the pump that stated "If you have questions, call
> Shell Consumer Affairs at 1-888-Go-Shell". I figured if anyone would know
> about the promotion, consumer affairs certainly should.
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> I called Shell Consumer Affairs yesterday and got transfered around a number
> of times before being deposited into someones voicemail. I left a message
> asking how I could find out which retailers in my area were participating.
> I didn't really expect an answer but this afternoon I got a call from a very
> nice lady at Shell and this is what she told me.
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> The sets appearing in Southern California were part of a test market (along
> with a couple of other locations). The response has been favorable, in fact
> she seemed rather surprised at the response. The Shell promo will be rolled
> out nation wide in early November targeting the holiday buying seasons. The
> sets will be the same as those available in California right now. I told
> her this was great news and I looked forward to being able to buy them as in
> the past I had obtained them from people in Europe. She laughed and said
> something like "you LEGO collectors are interesting". I then asked her if
> she had received a lot of calls and she said "no, only a few".
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> So net-net, provided everything she told me holds true, it looks like we all
> will get them eventually and the sets will be the same as the 1997 European
> promo sets. I would also have to say that my first experience with Shell
> Consumer Affairs has been much better than I expected.
>
> Mike
>
> --
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> Mike Walsh - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
>
> http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
> http://www.nclug.net
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| I may have to go through ebay because I haven't seen a shell station in eastern Oklahoma! -Jeremy www.geocities.com/spincity999 (...) (26 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| Sunday night I stopped for gas at yet another Shell Station here in North Carolina in hopes that they might know something about the promo sets. I received yet another baffled "I have no idea what you are talking about" look from the person on duty. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.promo) !
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