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Re: Shell Promo News
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lugnet.promo
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Tue, 2 May 2000 21:37:03 GMT
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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
In lugnet.promo, Steve Klett writes:
> 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!
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> 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.
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> > Mike
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> > --
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> > Mike Walsh - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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> > http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
> > http://www.nclug.net
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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! (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.promo)
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