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Re: [Slightly of topic] Why?
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:28:03 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jaco van der Molen writes:
> Can someone tell me why I live in the Netherlands?
> I would like to have them 2000 sets aswel...
No
> Perhaps I should go shopping for one day in New York or something. That is
> what some fellow Dutchmen did: fly from Amsterdam to New York, do some X-mas
> shopping and fly back... in 24 hrs!!! Sick... I saw it on the news here in
> Holland.
Not sick, probably sound ecomomic sense.
Here in the UK at this time of year flights to the US are very cheap, I assume
its the same in Holland. They are often around the £200 GBP mark
There always seems to be some newspaper article about now showing how due to
the lower prices in the US, the flight can be self funding, i.e. you save more
money on your purchases than the flight cost.
So, who's sick? The guy who did something about it, or us for just talking
about it!
Its quite common to do this. Even better if you are a frequent flyer on
British Airways as they reduce the number of miles you need to give up for a
ticket by a very nice 75%
regards
lawrence
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Every fall we in Newfoundland get descended upon by a group of Icelanders for a couple of days, for just that purpose, Christmas shopping. There's even a tour company over there that arranges it. We know they're here because of all the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: [Slightly of topic] Why?
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| (...) Not this year...My brother's been trying to get home from Prague for Christmas, and hasn't been able to get any prices that even resemble reasonable. But airlines aren't gouging people because of the Y2K thing, honest. :/ James (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: [Slightly of topic] Why?
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| On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:28:03 GMT, Lawrence Wilkes uttered the following profundities... (...) Visit (URL) and you could probably shave a considerable amount off of that fare.... I don't know if they are still available, but the fare, purchased (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Can someone tell me why I live in the Netherlands? I would like to have them 2000 sets aswel... Perhaps I should go shopping for one day in New York or something. That is what some fellow Dutchmen did: fly from Amsterdam to New York, do some X-mas (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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