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Thank you all for your thoughts. When originally posting, I thought that all replies would be positive. A few people would say "fun story", another few tell of a similar incident, etc. However, I didn't assume that we would go into the ethical and (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: circus cars
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Hey Paul, here are some: (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone built any circus cars, specifically a calliope?? Thanks, Paul Sinasohn BAYLTC LUGNET #115 (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) I can see why Larry would get slightly vexed... Can we please send any related followup to this particular thread to off-topic.debate instead of staying in .trains? A few people have tried to send this thread to that group, but... oh well ;) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: a different take on the 'free Super Chiefs'
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(...) Here, Here! And if they are running out of stock this quickly, (what are we a month or two into its release) I bet we can expect some more. Todd (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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"Any misunderstanding was purely the other guy's fault." Author (Some one said this but I can't recall who). Todd (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) Entirely true! In the vein of consumer protection the Congress of the United States enacted legislation that protects the consumer from this kind of mail fraud. Anything from Reader's Digest Books to CD's cannot be shipped to a recipient (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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Ben: We canceled the order when the guy said that we couldn't buy it. Then Grandma bought hers. The canceled order shipped anyway. (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | a different take on the 'free Super Chiefs'
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Isn't it great that LEGO has come out with a train set of such high quality that most of us are trying to get our hands on multiple quantities? <grin> Keep up the good work, LEGO!! JohnG, GMLTC (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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Well put. -John (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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Play well. SteveB PNLTC (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) Ok...Ok...let's take a step back and re-hash the issue at hand (btw, I'm no lawyer either) he received 3 trains in the mail, trying to buck the system, which in itself has already been done by numberous people... ...ok. he used his father's (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) Here's one link I've found so far: (URL) If LEGO used the post office to deliver this package, the three extra 10020s (...) Here's another link which indicates that if the package is delivered by any means other than the USPS then you must (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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In lugnet.trains, Todd Thuma writes: <snipped long and well-written post> United States postal regulations say that if someone sends you something that you don't order, they cannot ask you to pay for, or return, that item. This makes a lot of sense (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) Thanks Kirby! I did read them all before I posted. I decided to fit my additional comments in around the places where I felt the fit. I do hope this thread dies down, but it is both a public forum and "permanent" record. There have been (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message news:GtD0pH.1JE@lugnet.com... (...) Dad (...) past (...) guy (...) for (...) mail (...) and (...) thought. (...) but (...) got (...) your (...) that (...) you a (...) Chief (...) you (...) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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In lugnet.trains, Todd Thuma writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Heh, I know it's a pain to read to the end of a long thread, but in this case you may want to... (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) Dear Mr. Gloats-A-Lot (A.K.A. Jeremy Scott), I hope you realize the difficult position that you have placed yourself, your father and your grandmother. Strict interpretation of the law will reveal that you are in possession of stolen property. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How to make a plow!?
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(...) Interesting idea you got there! To big for my tastes, but I think it might have potential somewhere! Josh (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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(...) While I don't think that this is a case stealing, my initial read on your post was some sort of gloating. Sure s@h messed up, you probably deserve to keep the uncharged ones. However... If you're going to post about it to a board that TLC (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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