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 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 13:33
 Subject: LEGO.com price hike?
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toontexas (2037)

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Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 13:50
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In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....

Is it possible you wound up on a different country's site - like Canada's?
 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 13:55
 Subject: Re: LEGO.com price hike?
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toontexas (2037)

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In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
  In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....

Is it possible you wound up on a different country's site - like Canada's?


Highly unlikely.

Rivendell for $800
Liebherr Crawler Crane for $1050
Titanic for $1000

And that's before sales tax!

Is anyone else seeing this?
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 13:59
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In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
  In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....

Is it possible you wound up on a different country's site - like Canada's?


Highly unlikely.

Rivendell for $800
Liebherr Crawler Crane for $1050
Titanic for $1000

And that's before sales tax!

Is anyone else seeing this?

I just looked on lego.com and see 499.99 for Rivendell. But if I go to the Australian
site I see 799.99 for Rivendell

Checking some other prices I think you're on the Australian site - look for
"en-au" in the URL
 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:04
 Subject: Re: LEGO.com price hike?
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toontexas (2037)

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In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
  In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
  In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....

Is it possible you wound up on a different country's site - like Canada's?


Highly unlikely.

Rivendell for $800
Liebherr Crawler Crane for $1050
Titanic for $1000

And that's before sales tax!

Is anyone else seeing this?

I just looked on lego.com and see 499.99 for Rivendell. But if I go to the Australian
site I see 799.99 for Rivendell

Checking some other prices I think you're on the Australian site - look for
"en-au" in the URL

Yes, it does have en-au in the url. But how and why???

Why is LEGO sending me to their Ozzie website?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:10
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  Why is LEGO sending me to their Ozzie website?

Likely you followed a link there from an ad or something as it will always send
you to your most recent one it seems as every now and then I get sent to the
USA site as I sometimes click links that bring me there then the next time I
always get sent to the USA site
 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:21
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toontexas (2037)

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In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:
  
  Why is LEGO sending me to their Ozzie website?

Likely you followed a link there from an ad or something as it will always send
you to your most recent one it seems as every now and then I get sent to the
USA site as I sometimes click links that bring me there then the next time I
always get sent to the USA site

I have no recollection of following a link to get there.

I usually type "shop" into the address bar and Google Chrome fills in
the rest to get to LEGO's website. Shock and horror, today it sent me to
Australia.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:49
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  I usually type "shop" into the address bar and Google Chrome fills in
the rest to get to LEGO's website. Shock and horror, today it sent me to
Australia.

did you accidentally turn your PC upsidedown maybe?
 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:50
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In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:
  
  I usually type "shop" into the address bar and Google Chrome fills in
the rest to get to LEGO's website. Shock and horror, today it sent me to
Australia.

did you accidentally turn your PC upsidedown maybe?

I shouldn't have done that????
 Author: tec View Messages Posted By tec
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 15:07
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tha explain everything

Hints:

do CTRL + ALT + DOWN to experience the full aussie vibe on Win10.

do CTRL ALT UP to get reasonable prices...
 Author: toontexas View Messages Posted By toontexas
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 15:12
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In LEGO products, tec writes:
  tha explain everything

Hints:

do CTRL + ALT + DOWN to experience the full aussie vibe on Win10.

do CTRL ALT UP to get reasonable prices...

 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Oct 9, 2023 14:00
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In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
  In LEGO products, toontexas writes:
  Did LEGO just increase its sales prices by some 50%? I looked on the website
and I almost fell out of my chair.....

Is it possible you wound up on a different country's site - like Canada's?


Highly unlikely.

Rivendell for $800
Liebherr Crawler Crane for $1050
Titanic for $1000

And that's before sales tax!

Is anyone else seeing this?

Maybe a fake lego site?

The US version of the webpage has Rivendell for $500 US.