only 25 items by DS ???

[playmofire]

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Bogro

PS - As for the "Bugger" -it's uttered quite a few times in each Winnie the Pooh-film. I can't imagine it having ANY sexual meaning and being used by Winnie the Pooh 

You're quite right, Bogro.  Sadly, the British concern with sex means the loss or limitation of another perfectly useful word.  "He's buggering me about!" means "He's being awkward" and has nothing to do with sex.  Similarly, "It's a bugger!" means "It's difficult" or "It's awkward".   And you even have the tautological "He's an awkward bugger!" which presumably means someone who is extremely difficult.

[playmofire]

I have never bought just parts from DS UK before but I'm sure you can only order a max of 10 of the same item.

On my latest order there are 50 of 30 09 913 and the order has gone through without any query.  On my previous order in April/May there were 16 of 30 03 9440, and in January there were 12 of 30 05 2940, and again no queries.  If there is a limit, then it has come in since 31st May this year.

[Saskia]

I've got the feeling that it isn't so mutch about the total quantity of items, but the number of different items that their fussy about. Because on a previous order I recall them starting to be fussy that way (it was more about the number of lines used in the orderform rather than the total of items).

[Indianna]

A)  If they made parts more readily available through Direct Service to the people who need them, and properly publicized that service, there would not be a market on ebay for selling parts.
B)  Selling is selling - if Playmobil is making money selling parts through Direct Service it should make no difference at all what the buyer uses the parts for, whether it is to construct a giant model, complete a collection, or, even, gasp, to sell those parts to gullible people who don't know about Direct Service (or to those unfortunate people who live in countries that do not have Direct Service)
C)  If ebay sellers can make money buying parts at retail prices from Direct Service and then sell them at a profit, Playmobil is missing out on a huge opportunity and should be figuring out how to compete with those ebay sellers rather than punishing legitimate buyers!
 

[playmo1989]

An alternative source for the word is that it dates from the time of a synod of the early Christian church trying to reconcile differences between its separate parts of, e.g. Orthodox, Coptic, Roman.  Agreement was reached by all apart from the Bulgarian church which refused to agree over a minor point and so the synod failed.  After that, the word Bulgar was used to mean someone who was argued over minor points and eventually came to mean someone who was awkward or obstructive.   It then began to be applied to things which were awkward or caused problems.  The"l" in Bulgar got lost in English pronunciation, as has happened with some other words.  There was no sexual connotation in all this. 

 nice to know!!!

[playmofire]

 nice to know!!!

And Bogro is using it in this second sense, so when he says, "Bugger" he's meaning something like "Bother!" or "That's a nuisance!"

[Ali Baba]

Great that is cleared up then. Still wonder what Winnie meant by it.

Anyway, I plan to try the Dutch DS in the near future. I´ll report my experiences here.

[Justindo]

A)  If they made parts more readily available through Direct Service to the people who need them, and properly publicized that service, there would not be a market on ebay for selling parts.
B)  Selling is selling - if Playmobil is making money selling parts through Direct Service it should make no difference at all what the buyer uses the parts for, whether it is to construct a giant model, complete a collection, or, even, gasp, to sell those parts to gullible people who don't know about Direct Service (or to those unfortunate people who live in countries that do not have Direct Service)
C)  If ebay sellers can make money buying parts at retail prices from Direct Service and then sell them at a profit, Playmobil is missing out on a huge opportunity and should be figuring out how to compete with those ebay sellers rather than punishing legitimate buyers!
 

Exactly!  Playmobil needs to take business 101.

[Wolf Knight]

I think there is also issues with stock availability...I ve heard from the third toy shop owner this month that playmobil does not give them a lot of sets to choose from and make available to their shops...

That and the fact that Playmobil Hellas DS could not send me more than 2 or 3 same sets makes me wander.... is there a problem with their stock? Are they keeping expenses to minimum? Is there something else (due to, dare I write, the economic crisis?)

[WarriorOfToys]

Well DS is doing something screwy....
DS USA reformed and now is a totally horible system.
They are asking you to put you creditcard in a regular email and send it to them!
And then when you call them they no longer want to actually have to deal with people so they make you leave a message as opposed to leaving you on hold.
(Which in the end actally got you someone!)
With this system they never get back to you, I called them 3 times and the one time they actually got back to me I was out!
Now they just wont retun my calls, and even durring "buisness hours" they don't pick up!

Is there anyone I can call or email, someone I can talk to to get this fixed???
Richard, maybe you could bring it up in your next meeting.