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RE: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
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lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:24:11 GMT
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Anybody know what 138 2x4's cost by weight???

~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA.................

= 18.95 for 138......


Thanx,

Mark



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  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) ~204 2x4's to the pound which is $28.00 at LLCA......... = 18.95 for 138...... Thanx, Mark<< WOW! Thanks Mark. Now I know that the 10 minutes spent packing the cup is well worth while. We get 138 2x4's for 50% less than that AND there is room (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) So if my math is correct (and it frequently isn't) it is still less expensive to simply scoop 100 loose 2x4's into a cup for $12.95 than it is to pay by weight for the same 100 2x4's. And the same volume presumably only gets heavier when (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
 
(...) say that I prefer the pay-by-weight approach used at Legoland. I want to spend my time choosing my bricks, not spend hours trying to pack them into milkshake containers :-(<< I kind of agree that it is a little time consuming to do but we have (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)

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