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Re: bulk ordering is (not) here! (was - Re: bulk ordering is her e! )
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Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:26:53 GMT
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MY thoughts on the whole thing are that TLG just needed to add extra to
cover S&H charges, and make it possible to order via S@H USA, or through
their web page, for Australia and countries in a similar fix.
How they handle things like import duties, etc. though, I don't know.
On a side note, those prices look relatively cheap. Has anyone bothered to
calculate what the brick/price ratio is yet? Does it even compare to bulk
buying entire sets and splitting them into piece lots?
You know, if we could find an Australian plastics injection molding company
interested in doing production runs for large companies such as TLG and get
the two to meet each other, that would be great for Australians. ;-)
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Whytcross, Benjamin <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message
news:1D0812CAE3E7D2118BCD00805FA76DEB022A4ED1@gw-exg-ne01.pacificaccess.com.
au...
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott A [mailto:s.arthur@hw.ac.uk]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:59 AM
> > To: lugnet.lego.direct@lugnet.com
> > Subject: Re: bulk ordering is (not) here! (was - Re: bulk ordering is
> > here! )
> >
> >
> > From:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/lego/announce/?n=14
> >
> >
> > > ...Further details and pricing information can be found
> > > at http://www.lego.com/bulk.
> > >
> > > Initially, this service is available only in the United • States and Canada
> > > through LEGO Shop at Home (1-800-453-4652). This is not • because we wish to
> > > favor this market, but simply because we have an existing fulfillment
> > > operation which we can employ immediately. We are currently • finishing our
> > > development of a new fulfillment center in Europe to handle direct
> > > distribution; it will be ready to go by late summer or early • fall. At that
> > > time, we will begin offering not only bulks but the full • LEGO Shop at Home
> > > service (via the Internet) to at least nine European • countries. We intend to
> > > have full coverage in Europe in 2001.
> >
> > Given that LEGO.COM is the host for LD internationally (or
> > so it appears), it
> > will be interesting to see what price variations will be
> > between here, the US
> > and the rest of Europe. Will the so called "rip-off Britain"
> > live up to its
> > name?
>
> And what about places like Australia, where the sets cost considerably • more
> than the cost of having them sent airmail from the US..or even UK?
>
> I'm personally hoping that LD decide on a global price for the items, and
> then add postage to this, so that everyone pays the same price for the
> parts, and it's no cheaper for overseas AFOL's to have someone in the US
> order the parts/sets, and have them shipped to themselves, and then they
> ship them overseas than it is for overseas AFOL's to order them from LD.
> Otherwise, the US section will be flooded with overseas orders taken by
> americans on behalf of the masses who were being overcharged.
>
> Anyway, just my thoughts..
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
> BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
> Ph: (03) 9856 5282
> Directory Technology Pty Ltd
> 1/436 Elgar Road,
> Box Hill, 3128
>
> Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
>
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