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| Hello All, :) Most likely they will use the quanity price ratio with a set minimum. I do know one thing, whether it would bankrupt TLC or not (which in my opinion it would, I agree with Lar on that.) There will be a minimum order and dont expect (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Me. I don't pass up on deals. And no matter what Lego Direct does or does not do, there will still be clearance sales and there will still be a place for the small-time parts seller/auctioneer to work. We might have to adapt, but we'll be (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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brad, justus
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| (...) Apples and oranges. Yes, the current line of sets is rather less than we could wish, but instituting a service in which I can buy one tile for 1 cent is going to bankrupt the company. Some restrictions will be needed or it will fail. Why does (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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brad, justus
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| You lost me here. Is the internet changing everything or isn't it? Are low value add middlemen going away or aren't they? And what point are you trying to make, exactly? Not saying it isn't valid, just that I can't parse it out. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Not yet, that's what they do just before Chapter 11. Already they have had to ditch an almost entirely electronic affair in favor of "bricks and mortar" warehousing. And that's not the end of it either... I see the splitting stocks and 0 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Then it will bankrupt the company anyway, because if they think kids want either this junior junk, or their unusually lame CD-ROM games -- then their whole marketing theory is wrong. They need to get back to brick basics and pronto. TLC's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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brad, justus
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| I want to order anything I want. But I'm willing to accept a 6 month lead time and a K8 per color minimum quantity as long as I am not constrained from reselling (even if a constraint is placed on what my markup can be, I can live with that) I can (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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brad, justus
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| (...) Ok. :) (...) If that's what you think will happen, I think you're going to be disappointed. Let's talk some numbers here. Minimums "not too far out of reach of the average builder." Ok, what's that? 10 egg-shaped trees? That's a fair amount of (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I have to disagree with this pretty strongly. My idea of the bulk orders service would include minimums not too far out of reach of the average builder, and at a price that would make subsequent smaller auctions unlikley. The whole internet (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) The spring S@H catalog is usually smaller than the others. And the Holiday edition is usually larger. That's at least part of the reason for missing items. Accessory pages are often squeezed down or omitted in the Spring edition. Ditto for (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| I've decided to offer to maintain a "wants" web page in anticipation of Lego Direct. This will be a simple web page, along the lines of the kind of database discussed in the thread (URL) will accept email to catena@xnet.com with your name and email (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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| (...) The one thing I think people are missing is this. TLC must be careful not to make the Bulk ordering too easy for the consumer. If I got all the special bits I needed I wouldn't be buying all the dud sets (Or multiples of sets) to get a few (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Let em charge whatever they want and implement whatever kind of minimum quantity policies as well. They'll keep true fanatics happy and they'll keep the parts auction crowd in business redistributing to smaller buyers. (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) the (...) I'm sorry, I wrote the letter late, I have a few more details to relay. Yes they did have limited quanities on most of the accessories and thats why the put limited, but to my knowledge of what was explained, it wasn't to indicate (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| One of the totally ridiculous parts of all this is that Consumer Affairs, if not ALL of TLC... DON'T USE THE PART NUMBERS MOLDED INTO THE PARTS! If you call CA and try to point them to the right part by giving them the part #, they can't look it up (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Not so much alienated as peeved to the hilt with all the service options given to the US that are not offered worldwide. I'm a moderate person, but there have been times when I've made my computer blush due to the colourful language I've (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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