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Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 16 May 2000 18:42:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> I think it is also fair to say that any major investment (time and/or
> money) in parts auctions may be rather short sighted given that Lego
> Direct is about to be thrust upon us. I very much doubt LD will be all
> some people are hoping it will be, but right now it is a unknown quantity.
I agree on the second part. On the first part, I believe that no matter how
much of a part of daily life LD ever becomes, people will always still be
finding LEGO sets on clearance or deep discount and will see it as worth
their while to buy these clearance items, keep selected parts, and sell the
rest to help cover their costs. I think this will continue to happen even
if LD ends up offering a wide range of parts -- the only unknown in my mind
in terms of this sort of thing is where prices would land over time.
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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| (...) Erm, that was a bit strong...I'm not actually entirely convinced that LEGO sets will always be around on clearance or deep discount. I could imagine 5 or 10 years down the road, if LD becomes this big monstrous thing spanning across all of (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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| (...) Agreed. My first parts sale, for example, enabled me to get blue 3x3 corner slopes, as well as a selection of other useful parts, for about $0.0025 each. Compared to the minimum $0.50 each I've seen them for elsewhere (or compared to any (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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| (...) sort (...) but (...) not (...) I think it is also fair to say that any major investment (time and/or money) in parts auctions may be rather short sighted given that Lego Direct is about to be thrust upon us. I very much doubt LD will be all (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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