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Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:43:39 GMT
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Another hypothetical implementation of bulk sales could have online
databases showing the factory production schedules of what pieces,
with deadlines for ordering so you could get pieces quickly.  Also,
an ordering database could allow group members to see how many of a
given piece are currently on order and pool orders for quantity
discounts.

Other wish list items:

How about specific bags of parts from specified sets (8480)?

Or specific parts from discontinued sets? (6899 corridors)?

besides basic bricks and plates by size and color (500-5000+ ea)

In lugnet.dear-lego, James Wilson writes:
I'll chime in on a slightly different vein.  Rather than us telling them what
we want (which is good) and hoping they can come up with it (which may turn out
disappointing), how about if they tell us what they can easily offer, what they
can offer with some difficulty, what they can offer that would be
cost-prohibitive, and what they can't offer, because the molds are lost, too
old to be up to standards, and so on.  (I apologize for the loooong sentence!)
You may be thinking, this is crazy, they couldn't ever come up with such a
list, but I think a handful of decent web programmers with the right
information could put together a page with a pick list of pieces, colors,
quantities, and suggested retail prices for orders.  Then, we could peruse the
list -- "Do they have 2x4 45 degree sloped bricks in green?  I have to order
5000! It'll cost me WHAT??!!" and let them know what else we need.

James Wilson



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  Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
 
(...) "the 8880 suspension system" "the 8880 gear system" "the 8480 gear system" 2*2*3 yellow extreme slopes, for those of us who are missing one or two from the appropriate set. (...) Basic bricks, plates, and slopes. Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
 
I'll chime in on a slightly different vein. Rather than us telling them what we want (which is good) and hoping they can come up with it (which may turn out disappointing), how about if they tell us what they can easily offer, what they can offer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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