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Subject: 
Re: an update -- and an apology
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:55:28 GMT
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh771jk72fv1nkh1hsj2@4a
x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49


Right.  BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the
insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs
(or bulk purchase).  This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit
price (hopefully south of AucZILLA prices, but not necessarily).  This option
would require a high service charge, to address the extensive manual labor
required to collect and pack the parts.

Or we could do it.

I can see the potential for cooperatives/syndicates being set up to buy
the bulk volume that LD will want to sell, and then breaking it down &
selling it on.

Or just groups coming together to buy, say 1000 windows, then splitting
them between the group.

This could be the basis for a whole new set of groups in the
lugnet.market.* hierarchy.
--
Tony Priestman



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(...) Except I am expecting that there will always be a large number of parts which will not be offered through bulk sales. I don't remember the exact number, but between all the product lines (if that's the right term -- System, Technic, DUPLO, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: an update -- and an apology
 
(...) Right. BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs (or bulk purchase). This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit price (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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