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Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:39:04 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Marchetti writes:
> I'm sorry, but I think it is very much TLC's job to pay attention to what we
> fans want,
and I don't. I guess I'm rather put off by this attitude. Economic reality is
what it is and your wishing that TLC cared about us to the point that they lose
money isn't going to change that.
And I'm tired of you whining about it. That's right, at this point I see your
comments as whining.
The GA outlet called me. I ordered some of EVERY item they offered me except
maybe 2 or so. These are mostly unwanted sets from the outlet's perspective. If
you wanted them you should have bought them when they were available at retail.
How much more should they have charged to cover the increased costs of calling
36 different people so each one could get ONE nebula outpost? Catch a clue.
What if they called 36 and only got 15 takers? What then?
I need those for a project. Or, that is, since they fell in my lap, that
project is enabled where before it wasn't.
> Ummm, you don't know me well enough to address me in this manner,
Well I do. I judge based on what people have said and at this point you have a
pretty good track record in my eyes.
> whereas my
> comments were vague enough to NOT attack any one person. But hey, if the shoe
> looks to fit then wear it all the way home, Baby!
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> I did not attack you personally or try to give you a political science
> lesson. There's a really good chance that I am at least as well educated, if
> not better educated, than yourself. But enough of this silverback preening...
"Silverback preening"? Grow up. Mike knows a bit more about biz than you do,
I'd venture to guess. No matter what your degrees may say.
> And I didn't call for any unfairness TOWARDS deep-pockets, just fairness
> across the board regardless of deep-pockets. My hypothetical situation didn't
> really apply to 2 sets of 6078 as far as I was concerned, which is why I made
> a hypothetical situation up involving 100 of some one set.
This is a paragraph with null semantic content. Kind of reminds me of _Animal
Farm_... 2 legs bad, 4 legs good and all that.
> And I think it goes without saying that there is some unhappiness amongst us
> Lugnuts that others can and do buy ALL of something that they see on sale.
> Let's not pretend its for personal use when its obvious that many people
> purchase sale stuff for resale. Not getting even one of some item while
> others are hoarding tens and hundreds of the same item is annoying. Some
> people getting that silly blimp for $5 when I never saw it for less than $15
> is also annoying (most were also minorly damaged which is why I didn't buy
> them). Paying more than $0.10 a brick is also annoying.
Paying more than 24 cents a gallon for gas is annoying too. While we're at it
why not stump for repealing the law of gravity too?
> I think TLC should try and make things more easily obtainable and more
> affordable across the board by eliminating middlemen. Why would you object to
> something as capitalistic and democratizing as that?
And here is the most laughable statement of the entire post. How is setting up
to lose money capitalistic?
> -- Richard (Still saying no to spellcheck =oP)
Why reject using a tool that's there to help you? Seems kind of luddite to me.
++Lar
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| Methinks he doth protest too much! A tad touchy about this subject aren't you, Larry? I label myself the "lego curmudgeon" which is intended to suggest that my incendiary mode of expression is half jest/whole earnest -- but not to be taken too (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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| (...) Then they should catch a clue -- or is Brad Justus just a troll here? Is he just a plant to stem the tide of our venom as I already half suspect? I'm sorry, but I think it is very much TLC's job to pay attention to what we fans want, and not (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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