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Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:02:00 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Susan Hoover writes:
> > How is there any favoritism on the part of S@H? Anyone can call S@H
> > herself at 7 am on Monday if she really wants to know what the specials
> > are before Tom posts them to LUGNET. It probably takes more time to
> > update the site than it does to sell out of some of the specials,
> > anyway. :-/
>
> I might have let that one get pretty vague. I was trying to suggest an
> internet model of business that serves an international customer base
> equally. I just didn't spell it out.
Within the limitations of the business model (that is, people who choose to
live in high tariff/high cost of doing business countries have to,
unfortunately, suffer the consequences of their government's attempt to hide
from reality) I think that's an admirable goal and one I fully support.
There's no reason for arbitrarily (1) discriminating against people just
because of where they live. To do so is to potentially underserve a market.
1 - but apparent discriminationt may not actually be arbitrary, that is, market
research may suggest that the take rate for a particular product or line in a
country may be low. For example, Germany has a high per capita brick
consumption and high TLC market penetration. Uganda, I am guessing, is much
lower. So Uganda may not get all lines, or may not get them translated into
native languages. That's just economic reality for now.
++Lar
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