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Re: LEGO.new is coming
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:22:36 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mario Ferrari writes:
> Scott A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.dear-lego, Mario Ferrari writes:
> > > > Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:
> > > > > Marco Beri <marcob@equalis.it> wrote:
> > > > > > As you can see in http://news.lugnet.com/loc/ in Italy (4216 • messages,
> > > > > > second just to UK and US) there is a great Lego community and I just • wonder
> > > > > > (I'm sure like everyone here) why you chose UK, Ireland, Germany, the
> > > > > > Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden and Austria but not
> > > > > > Italy.
> > > > >
> > > > > My guess is that it's nothing against you folks, but rather that • they've
> > > > > already got a better infrastructure built up in those countries.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure they've nothing against us, but still don't see the point. • Shipping
> > > > from any EU country to any other EU country requires no special care.
> > > > There're no more customs, no custom forms, fees are unified... I really
> > > > don't see why if they can ship to Germany, Belgium or Austria they can't
> > > > ship to Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and all the other countries now • off
> > > > the list.
> > > > That's definitely annoying.
> > >
> > > Is it legal to sell to an Italian resident if you're not speaking Italian • at
> > > the time? I dunno. But maybe that's what is holding them back, they don't • want
> > > to lay on Italian speakers (and spanish, portugese, french greek, etc.)
> > >
> > > Just an idea, I really don't know the answer.
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> I'm not very competent on the matter, but I suppose that if Amazon can Lego
> could as well (Amzon just to mention one among thousands of English-only
> websites that sell worldwide).
> But I see they might be concerned about the language, and don't want to make
> a service available until it is completely localized, like they do with
> sets.
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> > > Italians, don't feel snubbed, feel proud that the French were left out • too.
> > > :-)
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> Trouble shared is trouble halved :-) Just hope we start *before* them :-)))
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> > I assumed those left out were due to exsiting distribution agreements in • those
> > countries.
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> You might be right, though from what I know Lego Italia supplies directly
> the toy shops through its own network of agents.
Yes but the contract with the shops/agents/etc may preclude LEGO from selling
sets direct - this is pure speculation on my part. As for France, I know that
LEGO operates on a "sale or return" basis there (DYA, BB etc buy the returns I
expect) - so for LEGO selling direct in France may just increase their returns
(?).
I would expect toy shops (from small one up to TRU) will be unhappy that LEGO
are selling direct to you and I... and cutting them out of the deal.
Scott A
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> Ciao
> Mario
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