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Re: Mr. Justus!
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:28:51 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Frank Filz writes:
> > Shop-at-home will only have any business here if:
> > - they offer non-european sets
> > - they offer accesory sets
> I expect that they will expand to these. You need to remember that it
> isn't easy to create a mail order buisiness out of thin air. Time is
> needed to staff up, build inventory, etc. I wonder how S@H US started
> up? Did they immediately offer the full line (which was probably much
> smaller then)? How prevalent is mail order buisiness in Europe? In the
> US, it has a history of success for over 100 years, and was a
> significant contributor to expansion into the west (Montgomery Ward and
> Sears and Roebuck are the two big names of course).
Mail ordering is starting to bloom here in the sector of computer hardware.
Often you can buy your stuff, especialy cables and extentions, cheaper over
the internet than in a specialised computer store. I think that is because
they have lower costs for distribition and for (not) keeping items in stock.
By now, I buy all my Lego through mail order via the internet, also because
it's cheaper. A kind fellow took over a toy shop in a "remote" (That is,
remote according to our tiny scale Dutch standards) corner of our country.
To attract enough customers, he offers all lego sets with a fixed standard
discount of 10%, and charges low costs for dispatching inside the Netherlands.
It's true that living the Lego-lane in many points is easier for us, but over
here, we realy envy you for your 1200+ blue tub, which as I understood, some
of you purchase by the dozens (AHHHHHHHHHRRRRGGG). It would be realy great if
something like that turned up in Europe.
I had to make a trip to the GFR to buy a #3126 and a #3225. It was very
fortunate that someone decided to sell these former S@H excusives in Germany
also, but they where not avalable in most other European countries.
Greatings, M. Moolhuysen.
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