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Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Wha- ?! Lego could sell almost all their parts at the .01 to .02 price • ratio
> that the bulk tubs have and still turn a healty profit.
Uh... NO. Not that I am looking at production figures, but it does make
sense to market the tubs as a loss item, as it prevents inroads from
competitors. Lego makes their money from high profit sets and tubs would
not be one of those things.
> <Rant mode on> CDs
> were designed by the record industry to be a cheaper alternitive to • Records and
> obviously DVDs are far cheaper to make than VHS yet people are stupid • enough to
> pay more for them. If people refused to pay such a high price for • merchandise
> then the companys would sell it at a much lower but still hightly • profitable
> price. <Rant mode off>
I buy DVDs not because of stupidity but because they are better. I bought
CDs for the same reason. If somebody makes a better mouse trap and can do
it chepaer than the other way, does he have to sell it for less? No. It is
a free market. (Collusion - which is illegal - is the likely reason CDs are
still more expensive than tapes now)
> Well, I never pay more than $0.10 to 0.11 a piece for normal sets. I do • most
> of my shopping durring Ames' and K-mart's frequent sales. I would make a
> slight exception if the set contained GOOD large pieces. (Good large • pieces
> are ones that can NOT be made out of existing parts.) Anyway in a Lego • set one
> has a multitude of parts in various colors with high quality printed
> instructions. Ordering a few thousand of one part in one color should be
> significantly cheaper.
>
> -Lord Insanity
Ordering a few thousand parts that require one "set-up" are not necessarily
cheaper than a run of a nicer production set that has millions of copies
made. A prime example of this would be the Guild of Bricksmiths' sets.
Even without design costs, the labor per set for the small run items is
exorbitant.
Mike Poindexter
(FUT: debate)
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| (...) Yeah right. Not even TLC would be dumb enough to sell something that doesn't generate profit. Molded plastic does not cost alot to produce once you have the eqipment and molds. (...) That is my point though. DVDs cost far less then VHS and (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) We are talking about a mold that has already existed for well over a decade. I seriously doubt that the price of this particular mold would be part of the price. (...) order (...) No way it would be that low and still cost effective unless (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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