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Re: bulk ordering is here!
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services
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Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:30:41 GMT
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Thanks Brad!!!

For those of you that cannot see the server due to difficulties... Here is
what I saw...  I added the per Item field, as I bet we all want to know
this.
Please don't quote me on the color or size of the Train windows... I am not
a Train collector.

Type & Size                    Qty     Price   per Item Colors
2x2 Brick                           100    6.99  0.0699 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red
2x4 Brick                            50    6.99  0.1398 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red
2x8 Brick                            25    8.99  0.3596 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red

1x4 Brick                            50    5.99  0.1198 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red
1x6 Brick                            50    6.99  0.1398 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red
1x8 Brick                            25    5.99  0.2396 Black, LtGray,
White, DkGreen, Red

2x4 Roof Peak                        25    4.99  0.1996 Black, Red
2x4 Roof Brick                       50    7.99  0.1598 Black, Red
2x2 Roof Brick                      100    7.99  0.0799 Black, Red

2x4 Plate                           100    8.99  0.0899 Black, White, Red
1x6 Plate                            50    4.99  0.0998 Black, White, Red
2x8 Plate                            25    4.99  0.1996 Black, White, Red

2x2 Tile                            100    6.99  0.0699 Black, White, Red

1x4x5 Window with glass              10    8.99   0.899 Black
Train Window                         25    7.99  0.3196 ?Trans Light Blue?
2x2 Window                           25    7.99  0.3196 White
1x4x6 Door with frame                 5    9.99   1.998 Red
Small Spruce Tree                    25    7.99  0.3196 DkGreen

-Andy Lynch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com>
To: <lugnet.lego.announce@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.lego.direct@lugnet.com>;
<lugnet.general@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.announce@lugnet.com>;
<lugnet.market.services@lugnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 7:39 AM
Subject: bulk ordering is here!


Greetings! After a somewhat longer-than-intended absence, I'm back, and • with
good news: LEGO Direct is pleased to announce that bulk sales from LEGO • start
today, June 14.

Our first bulk releases include standard bricks (1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, • 2x4,
2x8)
in light grey, dark green, black, red, and white; as well as plates and • smooth
tiles in black, red, and white; windows and doors; and spruce trees. • The
elements come in lots of 100, 50, or 25 per bag, depending on the size • of
the
element. There is no minimum purchase (well, you have to buy at least • one
bag!) - and no limits on the maximum. Plus, let me stress that this is • only
the first release: this autumn we will be enlarging the assortment of • standard
elements, adding hard-to-find colors, and extending the range of more
specialized elements.

With this launch of the bulk service, we are also offering volume • discounts on
purchases: a purchase of 5 bags will receive a 5% discount; 10 bags and • more
will receive a 10% discount. These prices do not include shipping - we
have "unbundled" the item and shipping costs; shipping will be • determined
by
the dollar volume of the overall purchase. This pricing policy is being
instituted across the entire Shop at Home assortment effective with the • next
catalog (due in July).  Further details and pricing information can be • found
at http://www.lego.com/bulk.

Initially, this service is available only in the United States and • Canada
through LEGO Shop at Home (1-800-453-4652). This is not because we wish • to
favor this market, but simply because we have an existing fulfillment
operation which we can employ immediately. We are currently finishing • our
development of a new fulfillment center in Europe to handle direct
distribution; it will be ready to go by late summer or early fall. At • that
time, we will begin offering not only bulks but the full LEGO Shop at • Home
service (via the Internet) to at least nine European countries. We • intend
to
have full coverage in Europe in 2001.

And to our friends in Australia and New Zealand (especially, but also • Japan
and the rest of the Asian Pacific Rim)  - we hear you! We're working • hard
to
extend this service to you, but I am sure you realize the logistical • hurdles
which must be leapt (high shipping costs, customs, etc); we are • endeavoring to
find a solution that is as great a value to you as Shop at Home has been • to
our US and Canadian customers. I do not yet have a timetable for you, • but
I
have made it a priority to bring this service to you; if we can make • even
a
limited offering to you by the end of the year we will. But we will not • launch
LEGO Shop at Home (or any direct-to-you initiative) until we are certain • that
we can do so in a manner which meets your (and our) high expectations.

We hope that you are as excited as we are with the arrival of the bulk
service. It is but the first of many new offerings which will be • appearing
in
the coming months. For the next release of bulk elements later this • year,
we
hope to incorporate some of your many requests, and will develop a more • formal
system on LEGO.com (but thanks, Jason Catena) for recording your • desires.

As always, our thanks to you. Play Well.

-- Brad

Brad Justus
Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
legodirect@lego.com




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(...) Just to clarify, these: (...) are *not* Train windows. They are thinwalls. It so happens that they were used in 4561. But then, 4561 is barely a train anyway. This: (URL) this: (URL) train windows I ain't complaining. We have a great source of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)  

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