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Re: TLG investigation
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:44:19 GMT
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On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:39:47 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
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> What if someone wanted to buy 500 gray 2x4 bricks and there was a minimum
> purchase requirement of 10,000?
And why would having a few thousand of, say, any particular part stop
the sale of sets? Anyway, if sets generally have costs /part of
$.10-$.20, Why not make the bulk ordering service at $.25/piece, for
the medium-hard-to-get pieces, $.50-$1 for the _really_ rare parts (in
current production, that is), and $0.10 for basic bricks. That makes
buckets still cheaper for bricks in general, but it'd be easier to get
a whole lotta bricks in a certain color from the bulk brick service.
Also, it means that it would not be cheaper to put sets together from
bulk parts than ordering them directly.
Anyway, just a few random thoughts.
Jasper
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) I think the point here is largely mute, since (call me cynical) even if TLG beefs up its offering of parts for club members, it seems to me very unlikely that they would make available each piece currently in production. So it simply wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Bulk purchases
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| (...) It wouldn't (and that wasn't the implication). The question was a rhetorical one, in response to Mark Tarrabain's comment "Further, there could be little incentive for a person to purchase from any individuals who were to try this because they (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: TLG investigation
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| (...) Exactly, bulk parts are unlikely to be economically viable for TLG, especially if they were cheaper than sets on a per piece basis. Bulk parts should demand a premium which those building huge models (castles) would be willing to pay in order (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: TLG investigation
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| Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36c8a217.6212706@lu...et.com>... (...) Because presently, if you want a thousand of a particular piece the only way to get them is to buy umteen sets (4x2 bricks etc excluded). Donning my devil's advocate hat again (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TLG investigation
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| (...) What would it take for them to police/enforce such a requirement? (...) What if someone wanted to buy 500 gray 2x4 bricks and there was a minimum purchase requirement of 10,000? --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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