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Re: Profit dynamics of bulk purchases
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:57:35 GMT
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I really don't see what all this fuss is about, toy stores aren't interested
in selling bulk bricks. You used to be able to buy bulk bricks (supplementary
packs I think they were called) in UK toy shops but not any more, there isn't
enough demand.
The demand is here, on the Web. The solution is simple, you join the club, you
put in your bulk order using a web interface, if the parts are in stock they
ship them to you [1], if not, when other people order a sufficient quantity of
the same parts to justify a production run, the computer [2] spits out a
request to the Lego factory and they get made and shipped to you. If your
order is too small and/or weird you never get the parts - tough.
I don't expect the parts to be incredibly cheap, but I just want to pay for
what I want. If you were to order the parts that make up a 400 piece bucket I
would expect it to cost a bit more than $5.99, so why would toystores be
interested in buying bricks off you? OK, so they might want to get adventurous
and stock more specialised pieces but as soon as you get into anything more
complicated than basic bricks you are talking hundreds, if not thousands or
stock items, a complete nightmare for a toystore.
Matt
[1] I would say they were 'in stock' if they were currently in production for
a current set and a future production run was already planned for that part.
That way the special order wouldn't impact production of current sets.
[2] A clever thing that can automate production management and stock control.
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) interested (...) (supplementary (...) isn't (...) I was in Sweden back in December and in a couple of the stores I went into they had parts packs for slopes, doors and windows, and wheels. They were (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Profit dynamics of bulk purchases
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| (...) Hee hee... Well, look at the types of packs that were being sold -- brightly colored roof bricks and rectangular bricks and small plates and trees and windows, among other things. Great stuff, I don't mean to insult it, but it's no where near (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Profit dynamics of bulk purchases
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| On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:57:35 GMT, Matthew Bates uttered the following profundities... (...) Let us not forget the closure of the Brazilian factory! Even though Brazilian production would increase the distribution cost, it could presumably be started (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Profit dynamics of bulk purchases
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| (...) Think. Toystore writes $25,250 cashier's check to individual. Individual deposits check and writes new cashier's check to LSI for $25,000. LSI delivers bulk elements to individual. Individual delivers bulk elements to toystore. In other words, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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