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Re: Anybody want to invest in my idea?
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:04:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake writes:
> > Here's the concept.   Take a warehouse and install a sorting machine there,
> > one that can sort by weight, size, and color.  Match it with a piece
> > database and fuzzy matching software.  What you end up with is this:  You
> > dump a bunch of pieces into the hopper.  The machine then sorts each
> > individual piece out, counts it, individually bags it, and labels each bag
> > with the count and parts database ref number.  All you'd do is ship your
> > container of loose lego (we would even process unopened sets for you) and
> > we'd send you a box of sorted, labelled lego bags.
> 
> Could I just have purchases drop shipped to you, then? :-)

Sure.  You may not like my fees, though ;)

Adrian



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  Re: Anybody want to invest in my idea?
 
(...) Well if you want to make a go of this you need to give the early adopters who do large quantities some sort of a break, you know... Got any VCs lined up yet? (25 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Could I just have purchases drop shipped to you, then? :-) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)

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