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| (...) There are two other explanations; one, the cost per brick when parting is lower regardless of any hidden costs, or two, which is what I believe, it's not really possible for a BL seller to charge more than Lego Bulk prices, regardless of their (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) i dont understand what you mean here.. cost of brick, as i understand it is Cost to Manufacture, then part out into sets (which should be saved since its bulk), then cost of shipping. "Hidden" means there something else in this mix im not (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| . (...) But you haven't thought about the volume buying large-scale retailers have done. They have excess inventory so they can reduce the price on it so cheaply that other buyers like Troy can get sets for reduced cost. Its a shame on one hand, on (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) There's slews of costs. The biggest one is overhead. Something has to pay for your free S@H catalogs, the nice woman on the phone you phone your order in to, the OTHER people who work there to make sure you talked to that woman quickly instead (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Sorry, I slightly misread the original (see last sentence I was replying to), but still a slightly different point: what I mean is that a BL's seller's cost-per-brick may well be competitive or better than S@H's *regardless* of non-obvious (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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