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Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:17:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mike Walsh wrote:
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> "John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com...
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> > Kate: The bulk order has been exactly this. In LEGOland the answer to this
> > question will also be, that we cannot dispatch what we don´t have.
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> > Oooohhhhhh..... The possibility to order pieces in truly large quantities.
> > Bricks by the thousands or even tens of thousands.
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> > This would be so amazingly cool!
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> > JohnG, GMLTC
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> This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a
> while back. The rumor I heard was S@H Europe is offering bulk orders for
> any element which LEGO currently has in production. From what I understand
> it is a fixed price per piece (not by weight like LEGOLand parks sell
> elements or by the cup like PaB) and the price is reasonable. I dismissed
> this as a pipe dream when I heard it until I read the transcript of the
> chat.
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> So LEGO - inquiring minds want to know!
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> Can we really order any production element in bulk?
> How much?
> How do we do it?
> Is this a Europe only offering?
> If so, why?
> How does one find out what is in production?
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> Mike
As I read through this very interesting thread, a thought struck me which I
haven't yet seen here;
If TLC is prepared to enter into a bulk purchasing scheme yet is retiscent about
dealing with orders from all over the place, why not enter into a limited
agreement with some of the bricklink folks? Some of those guys already spend
$1000s on buying sets. I suspect the really big guys also know what sells and
what doesn't. They could get organized and present a unified buying organization
to TLC and redistribute in more manageable quantities. I may want 10,000 dark
grey 2x4, but I don't want 150,000 or however many fits in a K8.
Since they are already in the business of parting out sets, warehousing and
handling the distribution end of things, this would seem to make a good
partnership with TLC. I have a sense of a growing positive relationship between
us (AFOLs) and TLC with initiatives like ILTCO. Perhaps the International Lego
Bulkbuying Group (ILBUG) could grow out of this kind of arrangement?
Jake?
JB
ps: Please note - I am NOT a bricklink seller myself so I may well misunderstand
something about how it all works.
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