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Re: Last chance for real grey -- let's send a message
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Thu, 18 Mar 2004 21:52:42 GMT
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Bill Vollbrecht <mwv1970@juno.com> wrote:
> Well, that would be a message that totals $300,000. Not bad for a one day
> potential sale. It would definately let them know that we are serious about
> wanting to keep the old colors.
Yeah, selling them all out in one day is wildly optimistic. But would be
cool.
> Of course an even bigger message, if LEGO ever decides to release bulk
> packs of the NEW colors, would be to not buy ANY. Then perhaps the
> higher ups would see that we are serious, and not a bunch of nut cases
> (well, maybe some here and there!).
Well, my concern there is there's an easy alternate explanation: "People
don't buy bulk packs. Too bad, because we made them in the wonderful new
colors and everything, so we were pretty sure they would sell. I guess
we'll just not do bulk bricks anymore."
The positive message is easier to send clearly.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| (...) Buy other colors and you'll send the message you want to send. If the old-color packs sell out really fast, the unrelated colors continue to sell at a decent pace, and the new-color packs sit and rot, the message is nearly impossible to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, that would be a message that totals $300,000. Not bad for a one day potential sale. It would definately let them know that we are serious about wanting to keep the old colors. But if they hadn't been retired in the first place, would (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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