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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 5 Aug 1999 03:47:44 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.net&nospam&
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote:
> John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
> news:37A8F982.195DCF32@uswest.net...
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> > Ouch. Had to rub it in, uh?
> > I'm sitting here thinking that I wish I didn't know about your good luck,
> > because it makes me all the more frustrated with those hinnies from • Denmark.
> > What on earth motivates this company, because it sure ain't green:-(
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> Umm...I wouldn't say rub it in but consider the following.....
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> Following is a fact of life for LEGO enthusiasts living in NZ
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> 1) Price of sets is higher than in the US
> 2) No shop at home service available.
> 3) Bulk buckets aren't sold in NZ
> 4) Delay of several months before sets are released in NZ.
> 5) LEGO clothing not sold in NZ
> 6) Very few promotional sets released in NZ. The small Shell sets and the
> Maersk Truck are the only one's worth mentioning.
> 7) LEGO deals via the internet have to be paid in US$.
> 8) Shipping LEGO sets to NZ is very expensive.
> 9) The nearest LEGO theme park is as good as a million miles away.
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> The only redeeming feature was
> 1) Bulk ordering.
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> Now....the question I pose to all you good people of the Lugnet family is
> which would you choose....bulk ordering or cheaper prices, s@h, bulk buckets
> etc?
Well, to be perfectly blunt, I'd take bulk in a New Yalk minute. I couldn't
care less about LEGO clothes, theme parks, promo sets, sets in general. I've
got 10s of thousands of bricks from sets and not one is built. For me, it's
all about the bricks and acquiring particular ones for MOCs.
> Believe it or not I'm not trying to show off or rub it in but simply stating
> fact. I feel sorry for those people who have so many creative ideas but so
> few bricks. One such person is endeavouring to build an AT-AT walker, my
> favourite SW vehicle. I would have loved to have helped out but at the end
> of the day I couldn't.
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> The original post was intended in many ways to show how the bulk ordering
> process works. Some people are going to feel bitter and that's
> understandable.
It's understandable because others, such as the GMLTC have *been* down that
road and many other roads you don't even know about, only for us they were
dead ends. No disrespect to you, but IMO if *anyone* should be granted such
privledges, I would think it would be an organization such as the PNLTC or the
GMLTC who are ambassadors for the brick to the general public, instead of to
one guy who now has a really big forest for his home layout and who now has
more bricks than he can even take out of storage. I'm not begrudging you, I'm
just saying that there is *no* process-- you are just one lucky guy. It's like
a guy explaining how he chose his winning numbers for a $1,000,000 lottery--
beside the point, really.
> But hopefully this will give people more ammunition to
> force TLG to offer some kind of bulk ordering service in future.
"Force" TLG? Using force would prolly be the only way.
-John
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> Sanjay
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| John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:37A9094F.8C37E7...est.net... (...) that (...) such (...) the (...) to (...) has (...) I'm (...) like (...) lottery-- (...) I agree totally. I got lucky and made the most of it. It just suprises (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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| (...) Wasn't there a time when some architects used Lego bricks for models? What other bulk buyers would have ever existed? I think that hyping the User Group route for bulk orders is the best way to approach TLG - it is a small number of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:37A8F982.195DCF...est.net... (...) Denmark. (...) Umm...I wouldn't say rub it in but consider the following..... Following is a fact of life for LEGO enthusiasts living in NZ 1) Price of sets is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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