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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Date: 
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 18:34:30 GMT
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Tim Courtney wrote:

In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:

[...] Snip Gary's pissing match and wonderful letter

Gary,
Excellent letter.  Do you think it would be more effective if it is a letter
put out by the group with many names on the list?  Or do you want to retain
this as a personal letter.  I was just thinking that it would carry more
weight...

-Tim <><

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Many rubber chickens are better than one.

Glad you liked the letter,

My first thought was to have us all sign (typed names?) it and list the total
number of sets and pieces represented by this group of signers.

How about that?

Gary Istok



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  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
(...) It would probably be better like that (what was written above). Um, this will probably sound dumb, but people with scanners could actually send a real signature to be put on the letter, or should multiple letters be sent out? Greg "(URL) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
Excellent! Scott Sanburn Age 24 CADD Designer Number of confirmed sets 492 (50 or so not known from assimilation) Pieces = 102,286 (Some 5,000 from assimilation) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes: <clip> (...) My two cents would be for Gary to send his letter with only his signature and have a standard general letter of the same tone posted on LUGNET (and RTL, peoples's site, etc.) that individuals (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
Yeesh, I'd have to TRY to count up my pieces then! I don't want to THINK about it. I bought 70,000 in one month once! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
If you're going to make it difficult for those of us that don't WANT to know how much we have, add another KEY figure - how many pieces/sets you had to buy from other Legoneers rather than buying from TLG, thereby lowering their profit potential. I (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
 
In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes: [...] Snip Gary's pissing match and wonderful letter Gary, Excellent letter. Do you think it would be more effective if it is a letter put out by the group with many names on the list? Or do you want to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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