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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Mon, 9 Aug 1999 20:04:06 GMT
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I know Gary, I was just being cute. I would take a few just for added missiles!
:) I assume it would be divided according to number, and the charge would be the
price divided by the number of bricks, or something to that affect?
Scott Sanburn
Gary Istok wrote:
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> Scott, that 50,000 or 100,000 was for the whole group. I probably wouldn't want more
> than 1 or 2 thousand just for me. They make great columns in classic or neoclassic
> buildings. But I don't have plans to build the Roman Forum (just yet).
>
> Gary Istok
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> Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
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> > Gary,
> >
> > You know, I was discussing this with my roommates and I said, I bet Gary Istok
> > and maybe Larry P. would order about 50,000 of the 2x2 white cylinder pieces.
> > Looks like I wasn't too far off.
> >
> > Scott Sanburn
> > Gary Istok wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info John, very informative.
> > >
> > > If we got group orders in bulks of 50,000 or 100,000, would that be enough to
> > > justify a special run of specialty pieces (such as 1x2x2 windows, 2x2 cylinder
> > > bricks, 2x2 tiles)?
> > >
> > > Gary Istok
> > >
> > > john kelly wrote:
> > >
> > > > (Sorry for the length of this thing....)
> > > >
> > > > Well said.
> > > >
> > > > When I was in Enfield, I had the misfortune of having to be on the element
> > > > team in a rotation. (We all had to share some of the element misfortune on a
> > > > rotating basis.) It was very very tedious. It would take all afternoon and
> > > > sometimes all day for the element team to be able to place an order. You need
> > > > to find what the part numbers you need are. You need to find the color code.
> > > > You need to find if the US had it in inventory. (Phone call to inventory
> > > > manager, he looks at his book for the type of piece, then at another book to
> > > > see if he has in inventory, then confirms it's on the shelf.) Call back to
> > > > you. If not in Enfield, send note to Demark. Wait for reply. Call again and
> > > > try to reach someone on phone who speaks english. Confirm product. (If they
> > > > have it. if not, too bad.) Get shipped on boat to US. (Wait 4-6 weeks for
> > > > delivery) It was miserable.
> > > >
> > > > Unless LEGO has gotten better logistics for inventory since I left, they'd be
> > > > crazy to try to bulk order. They don't have a strong enough system to meet
> > > > the demand. Should they update the system? SOunds wonderful. Will they?
> > > > doubtful. LEGO tries hard not to have excess inventory in bricks, they very
> > > > rarely had anything other than basic bricks available in the US. Other parts
> > > > were special ordered, but more often than not they will still be unavailable
> > > > in the quantities needed to build a model. So we'd scrap that idea and find
> > > > another way to do it. You might be able to get LEGO to do bulk ordering of
> > > > bricks through a centralized source, but I would doubt you'd be able to get
> > > > anyhting other than 1x and 2x bricks and plates. There just isn't an
> > > > inventory position on any other pieces that would satisfy a world market. And
> > > > you would need to order hundreds of K8's to make a molding run worthwhile to
> > > > LEGO.
> > > >
> > > > (We tried as a model shop and we could not find a use for enough bricks to
> > > > make the run worthwhile to us and we bought at production cost. The only run
> > > > we ever made was for 50 K8's of black Duplo 2x4 blocks because they were
> > > > running them at the time.)
> > > >
> > > > Now with most model shops being eliminated or cut back, there is even less
> > > > demand for any pieces outside of what they need to produce the sets. (Enfield
> > > > model shop from around 35 to 9 last month as part of the fitness program.)
> > > >
> > > > As a member of GMLTC, there is nothing more I'd like than to be able to bulk
> > > > order grey 2x10s. Nothing is more fustrating than being able to build with as
> > > > many grey 2x12s and green 2x4s as I wanted and then be reduced to red 2x4s for
> > > > landscape. I hope that someday they firgure out a way to do it. But my guess
> > > > is that they have evaluated this with better information than anyone here has
> > > > and found it to be not worth the inventory risk.
> > > >
> > > > -john 3
> > > >
> > > > In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Tim Courtney wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > <snip flame>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There's ABSOLUTELY NO POINT in carrying this any further.
> > > > >
> > > > > The facts as I see them:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Sanjay had some good fortune
> > > > > 2. Many envied Sanjay, although were happy for him
> > > > > 3. Some perceived a little gloating
> > > > > 4. Sanjay is a good guy
> > > > > 5. Larry is a good guy
> > > > > 6. Most (all?) would love the opportunity to order bulk
> > > > > 7. TLG is clueless
> > > > >
> > > > > Tim is right; we are getting out of hand. Hurtful things are starting to get • said
> > > > > and that's not how to play well:-)
> > > > >
> > > > > -John
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| Scott, that 50,000 or 100,000 was for the whole group. I probably wouldn't want more than 1 or 2 thousand just for me. They make great columns in classic or neoclassic buildings. But I don't have plans to build the Roman Forum (just yet). Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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