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Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:30:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:45:45 GMT, "Sanjay D'Souza" <sds87@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > In actual fact I don't think the bods at LEGO NZ would have mind someone
> > coming in and paying for the parts being sent to Australia. Much of it was
> > accumulated from many, many, many, many, many old sets over the years.
> >
> > There was a lot of very slow moving stock (read plastic LEGO bricks) tied up
> > in the spare parts area and that was a situation that TLG wasn't entirely
> > happy about.
>
> Quick! Let's take up a collection! :)
>
> Seriously, if I was in NZ, I'd be willing to help out with coordination &
> execution of such an undertaking. It's just my rotten luck to be here, on
> the wrong side of the planet.
>
> If Sanjay really wants to follow up on this, I'd recommend:
>
> 1) Sanjay approaches the spm with the idea, finding out (a) how much TLG
> would want for the lot of everything and (b) the estimated volume or mass.
> Hopefully, the total charge would be staggering. :)
>
> 2) Figure out if (a) divided by (b) is a reasonable figure. Factor in that
> we don't know what the pieces are and we don't know how well-sorted the
> pieces are. And we'd have to pay for hauling the stuff off of TLG
> property.
>
> 3) Collect money from people. Keep track, because the money collected
> would be used as credit against purchases from the lot.
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> 4) Inventory the haul, by piece/color. Record the volume or weight, not
> the number of pieces.
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> 5) Advertise, and sell it by the pound. Mark it up enough to reward the
> people doing the work.
>
> Steve
> --
> It's a good thing I *don't* live in NZ. My wife would kill me for even
> thinking about this.
It would make a *GREAT* Jambalaya box!
Mark "I live close to the old Zealand, does that count?" de Kock
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