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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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Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:40:28 GMT
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> If Sanjay really wants to follow up on this, I'd recommend:
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> 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. :)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve
> --
> It's a good thing I *don't* live in NZ. My wife would kill me for even
> thinking about this.
From what I understand by reading this thread, it looks like it's too late
in NZ. I think we should try to find out if this is going to happen in
*other* locales and try to prevent it there.
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