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Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:03:39 GMT
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Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> wrote:
> Are you saying that if you need 20 2x2 orange tiles that come in the pod
> racing set for $90 a set, that TLG will not make more money selling 10 of
> those sets for $900 then individual pieces for .06 x20 for $1.20? I don't
> think so. If money is the sole reason for their operation, and maybe it is,
> they would be foolish to EVER allow bulk orders.
No, I'm not saying that. If you're interested in learning, search
for some of the arguments for and against bulk ordering we've had
over the last few years - I don't have the time or the desire to
reproduce them for you.
But I'll tell you this - Larry put together an offer to buy that ran
into the tens of thousands of dollars, and if you think TLG wouldn't
make money doing a few limited runs of specific parts for HARD cash,
well, we're from different planets.
> Furthermore, think about the flow of the product. By cutting out the
> retail channel, Lego looses big business. If Toys R Us sold 65% of my
> product, I wouldn't do a single thing to tick them off. They can survuive
> without Lego, but can Lego survive without them? Profits are already down.
> It is not a change I would want to take.
Who said anything about cutting out the retail channel?
Who says the retail channel couldn't take part IN the bulk selling
process?
Who says bulk selling would have much of an impact at all on retail
sales? It might mean I spend 4/5 of my money at some TLG-run online
bulk parts store instead of at Target's 70% clearance sales, but
somehow I don't think that would matter much to Target.
--
The parts you want and nothing else?
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http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/
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