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Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:11:39 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <dnbnprime@IHATESPAMhotmail.com>
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Not sure what you're proposing exactly but based on details I would be
> > willing to be lead partner in a VC to get something off the ground. We
> > could just dust off the consortium mailing list to see who else is in.
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> I *think* what's being proposed is a consolidation of the various efforts • into
> a more professional setup. Approach TLG with a list assembled of parts • people
> want, and that we have the money (or the backing) for, right now.
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> I think (correct me if I'm wrong, Jodi) that the proposal is to attempt to • buy
> bulk boxes out of Enfield, using the existing S@H service as a medium, so • that
> Lego has a minimal cost setup to bring it on-line.
>
> If that is the case, then yeah, I'm in like a dirty shirt. I'll put in my • 2
> bits. Heck, I'll even put in my 4 bits the first time, just to get this • off
> the ground. I have no problem taking a (personal) loss if it gets the • idea
> across to TLG that bulk ordering is a viable practise.
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> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
I think that we would be better off to start by making a purchase of a large
quantity of an existing set, say one of the current buckets, and parting it
out for sale. I think that if we could show that there is a call for a
service like this on a grand scale that this would be a good "proof of
concept" and then we might have a better chance of approaching TLG with our
request for ordering specific parts from them.
The current red bucket (4288) might be a good place to start as it has a
good assortment of parts. Or the blue tub (3033) if we want to try just
basic bricks. Even with the overhead of sorting (which i've become
uncommonly good at!) I think that a tidy proffit could be made (which would
then be reinvested to buy MORE Lego!)
Troy
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) To an extent I agree with you, but I posit that this proof of concept has already been done. Julie Krenz, and several others routinely buy and part out buckets via eBay, and Todd (and others) also do it in large-scale parts auctions. The scale (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Larry, what is VC???? (...) and the sales base that we have in our local stores. Just like Todd and Suzanne do in buying 10 sets and auctioning them off, we will be running a large base for bulk buying from the LUGNET community. If we find (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I *think* what's being proposed is a consolidation of the various efforts into a more professional setup. Approach TLG with a list assembled of parts people want, and that we have the money (or the backing) for, right now. I think (correct me (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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