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Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:29:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti writes:
There is one obvious drawback to this option: I want 5000 2x4 light blue
bricks.
Another drawback is that I want 2000 2x2 orange tiles.  That would be a
$90,000 investment on your part to be able to fill my entire order.  I • just
don't think very many true 'bulk orders' could be realistically filled in • this
fashion.


Yes, this will obviosly not work in such extreme cases as this.  I am sure
that there are plenty of cases for which it WILL work though.

My point (well ok, one of them) is that I don't think this is an extreme case.

If I said "who wants 500+ macaroni bricks in the color of their choice?" How
many hands do you think would go up?  5?  10? I'd guess even more.

And my point was to build it up to the point where it COULD order your parts
directly for you.

Again, I think they're two different roads.  But we've been over this
territory.

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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  Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
(...) Yeah, for the really popular hard-to-find parts 500+ is a small number. I'd take 1000 in gray, green, and white right now. Oh, and black. (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
(...) just (...) this (...) Yes, this will obviosly not work in such extreme cases as this. I am sure that there are plenty of cases for which it WILL work though. And my point was to build it up to the point where it COULD order your parts directly (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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