 | | Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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| (...) Mexico is a country where people working an assembly line, such as many "maquiladoras" found in the Northern States that border the US, make about the hourly wage of a person in the States (in a similar position), but in a day. So instead of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Yeah, but then I have inventory lying around and other nastyness. Also, paypal is a very untrustworthy company, and it would be safer, for both me and my customers, for me to get a merchant account instead. (...) This is basically what I'm (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) You could just buy your own LEGO Factory designs, mark them up, and stick a Paypal button on your website. And S@H shipping is so fast, you could have "just-in-time" inventory. Admittedly the CafePress model is much nicer, but I don't see TLC (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Thats with anything, though. (...) This was the method I actually had in mind. I'd be very nice to allow the builders themselves to market the product instead of Lego needing to... well, Lego wouldn't even have to care. They'd just have to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) An interesting concept, although I'm not sure I quite follow it. Currently, you can purchase other people's designs for the normal price. Even if you couldn't directly through the website, you could sell downloads of your LDD files, and have (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
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