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Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:02:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:

They do not resell them, instead LEGO buys them back and puts them into large
boxes called K8's.  They use these boxes for play area LEGO at events around • the
country.  That's what I understand happens to the returned LEGO.  At • Brickfest,
LEGO Direct sent a few K8 bins out for us to play with, what a treat! :)

Do they?  I thought K8's were created from manufacturing overstock, and spoiled
boxes at the factory/warehouse.

I've seen many sets at the Outlet store that appeared to come from store
returns.  I suspect this is what happens to all of them.  It's probably
different from an accounting perspective to dump out a box before it's been
shipped to any customer (spoiled product) and to dump out returns from vendors.
(charge backs).

KL



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  Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
 
"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:G7BrsF.CDr@lugnet.com... (...) spoiled (...) Well, that's what I understood from a couple people at Brickfest, I forget who said that though. IIRC they were people who arranged with LEGO Direct (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
  Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
 
(...) Over the past several years, I have had a *few* store employees tell me that they can return unsold Lego back to TLC. I seem to recall that something was said about qty, but I can't remember the exact phrase. Like I think they can return a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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Jonathan Mizner <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message news:G74EML.F1J@lugnet.com... (...) They do not resell them, instead LEGO buys them back and puts them into large boxes called K8's. They use these boxes for play area LEGO at events around the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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