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Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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lugnet.lego
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Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:08:07 GMT
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I had to call the Consumer Affairs people to replace some old black wheels as
found in Technic set #8246 and old Blacktron I set #6941 (almost the same
element except for minor details). I had recently purchased several of these
from a fellow Lugnut and when I took the big tires off of the little wheels,
the little wheels fell apart from stress and age -- these would be the bigger
tires as found on Blacktron I set #6941, BTW. Point being: they charged me
$0.40 USD an element which I was happy to pay. But, I think this may stand as
a measure of what Lego Direct prices may be like for specialty parts (not
common bricks and such, hopefully!)-- they will not be sold for $0.05 and
$0.10 each as some people seem to believe even if they are sold in bulk. I
guess this may present us with the problem of say Cypress Trees being $1 each -
- I am not sure I can or want to buy 1000 of these in bulk at such a price.
Just (virtually) thinking out loud,
Richard
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| (...) Yes, just last night I had a couple of those hubs crumble when I tried to remove them from old tires. They were gray hubs. (...) - (...) This is why we will see several part resellers and part trading sites spring up. You might buy 1000 and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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| To All, (...) as (...) these (...) wheels, (...) bigger (...) me (...) stand as (...) I (...) each - (...) price. (...) Hmm.. well, I don't see outside of the big groups perhaps (I would hope they would provide the train groups with something!), (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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| Too bad you didn't ask in here - I have over 100 of those rims from 8246s, I would have let them go at $.10-15 each ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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| (...) - (...) Well, I believe there were probably all kinds of overhead with fulfilling your order that could be reduced or eliminated with the kind of plan proposed for Lego Direct. For example, your request probably resulted in a search for the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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| (...) I just called Consumer Affairs to buy some parts that were missing from a couple of open clearance sets that I just purchased (I should have known better). I was quoted a price of $5.35 for a saddle, samurai knight fig, his armor & katana, a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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| (...) I think that you "hit the nail on the head" Richard. They aren't doing this for charity. They are doing it to make money. And if it involves labor intensive processes, you can bet that the 5 cent parts will only be found in the buckets and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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