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Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
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lugnet.lego
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Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:03:03 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Ken Nagel wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, David Eaton wrote:
> > > In lugnet.lego, Ken Nagel wrote:
> > > > They also said there would only be 10,000 availible publicly. SNIP
> > > I don't see why you keep going back to this.
> >
> > Because that is what they said and words mean things.
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> Yeah, but what they said was true. "This is a small run too – only 14,000 total,
> with 10,000 coming to Shop At Home." It *WAS* a small run, and it *WAS* limited
> to 14K, and 10K *DID* go to S@H. Please point out the exact error in the phrase,
> because as I see it, the phrase that was used in NO WAY referenced future runs
> of the set,
I'd say "LAST CHANCE" pretty much locks that up.
SNIP
"If" there were a way to stop Bin Laden from causing
> any harm, but without killing him, would you? Your answer will affect my moral
> judgement of you, regardless of what you actually do or do not do. Just because
> someone WOULD steal something, but hasn't, doesn't make them moral. Since you
> brought the company's moral value into the debate, I'll examine it as I believe
> it should be. And "if" matters.
I really don't get all of these u-turns in the name of whatever but since you
bring it up "IF" Bill Clinton had taken Bin Laden when the Saudies tried to give
him to us the twin towers would still be standing and multible thousands of
people would still be alive. However he didn't so we have to deal with the cards
we were delt. One could loose himself wondering about all the "IF"'s of the
past.
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> > as "if" wasn't true so they chose to market it as a limited set.
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> No. They chose to tell us that it was limited.
Exactly- Glad to see you agree
SNIP
> > The fact that they knew AFOL's would love the set is why they should have
> > kept their word.
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> No. A word should be kept regardless. But their word is not what they intended
> to give.
Intent or not they choose to market it as a limited set. You are right though
they should have kept their word.
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> > > Of course, I think that's irrelevant in this case because I don't think this
> > > decision part of a negative trend.
> >
> > The trend is the point that Lego, when viewed as a company is a failure. They
> > have lost money and market share for years and continues to fall. That is not
> > a matter of opinion it is big news in the world wide financal comunity.
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> I didn't say that there is no negative trend. I said I don't think this decision
> is a part of one.
One bad decision on top of another equals a trend. Wether you agree or not a lot
of post out there have agreed with me. The decision has created bad feelings
amung consumers. Consumers that an ailing company can not afford to put off. It
is therefore by definition a bad decision. It would be kind of hard to pull one
bad decision out of the pile and say that this one was a fluke.
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> DaveE
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| (...) <snip> (...) Why did reps form TLC state that it was 'the last chance'? Did they do it because they were marketing a limited set as a collector item (a la numbered Santa Fe), or was the 'last chance' only due to a limitation of coloured Maersk (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Yeah, but what they said was true. "This is a small run too – only 14,000 total, with 10,000 coming to Shop At Home." It *WAS* a small run, and it *WAS* limited to 14K, and 10K *DID* go to S@H. Please point out the exact error in the phrase, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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