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(...) Jake- I'm surprised at the name choice. TLC usually chooses billion dollar companies as partners for co-marketing, joint ventures, and other business relationship. "Affiliate" is almost universally a term in the same league and implies a (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Upon another minute's thought, the term that really seems appropriate is Certified LEGO Professional. (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Certify me baby! e (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Out of all of us I'd say you're the one that's closest to 'certifiable', Eric ;) Dave K (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Um, you'd more likely be a Certified Nutcase with a bonus eligibility to receive a monthly check... :P Rob (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I totally disagree. The term Affiliate to my mind suggests something that's open to anyone, the prototypical example being Amazon.com' affiliate program. When I saw the subject of Jake's email, I thought they were introducing some kind of deal (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Except that to me says they've taken an expensive training course, an expensive test, and have an ID card so they can show off their status... Jeff (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) With free rides home on the little yellow bus! e (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ok, people are spending way too much time worrying about the name. You know we're just gonna end up using some abbreviation like "LAffi" in true online lego community style. Now what I want to know is what's all this about bricks in bulk? What (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Here's something that would really set the AFOL community into an uproar.... what if the affiliates were able to get bricks (or parts) in bulk that were not available to the general AFOL community. Although I doubt this would happen. (Akin to (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) What I think would be very cool is something where anyone (train club, someone building a sculpture etc) can get parts from a certain range of parts in bulk if they place a minumum order of <n bricks> where n depends on the part being ordered. (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) uproar.... (...) were not (...) happen. (...) I think an even greater uproar would result if the bricks are glued together for the project! More to the point, can the Affiliate keep the bricks and/or sell them? I would be surprised if the (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.lego)
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