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I'll make the same offer I have always made - I will order things at cost plus shipping. I wouldn't MIND if extra money was thrown my way for the hassle of repacking and shipping, but I won't require it. The rules: The order MUST be paid for before (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I would argue that the LARGEST and SMALLEST bricks/tiles/plates are more useful - we can get the "standard" sizes in sets and tubs/buckets in decent amounts, but the very large and very small are scarce. The very large are useful for large (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Or even 2-story houses. (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Fredrik, I agree. In addition to all the standard bricks, large plates are what I require most from the bulk service. I'm sure everyone building large structures, models, ships, spacecraft, etc. agrees. <ICS> (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) much more trouble with the slashdot site today than the LEGO site. Plus, brickshelf diddn't melt down when jeff put the pictures up there. Of course it has survived several slashdottings :) KL (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) i asked the rep when i called. it's any five items(different or the same). I also didn't have to give the code- the rep entered it in for me. i had a dream two nights ago about white 2x2 windows. i'm going to dream about gray corrugated brick (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) When I called at 8:00 this morning I got the usual answering service (not Lego S+H, but the fill-in staff), and the operator knew nothing about bulk service or Code WB600. I called back minutes later, and the very friendly S@H operator was (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) to usage", I'd be a rich, rich man. Not saying Brad wassn't telling the truth. In fact, I was never *not* able to reach the page. eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This suggests that they may be working out how to handle volume orders, so they have given a code which works well with the current system (this is a similar deal to the buy 10 sets off this page, so the code to work this deal exists already). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) _very_ bad PR to say you didn't have enough servers to handle the load on the first day. Indicates bad planning and all. ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I for one will be happy to help those folks from overseas, though I may ask that you coordinate orders through one of the folks I regularly deal with. (...) In general I think that's worth paying attention to. I think in this case it's good (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I like to imagine that it's the same mattdm. It simplifies my life. (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Let me just say that I'm pleasantly surprised that some pieces with transparency made it to the first offering! :) Brad, some have mentioned that you take too long in responding/updating (and that may be true). But if the selection of pieces (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> That, and the fact that Brad mentioned it had nothing to do with traffic volume. See here: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) "mattdm" himself was reporting problems getting onto www.lego.com/bulk earlier than that: (URL) at 12:15GMT, which is 8:15am... well, Eastern Daylight Time. I'm assuming that SlashDot is eastern, if it's not, please correct me). You'll also (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually, that may have been part of the problem. See (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Here you go (from the site, which may be back up now): **** Buy any 5 or more LEGO Just Imagine Bulk Paks in this offer and Save 5%! Buy any 10 or more and Save 10% Special pricing on the Bulk Paks in this offer is valid through July 5, 2000. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I admit I might be a little slow due to the joy I'm feeling over this news, but... How exactly does the bulk discount work? Do you have to order 5 of the EXACT same item to get the 5% discount? Or can I order 5 items total, and get a 5% discount on (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yep, I've written down a $200 order and will be calling it in tonight. I wonder what the expanded selection will be. I'd love to see smaller tiles. Heh heh heh.... 'MO window pieces. Jason (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm still reeling at the thought of being able to buy 200 small spruce trees for $78.50 ($80 * .9 + $6.50 for shipping). I just hope they bring back the egg-shaped trees at a similar (or heck, not so similar) price. I for one am looking (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks!! I'll remove the images I posted to Brickshelf now. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)
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Mike, (...) (some (...) (or (...) Indeed. Actually, most of my prices are lower, except for the tiles and the light gray elements. I am almost ready to launch. I can't wait to buy a lot of thoe 1x4x3 trans-blue thin wall parts. Good part call, Lego (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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LEGO.com and the new bulk services page ((URL) are once again fully accessible. We had a server problem this morning unrelated to traffic volume (bad timing, eh?) -- and there is indeed lots of traffic! Thanks for the interest, everyone. -- Brad (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)
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Hey Y'all: Whereas some Lugnuts have been left out of the mix because of their geographic locations, maybe those of us in the U.S. and Canada with previous dealings with others abroad can fill in the gap and help these people get their hands on some (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yes, in an ideal world, I'd like to see all the instructions available for download in a single printable (PDF?) document. However, I expect TLG would want to host that themselves (if at all). If they did, a high quality set data base which, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Just to clarify, these: (...) are *not* Train windows. They are thinwalls. It so happens that they were used in 4561. But then, 4561 is barely a train anyway. This: (URL) this: (URL) train windows I ain't complaining. We have a great source of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks Brad! This is an excellent start for bulk ordering. I can't wait to see what new elements are added this fall. Would you like suggestions? KL (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow, I'm more impressed than I thought I'd be. Pricing is a little whacky on some elements in some colors, but that comes from Lego looking at a grey brick as the same as a red brick since they probably cost them the same to make. Doubt it'll (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I (...) I've wanted to ask them this for over two years. It is obvious that the quality of the instructions on brickshelf would be greatly improved if the were directly output from their cad system instead of scanned. It would also save quite (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!...!!! faint... (...) <SNIP> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) a (...) and I (...) where (...) Probably the same Program as they use to generate Set Instructions... Steve (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, everyone else has taken care of saying how neat this is, just add one more tick mark to the chorus. Hopefully if we start to demonstrate that we will buy lots and lots there may be some future improvement on pricing. (...) What I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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Brad, Thank you for your efforts with Bulk Ordering. I'm very pleased at the initial selection and happy to see that there are some train elements in there. Congratulations on getting this new project off the ground. I wish you and Lego the very (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Brad, due to the fact that we seemed to crash Lego's servers, I have *temporarily* posted the images (I took them from my cache) on Brickshelf.com: (URL) you want me to pull these down, please let me know (at jeff.stembel@noaa.gov), and I will (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks Brad!!! For those of you that cannot see the server due to difficulties... Here is what I saw... I added the per Item field, as I bet we all want to know this. Please don't quote me on the color or size of the Train windows... I am not a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)
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G'Day Fantastic ! Windows ! Plates ! Cool ! - (<CHANT> - more more more </CHANT> ) Cheers Oliver PS Not to be overly picky or nuttin' but ; On the first page by the 2x8 brick listing the image is of a 2x10 brick. ;) But we know what ya mean !!! :) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow, this is almost like slashdotting! Are there really that many people reading LUGNET! (...) There are two images with the price and element information. I don't want to host these images somewhere else, and I don't want to type it all down, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"> Unfortunately, it seems your servers couldn't withstand the server load... I'm (...) The whole lego.com seems to be down ATM! Huw (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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