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Re: bulk ordering is here!
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:43:53 GMT
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icestorm@inwave^spamcake^.com
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Tom Carstensen wrote:
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> In lugnet.lego.announce, Brad Justus writes:
> > Greetings! After a somewhat longer-than-intended absence, I’m back, and with
> > good news: LEGO Direct is pleased to announce that bulk sales from LEGO start
> > today, June 14.
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> I visited the new bulk ordering section for Lego Shop at Home.
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> What i don't get is their pricing -- it's all screwed up, not a
> good deal at all:
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> For example, lets buy 1 of each, A. B. C. D. E. & F. of the standard
> bricks they are offering -- all the same color.
>
> This totals 300 pieces, costing $41. This is 13-14 cents
> per lego. OK -- take 10% off if you buy 10 or more and still, thats
> 12 cents per brick.
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> At lego shop at home, take their always avilable single color
> assortment. 62 pieces for $5.50. This is 8.7 cents per brick.
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> On ebay i the average price bulk is $0.03 - $0.04, more for white and
> gray. For example, a typical price on a Bulk 1000 piece assortment
> in red is at most $30. White and gray sometimes goes for double,
> but even then it's 6 cents per brick. My best ebay deal was 2600
> *new* black bricks for $20, less than a penny a brick.
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> even the roof tiles are worse deals then the roof tiles they have
> always had in the S@H catalog.
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> What i really want is TRUE bulk discounts, for people ordering 1000's
> of each brick type.
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> What they have there is pointless. I'm also going to place my
> S@H orders NOW because they are changing the "Shipping Included"
> pricing to price + shipping. I bet in the end it will cost you
> more $$ out of the pocket.
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> -Tom Carstensen
I have to agree that the pricing seems high. Even if you use a /stud
costing, bulk doesn't offer a discount. The blue tub cost you less than a
half cent/stud(I only buy them when they're on sale. :) ) The existing
service packs cost 1.66cents/stud. The bulk sets, adding in $1.50 for s&h,
cost 2.13cents/stud for 2x2 and 2x4, 2.36cents/stud for 2x8, 2.83cents/stud
for 1x6 bricks, and the 1x4 and 1x8 cost 3.75cents/stud. The more bulk you
buy, the cheaper it gets, but I'm not sure where it would become a value.
The tubs are even a better value if you find the blue tubs themselves to be
great storage bins.
I know and agree with counterpoints concerning gray bricks and the
convenience of getting specificly what one wants or needs. They're valid
points. However, bulk is 4 to 8 times more expensive than assorted bulk in
tubs on a stud basis, and 50% to 100% more expensive than existing service
packs. I am glad it's available, and I suspect there will be pieces in the
future I'll buy and think I've gotten a bargain, but the price for bulk is
not cheap.
I'm surprised no one has offered "Bulk Gray Bricks" on Ebay yet. :)
Mark
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| Maybe it's because the grey parts pack a.k.a. 7161 Gungan Sub isn't being sold at discounted pricing yet? ;-) It does have an awful lot of grey and blue bricks in it, looks like more grey bricks than blue, though, from what I can see of the picture. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: bulk ordering is here!
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| (...) I visited the new bulk ordering section for Lego Shop at Home. What i don't get is their pricing -- it's all screwed up, not a good deal at all: For example, lets buy 1 of each, A. B. C. D. E. & F. of the standard bricks they are offering -- (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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