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Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 01:30:12 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jack Gregory writes:
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> Mike Petrucelli <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:Go5y58.5rs@lugnet.com...
> > Personally I still can not figure out why the minimum number of pieces is • 25.
> > When they say bulk I assume a minimum of 1,000. I would love to by 10,000 • 6x8
> > grey plates, if offered at a reasonable price. TLC is a buisness so I
> > certainly do not expect charity, but I am also an informed consumer. With • bulk
> > packs there is no set R&D costs, no retail overhead, and minimal • packaging. So
> > why the heck do they cost what they do?!
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> I can't answer for LEGO, but consider the business. This is a company setup
> to do things in a certain way. They make billions of elements, so your
> 10,000-piece order is in the noise. But processing your 10,000 piece order
> is so far from the way the company is set is that they simply cannot do it,
> no matter how logical it might seem to us. They have rivers of parts going
> into bags, going into boxes, going onto pallets, to be shipped all over the
> world. This is not a river you divert easily.
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> What we are witnessing (I think) is a company that has given a green light
> to a division (LD) to try to make it work. They have only been given a
> small stream to play in. They prove themselves (by high profit margin), and
> they will get more flow, but it takes real time to convince all those people
> involved in making all the rivers flow. I think they are succeeding,
> because the bulk experiment is apparently working, as is a number of other
> initiatives, like sculptures, etc. All these are the direct result of
> LUGNET, in my opinion.
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> However, because of the above, don't hold out for price reductions. That is
> what is getting them the attention. Lowering prices is not the goal here.
> And I would much rather see more coverage than 10,000 cheap 2x4's.
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> --Jack Gregory
Exactly, While I wouldn't downplay large bulk discounts, I would rather see
Slopes and Plates in Lt Gray available soon this coming year!
I hope everyone here is in agreement with me? :-)
Slopes, Tiles, Plates, 1x3 bricks, 1x1 bricks, Is all I would really want to
see in the NEAR future (Like this year coming up) in Light Gray~!
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| (...) Why not both? (...) No, not exactly... but that's my job. (...) And so much more. If we're dreaming, why not dream big? In all seriousness, if LEGO can't offer better prices on bulk parts, then they at least need to do us the courtesy of (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Mike Petrucelli <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:Go5y58.5rs@lugnet.com... (...) 25. (...) 6x8 (...) bulk (...) packaging. So (...) I can't answer for LEGO, but consider the business. This is a company setup to do things in a certain way. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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