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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 23:02:24 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jack Gregory writes:
> Mike Petrucelli <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:Go8oMx.GFH@lugnet.com...
> > That was exactly my point though. The company could make MORE profit on • bulk
> > by reduceing the per unit cost but greatly increasing the volume produced.
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> But you are making an assumption that you can see how many would sell at a
> particular price/quantity. That kind of assumption is precisely the hard
> one that drives all pricing and packaging. From the evidence, I would say
> they don't agree with your assumption.
Well it seems to me that most of the posts (in terms of what people want to
spend their money on) in this thread are supporting my assumption. Frankly I
find it baffling that someone would not want at least 1,000 of any given basic
piece. (bricks, plates, and slopes) I will buy the argument that someone
making a forest would not want 1,000 trees.
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> > > And I would much rather see more coverage than 10,000 cheap 2x4's.
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> > This is the second person that did not read my post. I said I wanted • 10,000
> > 6x8 PLATES. 6x8 plates are a bit different than the 2x4 bricks two posts • now
> > have assumed I said.
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> Relax, there are a lot of postings. I think someone did say 2x4's at some
> point, and I wasn't directly addressing yours. But I will now: "I would
> rather see more coverage than 10,000 unit packs of 6x8 plates to make Mike
> happy." ;-)
I would definately rather see something that makes the most people happy even
if it does not personally make me happy. (After all that would make the company
the most money, and that is the whole point in the end.)
I still belive true bulk sales would make the company more money than the
single piece service packs are now. I definately want to see an expanded
selection. For example slopes ("roof bricks") are basicly useless to me
without inverse slopes to go with them. (I am, after all primarialy a space
builder) I would not buy them as single peice service packs though. The price
per peice is the same or higher than a retail set despite having no R&D, retail
overhead, instruction printing, or retail packaging costs. Now I know TLC is a
business so, as I have said before, I do not expect charity. On the same note,
I will not pay for what I perceive as a rip off either.
-Mike Petrucelli
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) How many people have posted (supporting your assumption) on this thread? How many people buy from S@H? (...) Maybe, but such people exist. I would suggest that not many 10 year olds would want that many. (...) Likewise someone building a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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| (...) Some quick math: 1,000 of any Lego piece (not mass marketed and priced minimally like the 3033) would probably cost at least $0.05 per piece, yes? That's $50 for 1,000 of the same piece. I realize that there's been inflation, etc., but that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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| Mike Petrucelli <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:Go8oMx.GFH@lugnet.com... (...) bulk (...) But you are making an assumption that you can see how many would sell at a particular price/quantity. That kind of assumption is precisely the hard one (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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