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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 23:33:58 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> 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.
How many people have posted (supporting your assumption) on this thread? How
many people buy from S@H?
> Frankly I
> find it baffling that someone would not want at least 1,000 of any given basic
> piece. (bricks, plates, and slopes)
Maybe, but such people exist. I would suggest that not many 10 year olds would
want that many.
> I will buy the argument that someone
> making a forest would not want 1,000 trees.
Likewise someone building a mobile crane...
> > > > And I would much rather see more coverage than 10,000 cheap 2x4's.
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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." ;-)
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> 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.)
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> I still belive true bulk sales would make the company more money than the
> single piece service packs are now.
But we'll never know for sure, because they're unlikely to tell us.
> I definately want to see an expanded
> selection.
Don't think you'll get much disagreement there!!!
> 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)
And here lies the point - everyone builds differently. For some, bulk (1000+)
would be a god-send. I'd personally like to be able to buy technic beams in all
sizes in any common colour in lots of 50 or 100. But I doubt I'd ever buy 1000.
> 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.
The free market at work! At some stage, if TLC figure the pricing or packaging
of these packs is hurting their bottom line, they'd be silly not to do
something about it. What they do is another question entirely. All we can do is
suggest options 8?) but they're moot until TLC decides they need to do
something.
ROSCO
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| (...) basic (...) Most 10 year olds that like Lego would. (I work in a toy store, trust me on that one.) I belive your point was how many parents would buy them for kids. (...) The old service packs were better for that sort of thing. I thought the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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