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Re: Bulk Prices!
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Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:08:52 GMT
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richard marchetti wrote:
> Hey Y'all:
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> I am very glad that Lego Direct has at last set up shop on the web. Some of
> the elements being offered are a terrific boon to us lego hobbyists. I hope
> we shall soon see a considerable expansion of the elements offered to include
> a greater number of older and rarer minifig accessories, windows, arches,
> foliage, and certainly a greater variety of bricks, plates, and tiles in more
> colors (including trans colors!). Lego Direct is off to a great start! That
> said, there are indeed some problems...
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> Some of the prices are sort of lunatic. I fail to see how or why the prices
> given should be even more expensive than the accessory packs already offered
> via the Shop@Home service. Take for example the simple example of the 62
> Bricks in Six Colors pack: its $5.50 for 62 bricks or $0.09 rounding up.
> Compare this to the 1x4 Brick 50 pc. bag being offered by Lego Direct at $5.99
> or $0.12 rounding up. And then one must compare these prices to the bricks
> available in the 1200 buckets -- which Jeff Elliott has noted run at under
> $0.02 an element! This suggests that the bulk prices are anywhere from $0.03-
> 0.10 overpriced. What gives? Is it somehow harder to count out 50 of the
> EXACT same brick vs. a variety of them for the 62 Bricks accessory pack?!
> Buying in bulk should mean bricks at a low price because they don't have to be
> sorted into variety brick assortments! And these are all just common bricks,
> I wouldn't have that much to say about these prices if the elements under
> consideration were somehow more unusual -- I wouldn't mind paying a slight
> premium for elements of unusual character.
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> Also keep in mind that there is no reason why TLC should in any way charge
> more for bricks or plates of any color -- grey, dark grey, brown, tan,
> turquoise, black, trans colors -- its all one to them as far as I can see.
> All of it just plastic...
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> I think we should ALL try to vote with our dollars and hopefully Lego Direct
> will take the hint. Don't buy the bulk bricks at these prices unless you need
> them for a current project. Buy only the rarer stuff like the plates, tiles,
> windows, trees, and some of the roof bricks perhaps -- those are the tolerably
> good deals.
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> Let Lego Direct know that price matters to you!
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> -- Richard (this is what happens when you get the sticker shock of trying to
> figure out your first bulk order)
Richard, I agree with you on the prices, but I was expecting them to be higher
anyway. I think that what you propose (ignoring common pieces and concentrating
on the rarer stuff - tiles, windows, etc), will be a naturally happening
occurrance. I won't buy 2x4 bricks for 12 cents each if I can get them for 3
cents each in a bucket (unless they happen to be light blue or purple or orange).
Granted a light blue 2x4 brick shouldn't cost more than a white 2x4 brick. But if
they aren't available elsewhere, then people will indeed pay 12 cents each for
them. And for those people who don't want to bother with buckets, they will be
happy to pay the 12 cents each, even for common colors.
TLC is not a charity, and LEGO Direct does have startup costs involved. I think
that as LEGO Direct starts with more choices, they will find that the non-sellers
are those that people can get elsewhere anyway. It's the proverbial "supply and
demand". And don't expect (any time soon) to see LEGO sell a bucket with orange,
purple, light blue, brown, beige, dark gray and teal bricks.
Gary Istok
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