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Re: bulks and trees and some new stuff on its way
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:33:52 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Brad Justus writes:
> And I am pleased to tell you that beginning with the
> January LEGO Shop At Home catalog (and online as well) we will offer
> discounts on multiple bulk item purchases: 5% off any 5 bags, 10% off any 10
> bags, and 15% off any 15 bags (or more). We'll see how this goes, and then
> offer additional levels of discount if appropriate.
Woohoo! This is great news! Now, if only you'd offer the absolutly necessary
Gray 1x3 brick to your line-up, I'd be extremely satisfied. :)
> That said, do I think you'll see a bigger selection of (for example,
> just plucking an example out of the air...) gray elements next year?
That would be great! Hopefully plates would be included, but I'd be happy with
just 1x3 bricks.
> Next issue: cypress trees. The trees are made of precisely the same material
> that we have used in the past; and yes, it is indeed a softer and more
> pliable material than found in the basic brick.
And I, for one, applaud that move, and I was extremely dissappointed to see
that the round trees were NOT made of the same plastic.
> It is our supposition that as the material is indeed softer, and the trees are
> packed in bags (not boxes) the likelihood of "squeezing" the elements during
> transport (either to our fulfillment facilities or to you) is increased --
> thus causing the bending that some of you have experienced. It appears that
> the instances of such bending have been very few; and I am told that the
> trees should bend back with a little effort. We apologize for this problem
> -- but you should understand that it is by packaging the trees in this
> manner that we have been able to deliver them at what we felt was a very
> attractive cost; to add cardboard packaging would likely have forced us to
> incur additional costs in packing and package design. So it was a
> compromise, but one we felt was appropriate.
Bah, anyone who complains is too lazy to bend them back and can't see how the
soft plastic is great for "poseability" of the trees; afterall, not all trees
are straight. :)
Jeff
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| "Jeff Stembel" <jeff.stembel@noaa.gov> wrote in message news:Got4sG.42w@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) material (...) see (...) trees are (...) during (...) increased -- (...) that (...) problem (...) to (...) the (...) trees (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| OK, in this message I'll tackle some of the questions (as best I can) that have arisen recently regarding our bulk program. And I'll toss in a couple of other items of interest at the end (no scrolling ahead, now...). Let me say first that our bulk (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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