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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Walsh writes:
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> "TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0202141908060.5319-100000@descartes.math.purdue.edu...
> > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mike Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > TLC has changed some of their requirements. I had a conversation with a
> > > small toy store owner a few months ago and she mentioned it had recently
> > > become easier for her to do business with TLC. Thye had lowered the • minimum
> > > buy to $1000 and it didn't have to be paid for in advance. She could • also
> > > choose a subset (she chose Soccer, Harry Potter, and Dinosaurs) of the
> > > product line to carry.
> >
> > Um, isn't this *really* big news? A minimum buy of $1000 would make it
> > reasonable for some parts sellers to buy Lego at wholesale. It's not 75%
> > off clearance, but wholesale would be a good price, especially if it gave
> > a seller the opportunity to have a large, known quantity of brand new
> > sets to part out and make available for sale.
>
>
> [ ... snipped ... ]
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> I managed to get a little insight into the retailer pricing from my
> conversation and the few prices she shared with me were higher than I
> expected. They varied a bit but for the most part were around 60% of MSRP.
> I beleive (and I could be wrong) that part of become a retailer means
> sigining an agreement to sell the sets as sets and not to break them into
> parts lots. I could be wrong on this but based on the fact that I don't see
> anyone doing it, it wouldn't surprise me.
>
> Mike
The 60% jives with a few number I have seen at TRU (while looking over someones
shoulder at the CRT). I would think that very large sellers (like WM) might be
able to negotiate slightly better terms (50% ?) based on their huge volume.
Anyone have any insight how the 'reseller agreement' works if you buy lego
product through a distributor (like marz distribution, who was mentioned here
several months back) ?
Ray
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