 | | RE: Bulk Sales in the 21st Century —Benjamin Whytcross
| | | | (...) All I was saying was that the time the machines were used in the sorting, etc of LD orders was time that was being taken from the task of sorting for the sets to be released, and as it was stated that the machines are kept running 24 hours, I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Bulk Sales in the 21st Century —Tom Stangl
| | | | | | (...) And why would that hurt TLG? Remember, LD parts will most likely have a MUCH higher profit margin, as there are ZERO middlemen in the distribution path. (...) I wouldn't even know who to call as a distributor, unless you mean S@H/LD. And if (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Bulk Sales in the 21st Century —Ian Sinclair
| | | | | | | (...) Absolutely. TLC makes money whether we buy bricks or sets, either from retailers or directly from TLC. The question becomes the number of middlemen involved in the transaction. Tom, I agree with all the points you've just made.. I want to see (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Bulk Sales in the 21st Century —Ian Sinclair
| | | | | | | Sorry, I didn't chop off all the quoted stuff in that last posting. Done by accident, I assure you... BTW Tom, you probably guessed that most of that message was for everyone, not directly for yourself. <ICS> (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Bulk Sales in the 21st Century —Ian Sinclair
| | | | | Hello Benjamin, I think Tom has adequately addressed the further points you have raised. If there is anything specific you want me to answer, please ask. Tom, I'd like to thank you for setting the record straight on many set availability issues I am (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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