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Subject:	LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:13:28 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes: >All, > >It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I announce the new LEGO >Auctions! Check out the new area of the online LEGO Shop at >http://shop.LEGO.com/eBay. >[snip] >- We will be auctioning Santa Fe Super Chief locomotive sets #0001- >0010 over the next few weeks, starting with #0001.[snip] (!!!) whoah. This strikes me icky. Didn't the top response to polling on this at lego.com suggested the same? Who will receive the money generated? LD? (LD will certainly benefit in plenty of other ways...) I don't know much about limited editions, but, it seems kinda broken to have held those sets back from real customers when they were advertised as 10,000 available. Sorry, but, I've just never seen this kinda thing.. I've probably just been in the dark - I'm not a collector - but it disturbs me to see LD generating their own collecting interest. I know we could all consciously choose to not bid, but that's unlikely to happen (esp. given what you've got the power to offer). :-[ :-\ -Suz (who's rummaging for her S@H catalog now)

Message has 6 Replies:

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
I'm curious about the previous nine items sold by seller 'lego-direct:' (URL) nine items are no longer in ebay's database. Jeff J (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
When do we get to bid on Kjeld's nightstand? I need some place to put my book. : ) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
(...) I totally agree with Suz, and find this very disturbing. These are items whose "rarity" is totally artificial, coming from a planned commercial operation rather than from actual market movements, and IMHO this is a violation to the rules. Is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
(...) Icky that a company would auction their own products? How so? (...) Why wouldn't they? (...) Is that a bad thing? (...) My catalogs don't seem to mention anything about how many were produced, nor how many will be available. (...) You've never (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
(...) I don't find it icky at all. I'm rather greatful to have an opportunity to buy one of the first numbered sets. What's wrong with that? KL (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: LD's Auctions (Re: Going once, going twice, sold!)
(...) I am quite confused by the overall reaction to this. I see what LD is doing as the perfect sales model to make both collecters and builders happy. They have even eliminated the dealers/scalpers for the good of us all. The builders can get as (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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