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Re: Bulk Prices!
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Sun, 9 Jul 2000 06:57:44 GMT
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Oops, I sent this to Richard when I meant to post it. Here's a second
try....
I have to argue with the 'vote with your dollars' logic. If no one buys the
bulk bricks, TLC will come to the conclusion that there is no demand for
them and stop selling them. They do not need to sell these things bulk, in
a sense they are doing us a favour, so for them to stop selling the bricks
bulk would be no loss to them, and a big loss to us.
As for the price, well the 1200 piece tubs may come down to a low price per
brick, but I really don't want that many 1x1 bricks. Also the percentage of
black and green bricks are quite low in the 1200 tubs, not to mention no
green. The opportunity to buy only 1x4 bricks in a specific colour is worth
the extra price for me.
I think an opposite logic should be used. Everybody buy lots of Lego from
Lego Direct. This way, TLC will see that it is a successful venture and add
more variety to the choice of pieces. Vote with your dollars to let them
know we love the concept of bulk Lego. Buy buy buy!!!
Just my perspective
Silas
richard marchetti wrote in message ...
> Hey Y'all:
>
> 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)
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| (...) I think TLC is absolutely not doing this as a favour to us, although we can certainly be happy perceiving it that way and TLC would be equally happy for us to perceive it that way. I think TLC is doing this because they realize they do need to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Hey Y'all: 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 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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