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Re: Club orders... thoughts
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Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:47:44 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Steven Barile writes:
> Private Auctions - RIP, Thanks to all that have helped supply the LEGO
> community with this much needed service.
Not sure I'd write off private sales and auctions for a while yet. I'm sure
some clubs like yours will be able to get some of the parts you want in some
of the colors you'd like but with an evergreen inventory of 100 elements and a
rotating stock of 50 or so (especially if one element in one color = one
element) I doubt this sort of service will fill every need, even for the
people willing to buy large quantities.
Just like some of my sales now aren't fulfilling the needs of people who only
want 2-3 of an element, this service will not satisfy the needs of those
people, other than in a group setting, and not everyone belongs to a group
like that.
Aside from that, I don't see LD offering the whole range of elements that are
available in any given year (or group of years). If that ends up being true,
someone willing to buy 20 copies of set XXXX that has several pieces that are
not available through LD should still be able to sell them.
'Course, LD could end up charging really high prices as well, which won't
matter for some pieces (train doors and glass, anyone?) but will for others.
They probably won't undercut per piece pricing on sets, for example.
Even if buying sets and selling/auctioning the parts were to become
economically unviable (doubtful) there should be nothing to stop people from
buying 1,000 of an element (thereby helping to meet the minimum) then
reselling it in lots of 5, 10, 20, etc with a markup to those unwilling or
unable to buy 50-100 of them.
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 | | Club orders... thoughts
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| With the number of LEGO clubs forming I believe that the target number for a min order can easily be hit. Elements could then be distributed within the group, thus insulating TLG from smaller orders. This also is, in a minor way, a forcing function (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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