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In lugnet.general, John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Duncan Titmarsh wrote:
> > As for the bricks that are shipped to the Lego brand stores, if you ask about
> > buying a lot of any one brick that's in the range, the brand stores can't sell
> > them any cheaper no matter how much you want to buy. As I understand it, once a
> > carton of bricks arrives at the shop they're expected to take a fixed amount of
> > revenue for it based on selling it by the cupfull. So, you would have to pay
> > the normal Pick-A-Brick rate or the shop would end up having to account for lost
> > revenue.
> >
> > This may sound like overly rigid accounting, but it's how they operate. If
> > you've ever worked in a bar, you know that as soon as the bottle of whisky goes
> > up on the rack, it's worth £100 in shots, not the £15 trade price.
> >
> > Jason Railton
>
> OK, I had to think about this for a while - but it does raise a question:
>
> How do they determine how many PaB cups of bricks are in a carton? Do they just
> guestimate, or do they fill a cup and work off of that?
>
> Because, AFOLs (and kids!) who take several minutes to PACK the cups with parts
> could seriously throw off their numbers. If LEGO expects to get 100 PaB cups of
> pieces out of a carton, and AFOLs manage to empty that carton with only 60 PaB
> cups -- how does that affect LEGO's bottom line?
>
> Hmmm... This makes me think I need to go over to the Mall of America for lunch!
> One cannot get TOO many PaB cups of bricks! *grin*
>
> JohnG, GMLTC
I haven't a clue. I got the impression that a newly arrived box full of any one
type of brick equals a certain number of sales, so I presume it's based on how
many cups you can fill from an average box of average parts. Some people will
get more in, some less. Some will even get spilt on the floor and trodden on...
The point is though, that the brand shop has no control over this target figure,
so they don't have the scope to negotiate a discount.
Jason Railton
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