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    Re: bulk should mean more than 10 —Charles Eric McCarthy
   (...) The problem is that there is an overhead cost that is probably very close to the same whether the pack has 10 or 100 windows. I'm guessing that this overhead cost is a large proportion of the $4.99 that 10 windows cost, and that TLC could sell (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
   
        Re: bulk should mean more than 10 —Charles Eric McCarthy
     (...) I meant of the $8.99 that 10 1x4x5 windows cost. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
   
        Re: bulk should mean more than 10 —Jeff Elliott
    (...) Yes, but overhead is just the problem. Since few people need 50 windows, they wouldn't sell many sets, and the overhead of creating and advertising the package would be divided among fewer sets. There are definite diminishing returns, here. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 

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