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Re: Flower power to the people!
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Date: 
Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:16:19 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
And I certainly would never
have picked the flower stems as #2. Is everyone out there doing Kew Gardens
and Chelsea Flower Show MOCs? Indeed, where on earth did people get their
hands on 70K of flower stems to sell? Do they suddenly grow on trees?

Almost :) The Pick-A-Brick selection in the US was extended a couple weeks ago
to include flower stems (and flowers), and that's something I know I personally
have been yearning for for ages: mass quantities of flower stems. I'll bet in
the past flower stems were snatched up fairly quickly on BL, but yet there were
so few of them for sale that they never would've made it to this list. But now
people can sell them by the hundreds and even thousands, just by grabbing a
couple cups from a Lego store.

In addition to what Paul suggested, it would be interesting to see stats on:

- What percentage gets sold vs. unsold? (IE basic brick may be the #1 seller,
but it's also got the most representation. Wouldn't suprise me to find out that
there's LOTS of basic brick that goes *unsold* as well as sold.)

- How quickly does an item get purchased? (How much is the average lifespan of a
particular piece on BL before it's sold?)

DaveE



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  Re: Flower power to the people!
 
(...) You're not the only one. They make great plantlife groundcover in large quantities, just leave the flowers off. Great stuff. What has me especially happy is that I managed to score a few brown ones! (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: Flower power to the people!
 
In a discussion of the Top Ordered parts on bricklink: (URL) says: (...) seller, (...) that (...) lifespan of a (...) Well, traditionally, stock turnover is one of the great metrics for retailers. However (and hence my cc-ing to (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.theory)

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(...) [hot] (...) parts. True, but my request was for data on "what people actually buy" as distinct from "most wanted" or what's hot. Personally I find the data remarkable. I really did not expect to find such buyer enthusiasm for some very (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)

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