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Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:35:47 GMT
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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote:
> That is really good of them. But what would be nice in that case would
> be if they could be persuaded - when they know they've got a rare old
> set that is in heavy demand - to restrict the numbers of the set that they
> will sell to any one person, in order to ensure that as many people as
> possible get at least some of the set.

Nah, too much trouble.  I know *I* wouldn't bother doing that if I
were a retailer.  The point is to sell your stock on hand and make a
profit.

If Larry or anyone else wanted to artificially limit the number they
would sell to people, fine, or even if the retailer *wanted* to do
it, fine.  But artificial limits like that, while maybe keeping a
few random scalpers from ruining it for more people, also ruin it
for serious builder/collectors, or, more likely, it forces them to
go to more trouble to make multiple orders, etc.

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  Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
 
(...) I'd like to think that you'd regard doing business as a bit more than that. There's two sides of it: A. Making a profit, and B. Providing a good service to your customers. Both are important. Selling all your stock no matter who to may be the (...) (27 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
 
That is really good of them. But what would be nice in that case would be if they could be persuaded - when they know they've got a rare old set that is in heavy demand - to restrict the numbers of the set that they will sell to any one person, in (...) (27 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)

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