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Re: Reddifest - your wants lists needed! / Traders allowed?
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Sun, 30 Jan 2000 23:28:14 GMT
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In article <Fp0Kux.5v8@lugnet.com>, JonDHayward@Cableinet.co.uk says...
> A couple of weeks before Reddifest, I'll be visiting Joyce, my dealer
> friend, in order to spend the day sorting and raiding her stock... If any of
> you would like me to hunt for parts and / or sets on your behalf, please
> send me your lists!
> FYI: her prices are based on what she would expect to get from kids for the
> amount of bricks, e.g. I've picked up Tudor castle wall sections and large
> white spoked wheels for pennies each... She admits to knowing nothing about
> the rarity of particular parts and she's not interested anyway - she makes
> her profit and that's good enough for her 8-)
It's the same with my parts dealer except that his parts are in trans-
bags for at least £2 each.
> On a different point, would Joyce be welcome at the 'fest? I don't yet know
> if she's free on the day, but you guys need to make the decision before I
> ask her... Example prices from past experience are: small Town / [Classic]
> Space / Castle models from £1 each; large vehicles from £5; buildings (e.g.
> Castles) from £10; large sets from £15... Her sets and prices are probably
> what you'd expect from boot fairs - often incomplete and not necessarily
> with boxes or instructions, but as I said, she's aiming at the kids market.
> It's possible that she would bring her parts bins too for everyone to dig
> through. With parts, I guess that she would leave it to you to make a fair
> offer, bearing in mind what I said above. Food for thought? One point of
> note of course is that as a dealer, she would want you to part with money as
> opposed to the usual 'fest norm of trading...
> LMK what you think guys, and I'll get in touch with her to see when I can
> dig through her stock and / or to see if she's free to spend the day with us
> all 8-)
Go for it! I'm now considering having to open up extra side rooms to
make sure we have enough space for everything - which is nice.
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