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Re: Authorized Lego retailers
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.brickshops
Date: 
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:40:48 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Gordon Thomas wrote:
Case 1:  www.theblockshop.com
They say they are “authorized” which implies that they buy from TLC as a
retailer, so they violate the terms by being an online venture only.  If they
are misusing the term “authorized” and buy product from a distributor, how can
they price product at 15-20% off full retail and make money?  The numbers would
not seem to add up to be profitable.  This seems to suggest that they buy from
lego directly.

Case 2:  Certain BrickLink shops
Selling 500 4496 tubs at 17.99 suggests that they are buying direct from lego
as a retailer otherwise the price breaks would not be there.  This would
directly violate the purchase terms for parting out sets and selling
internationally, not to mention being online only.

I am surprised that BrickLink sellers are not overly concerned by these certain
shops as they would certainly take business from their stores.  Maybe they are
not aware or don’t even care.

There is some evidence to suggest that #1 and #2 could be the same entity. Even
if they are not the same entity, public information shows that they are no more
than 20 miles apart from one another. Draw your own conclusions if you will.

Ray



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  Re: Authorized Lego retailers
 
(...) Very odd as we all know some people have more scruples than others. (...) So someone can purchase sets from the following sources: 1.Retail outlets 2.Lego.com as an individual paying full retail price 3.Lego.com as one of their authorized (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.brickshops)

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