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Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:56:08 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Erik Olson writes:
> > Should LEGO pay attention to the AFOL market share when we are
> > such bottom feeders?
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> I think Lego makes the same from set XXXX that Wal-Mart sells whether
> Wal-Mart sells it at full price or 75% off. I could be wrong.
That may well be true. On the other hand, if Wal-Mart doesn't sell the sets
at full price, and they have to clearance them out, then they will probably
order less from LEGO next time around, and LEGO makes less anyway.
J
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| (...) Right, but that's not our fault. If the sets don't sell they don't sell. If they're crap and they don't sell at full price (ala Rock Raiders) then Wal-Mart might order less next time around anyway. The fact that we might pick them up at 50-75% (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) The last (and one of the few - maybe 1 or 2) time I did this was a couple months ago when I was late for dinner with some friends and remembered that one of their daughters had a birthday the next day. I snagged a Duplo set off the shelf at (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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