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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.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
In lugnet.market.shopping, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Frank Filz (<37FDD0C1.1B37@mindspring.com>) wrote at
> 11:08:49
>
> >
> > In some ways it would be nice if Busy Bee discovered the internet...
> > They probably should have sold the 4536s for a bit of a premium and
> > captured some of the proffit, since after all, they're the ones who
> > managed to dig them up.
>
> I've pointed this out to them several times. It's really refreshing to
> deal with a shop which isn't just in it to screw as much out of everyone
> as possible. The response was: 'We make our profit margin, and that's
> all we need'. They have fun.
>
> --
> Tony Priestman
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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| On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Simon Robinson (<FJBD82.DyF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 02:21:38 (...) I agree, but they don't know that sort of thing until someone tells them. I couldn't believe it when they said that 250 were going to America just for 2 orders. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Frank Filz (<37FDD0C1.1B37@mind...ring.com>) wrote at 11:08:49 (...) I've pointed this out to them several times. It's really refreshing to deal with a shop which isn't just in it to screw as much out of everyone as possible. The (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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