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Oh, another area I forgot are the animators like Spite Your Face. Bruce (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Hi all, I was wondering how many individuals out there make all or a large part of their income from free-lance building with the brick (as opposed to actual LEGO employees)? Okay, Eric Harshberger has been doing this for a long time: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) The number of people who make a living at it, or at least a significant income, seems to be a very small proportion of sellers but they have a significant proportion of the volume. (...) If you want to use sales data to drive what is a highly (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.theory)
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In a discussion of the Top Ordered parts on bricklink: (URL) says: (...) seller, (...) that (...) lifespan of a (...) Well, traditionally, stock turnover is one of the great metrics for retailers. However (and hence my cc-ing to (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm gonna throw in a 'nay' vote as well-- He might be able to dodge the legal issue better if he worded the auction differently. However, the title of his auction is "2250 Lego Instructions - Technic Space Train", which advertises the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) No, not really. Technically he is only claiming copyright on the SetDB, which probably is his own creation and therefore it's perfectly legal for him to auction off a copy of it. Including all of the official LEGO instructions with it is where (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Seems pretty clear that he's only actually copyrighting the SetDB software, which IMO looks like a pretty cool tool, and that 'to get you started, and save you weeks of download time' he's including scans of all the instructions in his (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm sure the "browser" software used could be the sellers copyright, if he/she were the one to create it. The instructions themselves remain intellectual property of Lego. You are right in saying that Brickshelf has permission from LEGO to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) It seems pretty iffy to me, especially the part where he claims copyright! Perhaps he is claiming copyright on the stuff he wrote, that's fine - but he makes it sound like he is claiming copyright on everything, including the instructions for (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I found this while browsing ebay today. (URL) this legal? Does not seem so, but since Lego allows brickshelf to post instructions, I'm not how the copyrights are handled. Jeramy (22 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Time to think like a businessperson. "Pick me! Me Me me!" is not an argument for placing a store. Let's try to model the most important factors that determine a Lego store's success. Essentially, it must attract a lot of people that buy Lego. To (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.theory) !
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(...) How about the value of making the market more efficient? Suppose that person A is willing to pay $20 for a set and person B is willing to pay $40 for a set[1]. Perhaps A is lucky[2] and finds the set for $20, but that outcome does not maximize (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Well, that's a possible explanation for an auction. But this particular seller also has large numbers for sets in the bricklink store. Furthermore, the sets can only be purchased in an unrealistic quantity (198 Metroliners). So what's the (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Here's a good explanation: (URL) AuctionBrick doesn't have listing fees. The same stunt on eBay would be expensive at a $200 starting bid. -Rob. (my 5 are waiting for me at the UPS Store) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) So out of curiousity, what's the incentive for inflating an inventory? I tend to avoid sellers who have unrealistic inventories, so they're losing business from buyers like me. John (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) What a novel idea! People, customers even, that are raised to think for themselves! Heresy! Just imagine what chaos would start if all those customers would suddenly start to think on their own accord instead of following all this expensive (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:HxJztp.28D@lugnet.com... (...) much an (...) sorters (...) what a (...) I do not pay them by the hour, but rather by the job. Having done quite a bit of sorting, I know how (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I agree with this assertion, sounds like Mel has raised people who think for themselves, not that she was influencing them. But I xfut to market theory because I have a tangential question... how much an hour do you guys (Troy, Mel, whoever (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Commissioned Sculpture Pricing Question...
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys; they helped a lot. We worked out a proper price today, so everybody's happy. Now, back to building... (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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