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Some thoughts: While using cash is a pretty efficient way of doing things, it does have a cost. Surre, the cost is often pretty minimal, but nevertheless there is a cost. Of course a trade has its own costs. TANSTAAFL - There Aint No Such Thing As A (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) That's all well and good, but if you *do* find someone that has what you want and wants what you have, trading can be both a positive experience *and* an efficient way to do the deal. And sites that seem to be biased towards cash transactions (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) and (...) even (...) Personally I never understand why anyone bothers with trading. The whole point of inventing the concept of money was because one-on-one bartering (trading) isn't scaleable because it depends on finding the person who not (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) That would be better suited to market.theory than .general, at least in my opinion. (...) I find trades to be a fair bit of work and I find myself doing them less and less. The advent of automation at sites to aid buying and selling tilts it (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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moving thread to lugnet.market.theory (...) (attn: spite what the following text reads, it isn't sarcasm. You'd be right in saying that I'm not primarily a collector. So help me out.(and others who don't understand this either) So instead of having (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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Hello! (...) TLC keeps their vault for their lawyers. So when, for example, MegaBloks produces a set that's tooo similiar to any LEGO set they walk into their catacombs, take the respective set and show the world: We have done this first! On this (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) moving thread, probably doesn't belong in .lego. Market.theory I think should be better. Insomuch as magazine and newspaper companies are collectors as well. They also keep one (or more) copies of their product for future reference. I believe (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) No. I've never said that. In fact I myself have sold sets above MSRP. Just not while they were still on sale from S@H, while hiding that fact from my ebay buyers, or while trying to corner the market, or while giving the false impression that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: Custom Space: Obsidian Stealth Strike Craft for sale - The Brickee Mart
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(...) It is most certainly on-topic for LEGO. It should be in lugnet.market.theory. Followup to lugnet.admin.nntp. (22 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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(...) I thought about administering my own list (which you could do by having an alias for a bunch of addresses) but I chose to use a Yahoo group. It works well enough for what I want it for. See groups.yahoo.com for more info on starting a group. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Speaking of TRU... Yahoo: Toys R Us Wants to Prevent Piecemeal Sale (URL) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Right. The more that WalMart causes other retailers to fail, the more ability they have to squeeze the suppliers, and the less (eventual) competition there will be. Ray fut to .market.theory (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) :] Here is the updated table, with new data from yourself and Allan B: Bag__Price__Pcs__Pri...x4__Source S1___5.95___66___0.0...______Kyle D.J. S2___5.99___158__0.0..._____Allan Bedford L1___9.99___76___0.1...______Kyle D.J. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Or even if you're feeling bored. D'Oh! (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) The SEARS here (Frisco, TX USA) has quite a few LEGO sets on the shelves. K-Mart closed all of their stores in the Dallas, TX area when they had problems a while ago. Eric (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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K-Mart sells LEGO toys, Sears is not known for selling toys in the US (other than during the Holidays, and then I have only seen MBs). I wonder how this will affect the LEGO offerrings. (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) You can add my last purchase to your study, if you like. :) Small bag from St. Jacob's @ 5.99 before tax. 10 2x2 plate hinges 10 2x2 green plates 10 2x4 green plates 10 2x2 black plates 19 1x2 black offset plates 20 1x4 black plates 10 1x4 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Kyle, If you're still feeling board, here is my haul... (URL) My cost includes taxes. Peter (22 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.ca)
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FUT -> market.theory (...) B'jour Partick, I added your numbers to my recent PaB study ((URL) and here are the results: Bag_____Price___Pcs_..._Price/2x4 S1______5.95____66__..._____0.211 L1______9.99____76__..._____0.213 (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Canadian Pick-a-Brick cost analysis
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G'day folks, Since I was hard up for a good time, I analyzed the cost-effectiveness (or lack of it) for my first PaB encounter (in Ontario, Canada). I bought 1 small bag and 2 large bags. I filled all with a mixture of bricks, plates, and fences. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.ca)
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