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Re: How will Lego Direct Influence Prices?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:08:05 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Philip Ogston wrote:
> > In lugnet.market.theory, James Brown writes:
> > > If firbleflanges are available at $0.20 each from LD, (even if only in
> > > large quantities) then the people who need firbleflanges will be much less
> > > willing to pay $0.50 or $1.00 in auctions.
> >
> > Maybe, but there might still be people who want 10 firbleflanges who would
> > be willing to buy from people who had bought 100.
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> Sorry to drift, but *where* did you get that marvelous word
> ("firbleflange")? I love it. It's the best one I've heard since
> "phlogiston."
Heh... I'm not sure. Either I invented it, or I saw it somewhere. I suspect
it's a spur-of-the-moment variation of filbertflange, which has the same
entymological origin as grapplegrommet. An old hardware store commercial, I
believe.
Using weird words is always preferable to saying "element x", don't you agree?
:)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) Sorry to drift, but *where* did you get that marvelous word ("firbleflange")? I love it. It's the best one I've heard since "phlogiston." Erm. Ahem. Back to topic...I agree with both, actually--but you'll probably find an attenuation among (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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