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Re: dear lego, please set up a global sales site
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:47:31 GMT
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Richard Marchetti wrote:
internet business model that can be all things Lego to an international
customer base.  I mean, why favor just one group when you can include >everyone in on the fun?

Everyone? This comment has been made several times in recent threads,
but if we're talking about the Internet, still, a MINORITY of people
have net access, even in developed countries, let alone the whole world.
Internet sales != universal access. Great for us, not so great for
anyone who cannot or chooses not to access the Net.

Not that I don't think it should be done, or that it would be a Good
Thing for us and for Lego, just lets not imagine that the Internet is
everyone, OK?

Kevin

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  Re: dear lego, please set up a global sales site
 
(...) Then let's just say that its as inclusive a plan as any so far, even if its not everyone. Everyone is indeed a slippery term. I just meant everyone that could afford Lego purchases with regularity. I guess I wasn't thinking of that kid in the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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(...) This is such a great idea! I wish I had found a way to express this kind of dynamic thinking myself. My hat is off to you, Jonathan -- what a genius! Maybe they could sell overstock and warehouse finds too! Then they could close the outlets (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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