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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch and I write:
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> > > I'm still interested in participating with some group of people -- it • needn't
> > > be everyone, so long as it doesn't take forever -- on buying some • clearance
> > > sets and 'drafting' parts out as an alternative distribution method. It • just
> > > seems like a neat experiment as well as a good way for several people to • get
> > > the stuff they want.
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> > I would be interested in this, but one concern is what happens if everyone
> > wants the same subset of pieces? How do we break a stalemate? Otherwise,
> > I'm all in favor of expanding my collection through discount purchases...
> > :-)
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> Well, I guess we would randomly determine someone to pick first, and we would
> just take turns drawing an element off the table or whatever. Not everyone
> would get everything they wanted, but at a minimum you'd get 1/n of the pieces
> which would be what you contributed financially and the "winnings" would tend
> to be the type that you were interested in.
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> Alternatively, each piece (or lot of pieces) could be 'auctioned.' The total
> winning bids of each person would be tabulated and the percentage of all the
> bids that each person was responsible for placing would be the percentage of
> the total bill that each bidder was responsible for.
>
> Has anyone out there ever done something like this?
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> Chris
Auctioning would be a good idea in the case where there are just a couple of
"really good" pieces and not everyone can get one. For everything else we can
do a draft where the person who picks first in the first round picks last in
the second round. We could rearrange the order after each even round. This is
what we do in my fantasy football league and it works rather well.
Another thing that I would like to see if we could arrange is a mutual buying
service. Everyone could identify sets or themes that they are interested in
and what the highest price or percent off MSRP they would like to pay. Then
when ever someone goes Lego shopping, if they have this list they could pick up
sets for other members. We could then settle up at the next meeting. I know
there are some issues to work out but it could be quite mutually beneficial.
At the worst some sets would just have to be returned to the store.
Since I was out of town for the first meeting I would really like to make it to
the next. To aid in that, the sooner we can pick a date the better for me,
since I generally have to plan my schedules several weeks in advance.
Regards,
Matt
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| In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch and I write: (...) Well, I guess we would randomly determine someone to pick first, and we would just take turns drawing an element off the table or whatever. Not everyone would get everything they wanted, but (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.market.theory)
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