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Subject:	Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2002 02:33:32 GMT
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0202141908060.5319-100000@descartes.math.purdue.edu... > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mike Walsh wrote: > > > TLC has changed some of their requirements. I had a conversation with a > > small toy store owner a few months ago and she mentioned it had recently > > become easier for her to do business with TLC. Thye had lowered the • minimum > > buy to $1000 and it didn't have to be paid for in advance. She could • also > > choose a subset (she chose Soccer, Harry Potter, and Dinosaurs) of the > > product line to carry. > > Um, isn't this *really* big news? A minimum buy of $1000 would make it > reasonable for some parts sellers to buy Lego at wholesale. It's not 75% > off clearance, but wholesale would be a good price, especially if it gave > a seller the opportunity to have a large, known quantity of brand new > sets to part out and make available for sale. [ ... snipped ... ] I managed to get a little insight into the retailer pricing from my conversation and the few prices she shared with me were higher than I expected. They varied a bit but for the most part were around 60% of MSRP. I beleive (and I could be wrong) that part of become a retailer means sigining an agreement to sell the sets as sets and not to break them into parts lots. I could be wrong on this but based on the fact that I don't see anyone doing it, it wouldn't surprise me. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) see (...) I've seen the wholesale price list/order form (with terms) here in Canada and Mike is right : - the terms include a clause that the sets must be sold as sets through normal retail channels, not on the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
(...) The 60% jives with a few number I have seen at TRU (while looking over someones shoulder at the CRT). I would think that very large sellers (like WM) might be able to negotiate slightly better terms (50% ?) based on their huge volume. Anyone (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
(...) Um, isn't this really big news? A minimum buy of $1000 would make it reasonable for some parts sellers to buy Lego at wholesale. It's not 75% off clearance, but wholesale would be a good price, especially if it gave a seller the opportunity (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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