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Subject:	Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2002 06:36:29 GMT
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Mike Walsh wrote in message ... > 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. 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 net - the wholesale prices are not that great (30-40% less than MSRP) - you have to pay shipping from Lego to you which eats up some of the margin - here at least you have to pay GST, another 7% off the margin - there is a long and indefinite delivery time - if there are shortages, you may not get what you order It comes down to being no better than buying at somewhere which usually has prices lower than MSRP and waiting for sales. I would bet that there are some BL sellers who *do* order direct from Lego - after all, no-one comes to check whether you really have a storefront (but you need to have sales tax numbers), but I would also bet they won't say so, for obvious reasons :-) Kevin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOWN Lego Building contest! http://www.lugnet.com/~41/towncomp/2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW Hospital 2396 piece kit! http://www.lionsgatemodels.com/cat-hosp.htm BrickLink Lego parts store: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Kevinw1 The Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): http://www.bricksmiths.com Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
(...) Dunno about your part of the world, but here in Australia, the Lego reps come around to the stores, although I'm not exactly sure of what they do while at the store. Since I've seen them in national chain stores, I assume they aren't there to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0...due.edu... (...) minimum (...) also (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I managed to get a little insight into the retailer pricing from my conversation and the few prices she (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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