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Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:54:31 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote:
> (but note: that doesn't necessarily apply
> to *other* people who've jumped in and bought blue hoppers
> specifically with the intention of selling them). I'd say that
> people who bought up hoppers AFTER the limited supply from BB was
> established, in order to resell them at a profit, are engaged
> in a scheme to make money by hurting their customers, and so
> are doing something that is wrong.
OK, what if I buy up ten of them now at $35 each from Larry or wherever
with the intent of holding them for a year and selling them for $60.
That's still a useful service. There are a whole slew categories of
customers that would be receiving a favor when I did that. 1. people
who are turned on to LEGO in the intervening year. 2. AFOLS who are
turned on to trains. 3. kids who get jobs and can't aford them now but
can in a year. 4. people who get internet access in the next year. etcetera.
If a transaction occurs. Both people are happy. Thus, by default
(unless I'm missing some logic somewhere) a beneficial service is
performed. The buyer thinks it's worth it, the seller thinks it's worth
it and why isn't that all that matters?
In the example above, the service I'm providing is warehousing and
distribution. It's a normal service that is paid for all the time.
> Since you do want the rest of us to buy some of these blue hoppers
> off you, you presumably do have a good reason for explaining what happened
> with the hoppers. :)
Don't forget that he likes to hear himself talk ;-)
Chris
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| (...) That's an interesting one, which you could argue on both sides. Oddly, the service you'd claim to be providing here is as much as anything a redistribution service - from people who want sets now to people who may want the sets next year (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: Hmmm - interesting. Some good points there about what actually happened with the blue hoppers. Unfortunately, although you've responded to points made by several other people, you haven't directly (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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