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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:20:46 GMT
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> > > But Paul never would have ordered 300 if it wasnt for ME backstopping
> > > him. I'm not making that up, Paul told me that himself. So the rest of
> > > you poms would NOT have gotten nearly as many as you did if it wasn't
> > > for me making sure it happened.
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> > I must have missed the "Hey everybody, BB is getting BH way cheap" message?
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> So did everyone else, there wasn't one. I don't know if you've run the
> numbers, but phone calls cost money to Paul. Every call means time he
> has to spend on the phone,
Every new customer Paul gets, is one that might come back again. I'm sure he'd be
happy if he sold a few of these sets to new customers.
> So why are YOU selling stuff on eBay? Out of charity? I doubt it. You
> seem an honest trader but I just don't get this.
Lego is for making constructions, not making money. I sell on ebay/trl/lugnet to
get money to buy more Lego. As many people who deal with me know, my sole aim is
to be self sufficient.
> That goes for everyone
> else in the whiner crowd too....
I don't consider myself a "whiner".
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> I especially don't get the way that you seem to snipe out these little
> one liners instead of dealing substantively with issues, if there are
> any. I count 4 of them in the post I reference. Sound bites are great
> for the watching audience but don't actually convey much.
I'm just being concise. If my comments appear a little sharp, it is not
intentional.
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 | | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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| (...) So if Larry were selling coffee beans or stock (as he does - the stock, not the coffee beans (or does he?)) then it would be ok with you if he sells them for "money" or would it only be ok if he sold them in order to be able to buy more of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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| (...) Maybe. But his costs to do a one off are pretty steep and he told me (again, I remind you, I've had some rather lengthy conversations about this topic with him, something you don't yet seem to have internalised) he was glad to have sold a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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