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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 14:26:24 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.!AntiSpam!com
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Scott-A wrote:
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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.
> > >
> > > I must have missed the "Hey everybody, BB is getting BH way cheap" message?
> >
> > 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.
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 bunch to one person, it increased his profit.
> > 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.
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> 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.
Me too. I remind you, I make or lose more in one day in the stock
market, some days, than my entire year's LEGO profit. If I was in this
life only for the money, I wouldn't play with LEGO at all, I'd
concentrate on billable hours, I bill at 250 USD an hour.
--
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| (...) That would explain why after that he started up his one per customer rule. A rule which I think he has since set aside... or at least for me :-). What is pertinent about the length of your conversation with paul? I have spoken to Paul 4 or 5 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I should stay out of pissing matches, but hey, I've got a full bladder so... Another little point in this issue. Is it ok for Paul, or TLC for that matter to make money on LEGO sets? If not, how do you expect to get them? If so, why is it ok (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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| (...) 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. (...) Lego is for making constructions, not making money. I sell on ebay/trl/lugnet to get money to buy (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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