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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 10 Dec 1999 02:24:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John VanZwieten writes:
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> Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:FMCELH.J2s@lugnet.com...
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> > Ah, but the law of diminishing returns states.... :) :)
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> By the way, it's the law of diminishing _marginal_ returns, and all it states
> is that at _some_ point, additional units of a good will provide less
> additional satisfaction than previous units. Quite often diminishing
> marginal returns do not set in after the first unit, in fact marginal
> satisfaction often increases for a number of units.
I stand corrected! :)
> Take M&Ms, for instance. One of the little suckers just whets your appetite.
> It takes at least a small handful before they are even worth the trouble.
True, but I'd compare 1 LEGO set to 1 packet of M&Ms, as opposed to 1 LEGO set
to 1 M&M. In general of course, I'm not into trains so if I was maybe my
perception would be different.
Although, if LEGO Direct helps to make trains an affordable hobby(1).. I can
see myself taking it up at some point in the future (2).
> After watching Larry faun over his trains, I feel confident that he would
> enjoy 20 hoppers _at least_ 20 times the average of 20 separate people given
> hoppers.
You have the advantage over me on this one - how about the average of 4 people
with 5 each, or 2 people with 10 each? :)
Richard
(1) I'm not prepared to pay market (eBay) rates!
(2) After some minor miracle grants me more floor space.
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| Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospa...yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FMCELH.J2s@lugnet.com... (...) By the way, it's the law of diminishing _marginal_ returns, and all it states is that at _some_ point, additional units of a good will provide (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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