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Re: Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 03:37:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Goudswaard writes:
> And you thought I wouldn't like your answer! Nothing there I disagree with,
> although I don't think regulation has too much to do with, in the end, whether
> an older Lego set is discounted by 15% rather than 50%. I think I'll pose • this
> question to my instructors....
I can't really say anything one way or another regarding what Larry has said
about the types of markets..., it seems to make sense, but economics tends to
stretch my 10 s attention span a little too far :]
Now that I think about it tho, I would imagine pure 'economy of scale" has a
tremendous effect. With the US population 10 times that of Canada, one could
also assume the "consumption" of LEGO sets would also be an order of magnitude
higher. As a rough estimate we could say that if your purchase volume goes up
by 10 times, then your purchase cost may only be, say, half. Thus the USA
would have far more margin to move on the prices when "clearance" time comes
around. Maybe this is part of what you were getting at Larry.
Ultimately, I just wish LEGO would go cheap in Canada, too, but what can you
do. Things could be a lot worse from what I seen...
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Kyle D. Jackson
LUGNETer #203
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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 | | Re: Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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| You're from Windsor! Can't you see the US just by looking out the window? ;-) I don't know if you have Winners stores in Ontario, but I've found some great sets cheap in Calgary. I got a couple Cyberslam kits with motors & the pneumatic Sub set for (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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| (...) And you thought I wouldn't like your answer! Nothing there I disagree with, although I don't think regulation has too much to do with, in the end, whether an older Lego set is discounted by 15% rather than 50%. I think I'll pose this question (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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