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Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:25:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jake Rentar writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes:
> >
> > And if I subtract the cost of a 48x48 gray baseplate (normal US$10??) and
> > sloped bricks around the boder from the US$29.99 price of the mosaic, is it
> > worth $.007 (that's 0.7 cents) per 1x1 plate? Seems like an excellent deal
> > if I need 1x1 plates! :-s
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> > --Todd
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> > [xfut -> lugnet.off-topic.geek]
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> Actually, subtract ($9.99 + $2.95 shipping = $12.94) the X-large baseplate,
> and (7.99 + $2.95 shipping = $10.94) the 100 pack of black slopes and a
> ($1.69 + $2.95 shipping) brick separator from the ($29.99 + $4.95 shipping =
> $39.94) Mosaic kit...
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> you end up paying exactly $6.42 for the maximum of 2340 1x1 plates (I
> believe that was recently proven?).
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> That is .002743589repeating cents -- or roughly .27 of a cent for each
> piece. -Not Bad- if you need a lot of 1x1's new from Lego!
Wow, I screwed up a little on typos. The Mosaic comes to 34.94, not 39.94.
Also, the brick separator is 4.64 total, I forgot to include that.
Amazingly, my math was still correct!
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| (...) Some quibbles with your math: - Your math assumes no shipping cost for the hypothetical 1x1 plate packs - If you factor shipping into the cost, you should assume all individual items are purchased at once - I wonder how many brick separators (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: How to maximize 90-piece bags?
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| (...) Actually, subtract ($9.99 + $2.95 shipping = $12.94) the X-large baseplate, and (7.99 + $2.95 shipping = $10.94) the 100 pack of black slopes and a ($1.69 + $2.95 shipping) brick separator from the ($29.99 + $4.95 shipping = $39.94) Mosaic (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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