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Re: Another Legend dies....
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 03:15:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Erik Olson writes:
> > > One thing Brad Justus said on Saturday was that LUGNET estimates of how many
> > > Guarded Inns were being ordered were "way off" -- the point was that many,
> > > many times more are being bought by parents of kids. Sales "went through the
> > > roof" when the S@H catalog went out.
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> That proves that more sales are generated by the catalog than by people reading
> lugnet. It *doesn't* say anything about the people making those purchases.
> Who knows whether it's parents, kids or AFOLs placing the orders?
Good point. Brad only talked about how it was kids "directing" their parents
to buy, shortly after the context of juniorized sets.
I don't have a problem adjusting to being in a minority, because we've been
coddled lately. LUGNET however has allowed the illusion that we really are
all that important and more.
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| (...) However Brad made it quite clear: "on 7 of 8 calls we listened to, you can hear the kid in the background directing the parent". Those sales are FOR kids, no matter whose money is being spent. While I question the 7 of 8 calls (Mike pointed (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) That proves that more sales are generated by the catalog than by people reading lugnet. It *doesn't* say anything about the people making those purchases. Who knows whether it's parents, kids or AFOLs placing the orders? (...) Exactly. The (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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