longshot Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Greeting gents, It seems to me that we have here on this site more then enough members who spend MORE then enough money investing or collecting Lego that we could easily approach a distributor and get our fix wholesale instead of scrambling every time a GC is 5% off or TRU is having a sale on what is otherwise inflated prices. Does anyone have any ino on who we might approach with such an offer. If even 50 members that spend 3k a year were to get together your talking 150k worth of buying power. If folks on MASSdrop can do it, I don't see any reason why we couldn't. Any thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 2 x Star Wars for me, 2 x Bionicle for you - DEAL! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 2 x Star Wars for me, 2 x Bionicle for you - DEAL!LOL..........Ok no clue where you're going with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Greeting gents, It seems to me that we have here on this site more then enough members who spend MORE then enough money investing or collecting Lego that we could easily approach a distributor and get our fix wholesale instead of scrambling every time a GC is 5% off or TRU is having a sale on what is otherwise inflated prices. Does anyone have any ino on who we might approach with such an offer. If even 50 members that spend 3k a year were to get together your talking 150k worth of buying power. If folks on MASSdrop can do it, I don't see any reason why we couldn't. Any thoughts?I'm sorry, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Pooling resources..... Good idea on paper but hard to make it work in practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Wasn't this brought up before?I feel like every couple of months, we're just going over the same things. Over & over... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 LOL..........Ok no clue where you're going with that. Wholesale buying requires you buy products from all themes. I'll take the Star Wars and you can have the Bionicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuka Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Most people are buying items or at prices that would not even be available to such an arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Good idea, but completely impractical given TLG's wholesale purchasing requirements and limitations on its authorized retailers selling product wholesale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Does TLG sell wholesale directly to shops or do they go through a secondary wholesale distributor? I cant imagine an independent distributor would care what theme you bought from. It would be like diamond saying they wont sell to you because you wanted more Marvel then DC comics or Ordered 100 Xmen and only 10 She-hulk. Did a search and found a lot of info on this from earlier posts. Sucks that a a B&M store is needed to get wholesale directly from Lego but wonder if it carried by other independent distributors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHawkeye Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Buying power works against you in the world of lego investing. The more you buy the quicker the banhammer. Best to keep a low profile. Lego is very selective with it's distributors. They have even been known to call back shipments if they suspect it's for a reseller. No distributor is going to risk status with lego by making large discounted sales to resellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Does TLG sell wholesale directly to shops or do they go through a secondary wholesale distributor? I cant imagine an independent distributor would care what theme you bought from. It would be like diamond saying they wont sell to you because you wanted more Marvel then DC comics or Ordered 100 Xmen and only 10 She-hulk.Did a search and found a lot of info on this from earlier posts. Sucks that a a B&M store is needed to get wholesale directly from Lego but wonder if it carried by other independent distributors.My understanding is that the answer is no and that TLG doesn't sell to independent wholesalers, at least in the U.S. I've talked with a few companies who are retailer/wholesalers that carry Lego and they have universally said that they cannot sell Lego wholesale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmasbricks Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I've got many secret distributors. But they are secret. ssshhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 My understanding is that the answer is no and that TLG doesn't sell to independent wholesalers, at least in the U.S. I've talked with a few companies who are retailer/wholesalers that carry Lego and they have universally said that they cannot sell Lego wholesale.I agree with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 My understanding is that the answer is no and that TLG doesn't sell to independent wholesalers, at least in the U.S. I've talked with a few companies who are retailer/wholesalers that carry Lego and they have universally said that they cannot sell Lego wholesale.Which is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Which is good.I suppose, but it is a bit of a pain when you are wanting to build up a large inventory. If I could buy directly from wholesalers, I could buy most of my inventory for the year in a handful of large transactions. As it is now, I have to buy my inventory in several thousand smaller transactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I suppose, but it is a bit of a pain when you are wanting to build up a large inventory. If I could buy directly from wholesalers, I could buy most of my inventory for the year in a handful of large transactions. As it is now, I have to buy my inventory in several thousand smaller transactions. Like the rest of us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I suppose, but it is a bit of a pain when you are wanting to build up a large inventory. If I could buy directly from wholesalers, I could buy most of my inventory for the year in a handful of large transactions. As it is now, I have to buy my inventory in several thousand smaller transactions. That´s the fun part though. By your Lego one by one and your packing material and tape in bulk ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 That´s the fun part though. By your Lego one by one and your packing material and tape in bulk !Trust me, it reaches a point where it gets pretty old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Trust me, it reaches a point where it gets pretty old. My motto is to do whatever one likes. If it becomes boring and a routine one should quit and find a new avenue of trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryherb Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) how is galorco into thousands of units then? doubt they scour walmarts/targets/trus for deals.... i know for a fact there are regional wholesalers of this commodity, (two degrees of separation) but perhaps not in the US. how to get there i have no idea as i dont have that kind of buying power anyway. Edited August 27, 2015 by jerryherb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 how is galorco into thousands of units then? doubt they scour walmarts/targets/trus for deals.... i know for a fact there are regional wholesalers of this commodity, (two degrees of separation) but perhaps not in the US. how to get there i have no idea as i dont have that kind of buying power anyway.you would be amazed at the kind of volume that can be managed by doing just that. Fill a cargo van during TRUTH, buy in quantity at every Target/Wal-Mart/Kmart sale. Many large scale operations do this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryherb Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 you would be amazed at the kind of volume that can be managed by doing just that. Fill a cargo van during TRUTH, buy in quantity at every Target/Wal-Mart/Kmart sale. Many large scale operations do this.youre assuming that every location you pull up to with this van has a lot of items youre looking for at the price you'd expect. this is not the case. there is got to be a different way of doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miami Bomb Squad Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Pool buying would never work, everyone would want the same sets. Your Efforts are your Margins in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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