Author:  Dars  Posted:  Feb 7, 2024 17:50  Subject:  Pre-order times  Viewed:  110 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Dars (0) Location:  Australia, New South Wales Member Since Contact Type Status Jun 15, 2023 Buyer

Hi Bricklink gurus Please consider staging BDP pre-order times by country timezones. It's fine if you're close to the US, but for anyone on the opposite side of the world, getting up at 0400hrs is crazy (I mean, I did it, but missed out on the BPD series 4 castle, the only one I wanted). Also, 30,000 unit limit? What the heck? If you get past the minimum order required, surely it should be open ended after that. Regards, Disappointed Aussie.

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Re: Pre-order times - Saitobricks.ca (37)

[...] The 30,000 set limit is because LEGO doesn’t want to mass produce a set that most people won’t buy. So with a unit limit they are sure to sell them all. Good marketing [...] (4 months ago, Feb 7, 2024, to Suggestions)

Re: Pre-order times - SylvainLS (46)

[...] Hi BL grasshoper, [...] Then there’d need to be quantity limits by timezone too.  Otherwise the first risen will still be the ones making all the orders, and you’ll [...] (4 months ago, Feb 7, 2024, to Suggestions)

Re: Pre-order times - kittybrickz (196)

[...] Strange, I got the castle 30 min after the sales opened, and there was still 50% left? Sorry you missed out (4 months ago, Feb 7, 2024, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 « - Dars (0) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - SylvainLS (46) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - SylvainLS (46) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - kittybrickz (196) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions