Lego on-line shop sales & deals

vilhena

Does anyone know the Lego's policy behind their Sales & Deals options?
Today, 2017-9-15, in USA site have 176 items on sale. In UK, 23. In Portugal, 7 (and not even a single brick set...).
I wonder... Is it fair? we are not all Lego costumers, or some are "more costumers" than others?

CCC

DIfferent warehouses have different amounts of stock that are not selling well. Yesterday, UK had quite a few Dimensions packs that were about 75% off, which is why they disappeared quickly.

sid3windr

Belgium has 0 "sales & deals" in over 10 months of the year... :'(

stlux

@sid3windr To be fair on TLG: Belgium has such idiotic sales laws, that I can't blame them for just saying "Nope, not gonna even try comprehend those. Too bad for those Belgians still living in Belgium" ;)

ecmo47

That number is now 113. Of that, only 51 are items that are in-stock. USA site holds things in the Out-of-stock status for a while for some reason. Further breaking things down, 12 are actual Lego sets, 7 are Dimensions, 1 CMF series, and the rest are accessories like foam swords, picture frames, ice cube trays and other items most of us pass on. 

madforLEGO

All I know is I'm a consumer, not a costumer. ;-)

ecmo47 said:

That number is now 113. Of that, only 51 are items that are in-stock. USA site holds things in the Out-of-stock status for a while for some reason. Further breaking things down, 12 are actual Lego sets, 7 are Dimensions, 1 CMF series, and the rest are accessories like foam swords, picture frames, ice cube trays and other items most of us pass on. 

I believe that the US does this due to LEGO store return policies in the US (where items have to go back on a shelf) or if actual Brick and Mortar stores have stocks left. Not sure how the rest of the world works with that.
Also, many regions have stocks of things that other do not, or did not have in supply in their region to begin with.

sid3windr

@stlux It isn't really that hard to comprehend the difference between discounts and solden though :-( There's at least 8 months of the year they could legally provide some discounted sets :-)

stlux

True, but then they would need to have a separate Sales and Deals page for the Belgian [email protected] Think of the poor hamsters! 

sid3windr

Not convinced about that - they seem to be able to use the page during January, so no reason not to also use it Feb-May Aug-Nov (if they want to be on the safe side with all the silly regulation).

77ncaachamps

ecmo47 said:

That number is now 113. Of that, only 51 are items that are in-stock. USA site holds things in the Out-of-stock status for a while for some reason. Further breaking things down, 12 are actual Lego sets, 7 are Dimensions, 1 CMF series, and the rest are accessories like foam swords, picture frames, ice cube trays and other items most of us pass on. 

That's the breakdown that keeps the US with most of the globe in a relative "sales playing field".

MaffyD

^^ I had this strange urge to ask about Belgian sales laws, and then I came to my senses! :-)

Kerre

^Don't mind if I explain anyway? Though it's a fairly painless procedure, consumption of a Belgian Ale before reading the following section is recommended to relieve any anxiety.

Belgian sales law, like any Belgian law is structured the following way:



For those not that well versed in the housing habits of the average Belgian, this is Koterie. We're not content to build just a shed in the garden, oh no. You build a shed, then another shed behind it, then another one and so on untill you run out of space. Then you start tearing down one or more sheds to build yet another shed.

We do the same with our legislation. New legislation does not replace obsolete laws, new laws create exceptions to older laws. Then another exception is made to the earlier exceptions. This goes on for a while until the legislation over to regional and local authorities - branching the legislation to add even more complexity.

End result is inevitably a complicated, difficult to interpret legislation. Neither BE (or LU, @stlux) forum members nor LEGO itself agree how the sales law should be interpreted. Please join us discussing BE sales law in the Benelux promotions thread if interested. Difficulty level: two Chouffe/Duvel or three Orval. 

Thank you for your time.

Covi

Spot on Kerre!

madforLEGO

My, that's a shed-load of sheds

sid3windr

Oh shed up :(

nwr122

Perhaps they should shed some laws <drops mike>

MaffyD

Thanks @Kerre! That sounds... interesting. I presume lawyers are happy in Belgium? Or are they really stressed because even they can't understand it? Either way, I like Duvel, and should try the others (I shall remain silent regarding Stella Artois, right?).

And to keep this on topic, I shall say that there are 9 Sales and Deals on the UK site right now, and none of them are straight Lego sets (Dimensions, gear, accessories and key chains all round).