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| | | Author: | SezaR  | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 05:22 | | Subject: | Sales low? | | Viewed: | 334 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 05:28 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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Yes and no. Set sales seemed to be a bit slow this year, which I assume is normally
related to presents. Whereas parts sales seemed to be as good as previous years,
which I assume tend to be people buying for their own creations.
I imagine it is partly due to the economy and people cutting back on gifts this
year, partly due to sales/discounts at other large retailers, partly due to the
amount of stuff that LEGO pumps out these days and partly due to over-inflated
prices here (compared to RRPs on the huge number of similar current sets available
in stores) and partly due to the number of sellers here. And probably other stuff
too.
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| | | | | Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 07:07 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company) just laid off like 10% of their employeees worldwide
across all brands, including Lego due to lack of money coming in.
seems like an 'in-general' sales slump going on everywhere. our other
collectibles store has been slow as well..
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 07:11 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
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Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company) […]
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 Good one.
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| | | | | | | Author: | ManyMiniBricks | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 08:27 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company) just laid off like 10% of their employeees worldwide
across all brands, including Lego due to lack of money coming in.
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Is this satire?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 09:31 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
I suspect ManyMiniBricks meant the part about Hasbro being Lego's parent
company
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 09:29 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Appears not but made me laugh. 
In General, ManyMiniBricks writes:
| | | | Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company) just laid off like 10% of their employeees worldwide
across all brands, including Lego due to lack of money coming in.
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Is this satire?
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| | | | | | | Author: | toontexas | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 09:31 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
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Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company)......
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I don't know where you get your information, but Hasbro has absolutely nothing
to do with LEGO.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, toontexas writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
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Hasbro ( Lego Parent Company)......
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I don't know where you get your information, but Hasbro has absolutely nothing
to do with LEGO.
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They should have a basic LEGO knowledge test to become a seller here. Might keep
some of the riffraff out.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2023 20:49 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
| | Might keep
some of the riffraff out.
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riffraff
plural
noun
people with a bad reputation or of a low social class
.... bad Admin, no Donut
rules are the same for everyone
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | In General, randyf writes:
.... bad Admin, no Donut
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randyf is an admin? 
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2023 23:24 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
That's like saying Lego is owned by Disney due to how many collaborations
they have together.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2023 02:05 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, macebobo writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
That's like saying Lego is owned by Disney due to how many collaborations
they have together.
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Good analogy as applied to their original post and the fundamental misunderstanding
of TLG therein.
That said and in all fairness, this seems to be in direct response to the statement
"Hasbro has absolutely nothing to do with LEGO" toontexas subsequently
made to him. In which case, the linked article is a well-targeted response.
-popsicle
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2023 03:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, popsicle writes:
| | In General, macebobo writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
That's like saying Lego is owned by Disney due to how many collaborations
they have together.
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Good analogy as applied to their original post and the fundamental misunderstanding
of TLG therein.
That said and in all fairness, this seems to be in direct response to the statement
"Hasbro has absolutely nothing to do with LEGO" toontexas subsequently
made to him. In which case, the linked article is a well-targeted response.
-popsicle
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yeah this article is a direct response to Toontexas , ... 'has absolutely
nothing to do with Lego' is incorrect.
initially it was my bad, thought Hasbro had bought Lego back around 2020 , so
i went to find the article i saw back then & figured out it was just a collaboration...
so i posted it to eat my Crow
i goofed the 'Parent Company' aspect simply from just reading only part
of a news article 3 years ago, & not caring about it too much back then
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | yeah this article is a direct response to Toontexas , ... 'has absolutely
nothing to do with Lego' is incorrect.
initially it was my bad, thought Hasbro had bought Lego back around 2020 , so
i went to find the article i saw back then & figured out it was just a collaboration...
so i posted it to eat my Crow
i goofed the 'Parent Company' aspect simply from just reading only part
of a news article 3 years ago, & not caring about it too much back then
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The LEGO Group may not be owned by Hasbro, but I agree that it's not necessarily
true to say that they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Apparently, the LEGO Group does have a parent company, a Danish investment management
company called KIRKBI: https://www.kirkbi.com/
But since KIRKBI is just a holding company with no real branding or products
of its own, the distinction between TLG and KIRKBI is rather arbitrary. For all
practical purposes, LEGO is an independent company.
You may also be confusing LEGO with BrickLink, which was purchased by LEGO around
2020.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | The LEGO Group may not be owned by Hasbro, but I agree that it's not necessarily
true to say that they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Apparently, the LEGO Group does have a parent company, a Danish investment management
company called KIRKBI: https://www.kirkbi.com/
But since KIRKBI is just a holding company with no real branding or products
of its own, the distinction between TLG and KIRKBI is rather arbitrary. For all
practical purposes, LEGO is an independent company.
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Couldn't find any mention of BrickLink there.
I guess we're nothing 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | Couldn't find any mention of BrickLink there.
I guess we're nothing
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That's pretty much true. BrickLink is just a small part of the LEGO Group's
overall business.
And it looks like KIRKBI also owns 47.5% of Merlin Entertainments, a British
entertainment company.
I guess these are just the Kristiansen family assets.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 16:09 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
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And it looks like KIRKBI also owns 47.5% of Merlin Entertainments, a British
entertainment company.
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It’s LEGOLAND parcs.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 16:14 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
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And it looks like KIRKBI also owns 47.5% of Merlin Entertainments, a British
entertainment company.
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It’s LEGOLAND parcs.
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That makes more sense now.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 16:54 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
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And it looks like KIRKBI also owns 47.5% of Merlin Entertainments, a British
entertainment company.
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It’s LEGOLAND parcs.
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It is also other theme parks, Madame Tussauds, London Eye, and a number of other
attractions. It's a huge business now.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 20:19 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | The LEGO Group may not be owned by Hasbro, but I agree that it's not necessarily
true to say that they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Apparently, the LEGO Group does have a parent company, a Danish investment management
company called KIRKBI: https://www.kirkbi.com/
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Hmm, KIRKBI only owns 75% of TLG, wonder who owns the other 25%?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 21:30 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, macebobo writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | The LEGO Group may not be owned by Hasbro, but I agree that it's not necessarily
true to say that they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Apparently, the LEGO Group does have a parent company, a Danish investment management
company called KIRKBI: https://www.kirkbi.com/
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Hmm, KIRKBI only owns 75% of TLG, wonder who owns the other 25%?
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Their foundation, with Sidsel Marie Kristensen now at the helm. I believe she
was/is head of legal at Kirkbi A/S, or their General Counsel
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 11:52 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
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Good to know it’s not just me. 2-3 weeks ago they were really well but for the
past 2 weeks it’s been very very slow
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| | | | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 21:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
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Good to know it’s not just me.
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Based on other responses, seems it's just me and you 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 21:20 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
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Good to know it’s not just me.
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Based on other responses, seems it's just me and you
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maybe with this and the Paypal thing we are just unlucky 
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2023 04:06 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, SezaR writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
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Good to know it’s not just me.
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Based on other responses, seems it's just me and you
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maybe with this and the Paypal thing we are just unlucky
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Yeap kind of unlucky but there are actually few things we can do to make things
work better ...
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| | | | | Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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Maybe it has to do with what country you are selling in? Our sales in parts have
been really good for the past few months.
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
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Not here, better, but there are so many factors you can't control (political,
social...)
https://stats.inspacesync.com/
This for now indicates 278,000 orders for December, which would make it by far
the highest ever.
| | If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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There was 5 something days closed, which implied 5/30 less orders, approx -17%
orders this month. Probably a bit less because it was supposed to be a better
month - so maybe around -5% orders I'd say?
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| | | | | Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2023 18:57 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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Drowning over here
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2023 15:12 | | Subject: | Re: Sales low? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SezaR writes:
| | I was used in have many sales in Nov. and Dec but not this year.
Are sales low for others?
If so, does it have to do with November 3rd incident?
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I haven't received many orders in November and December, but I don't
have much inventory, either.
I did receive an order a few days ago, so if anything sales are high for me.
If you're experiencing low sales, it could be due to the November 3rd incident,
or it could be due to other factors.
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