Posted By: Bob M
Will the LLOM cut into the Limited Edition sales? - 10/26/03 11:44 AM
I probably own a couple dozen LLOM. I also own a complete collection of Harbour Lights LE's. The LLOM will not effect my purchasing of future LE's especially since I'm on autoship.
Ponder these thoughts a bit: You've been thinking about collecting lighthouse replicas and heard that HL's are the best. You visit their web site looking for dealers in your area. You find out that there are more dealers selling LLOM than there are dealers offering the more expensive limited editions. You go to the dealers and admire what they have to offer. Your collectable purchasing power is limited and you realize you can buy four or more LLOM for the price of one LE. Being new to collecting you are not really concerned about any future value. You're buying because you like them.
Now what will that new collector do, in your opinion? I would say he or she buys the LLOM. Once they get hooked on them, they will stay with that size replica thereby reducing their desire to move up to the LE's.
I can forsee many potential new HL LE collectors lost to the LLOM. They're well done, inexpensive, easy to display because they're small, and no worry about needing lots of room to store boxes and styrofoam inserts. If such a crossover gained momentum in the future, would this be the death knell of collecting LE's?
Inquiring minds on the East Coast, where it's a balmy 50 degrees at 0442 hours and there is a threat of rain for today's Patriots vs Browns game at Gillette Stadium, would like to know your feelings about what is stated above.
Bob
Ponder these thoughts a bit: You've been thinking about collecting lighthouse replicas and heard that HL's are the best. You visit their web site looking for dealers in your area. You find out that there are more dealers selling LLOM than there are dealers offering the more expensive limited editions. You go to the dealers and admire what they have to offer. Your collectable purchasing power is limited and you realize you can buy four or more LLOM for the price of one LE. Being new to collecting you are not really concerned about any future value. You're buying because you like them.
Now what will that new collector do, in your opinion? I would say he or she buys the LLOM. Once they get hooked on them, they will stay with that size replica thereby reducing their desire to move up to the LE's.
I can forsee many potential new HL LE collectors lost to the LLOM. They're well done, inexpensive, easy to display because they're small, and no worry about needing lots of room to store boxes and styrofoam inserts. If such a crossover gained momentum in the future, would this be the death knell of collecting LE's?
Inquiring minds on the East Coast, where it's a balmy 50 degrees at 0442 hours and there is a threat of rain for today's Patriots vs Browns game at Gillette Stadium, would like to know your feelings about what is stated above.
Bob