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I'd like to have a rant about the cost of shipping
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<blockquote data-quote="puros_bran" data-source="post: 373746" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>I can attest to the idiocy of shipping rates. It's not just overseas shipping either. I don't know the current rates but over a decade ago I hauled Dell computers out of Tennessee up to Chicago UPS. </p><p>At the time dell charged $37 US per PC for shipping. We averaged 1950 pcs per truck, from production to delivery site. That's over $72,000 per truck load , year 2000 dollars at that. Averitt charged something like $1200.. Even if UPS charged $20 per package (which I doubt they did with the volume shipped) that still pocketed Dell an extra $30,000 or so per truck load. </p><p></p><p> I import out of China all the time for $1-2 per package. IF I have to import from the EU/other Asian nations/etc the shipping is often more than the products value. </p><p></p><p> Heaven help you if you purchase a book from the UK. ouch!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puros_bran, post: 373746, member: 10"] I can attest to the idiocy of shipping rates. It's not just overseas shipping either. I don't know the current rates but over a decade ago I hauled Dell computers out of Tennessee up to Chicago UPS. At the time dell charged $37 US per PC for shipping. We averaged 1950 pcs per truck, from production to delivery site. That's over $72,000 per truck load , year 2000 dollars at that. Averitt charged something like $1200.. Even if UPS charged $20 per package (which I doubt they did with the volume shipped) that still pocketed Dell an extra $30,000 or so per truck load. I import out of China all the time for $1-2 per package. IF I have to import from the EU/other Asian nations/etc the shipping is often more than the products value. Heaven help you if you purchase a book from the UK. ouch!!!! [/QUOTE]
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