If you are in Frederick, join our Maryland purchase group, I am 30 minutes from you.
Kevin Dean wrote: > Okay, so I just did some number crunching using the information Steve > gave and honestly, there's no reason at all the 10-packs need to be > broken up by region. > > It costs $14.40 to ship a 10-pack from Fremont, CA to Frederick, MD > where I live (which is pretty close to "across the country"). > > $3,690 + $14.40 = 3704.4 delivered or $370.44 per phone before shipping. > > Here's the beautiful thing. Shipping a single unit (from a 10 pack) > back, from Frederick, MD to Fremont, CA is $9.95 by UPS Ground which > would bring the total cost per unit to $380.39. > > Assuming that Openmoko's Fremont shipping place is NOT getting a > volume discount then the savings over a single unit would be $28.56 if > shipped ACROSS COUNTRY both ways. > > For fun, I decided what it would cost to ship the unit from home to > work (as might be done if buying regionally) in Alexandria, VA. The > diffrerence in shipping is barely noticable, that a shipment of less > than 60 miles makes it less than $2 cheaper. > > The point is, I horribly overestimated UPS shipping costs and there's > actually quite a bit of savings from going in on a 10-pack. That said, > I also discovered that doing regional purchases doesn't save much > money over doing national purchases. Guys in groups falling short > could easily pick up a small group across the country and cash in on > the bulk savings. People picking up their phones (perhaps at a LUG > meet) can even score an extra $8 to $10 savings over having it > shipped. > > Neat. :) > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That's quite useful, thanks! >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Tomas Di Domenico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I think this is what you're looking for: >> > >> > http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/016379.html >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Geoff Ruscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Its on community for April ... Not sure I remember which thread. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Steven Kurylo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > If you search the archives, Steve already gave us the specs so you >> > > > > could do this. >> > > > >> > > > Can you drop any more hints on where specifically to find this? I'm >> > > > subscribed to all of the Openmoko lists except kernel-dev and even >> > > > considering that I know it came from Steve, that's a lot of crap to >> > > > wade through. >> > > > >> > > > Thanks! >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > -- >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > Steven Kurylo >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > > Openmoko community mailing list >> > > > > community@lists.openmoko.org >> > > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Openmoko community mailing list >> > > > community@lists.openmoko.org >> > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Geoff Ruscoe >> > > Sigma Visions Computer Consulting >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Openmoko community mailing list >> > > community@lists.openmoko.org >> > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Openmoko community mailing list >> > community@lists.openmoko.org >> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community