On 4/16/2012 9:54 PM, Ron Ginger wrote: > On 4/16/2012 8:54 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> That is what I suspected. I was working with a company in the US that >> made Casket/Coffin hardware. A strange business, but they were >> successful for 30+ years. They were located about 50 miles from a >> harbor in Chicago. The Chinese figured out their business and began >> delivering 40' containers loaded with Casket/Coffin hardware in Chicago >> for less than what they could make the hardware for. Needless to say >> they went out of business. >> >> Dave >> > I was recently talking with a guy in the shipping industry. A 20ft > container, the basic unit of measure even though they now have 40ft > units, now costs $400 to ship from China to the US west coast. There are > some variations depending on the contents, but that is the most common > price. > > At that rate the cost per unit of the stuff inside is essentially free. > > ron ginger > >
That explains a lot. Ironically moving that container once it hits the coast costs a lot more than that. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
