What about importing to small businesses instead? instead of donating the computers, provide them at cost to small business owners who can resell them and provide support services?
simon On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 12:29 AM, Raju Dev Acharya wrote: > I totally agree with Guido Sohne. In Nepal I can buy a new PIII for > US$300. Also importing PC for distribution into the country takes a lot > of time and effort due to the never ending red tape and can take > months. This increases the cost of the PC if the cost incurred in the > host country is added to the total cost of the donor. > > > "Guido Sohne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was in a thread elsewhere that discussed this same issue and I also >> thought that shipping used PCs makes perfect sense. The problem is the >> actual cost of the used PCs when other overheads are taken into >> account. > > ..snip... > -- www.simonwoodside.com -- 99% Devil, 1% Angel ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
