Besides shipping, I would surmise some basic inspection, reconditioning and local support costs - possibly extending to support personnel training and motivation. All this would further jack up the overall cost per computer.
Perhaps the only way this would work is to: 1 Collect computers used and donated in the command area itself, say executives and offices of international companies and other organisations who have imported the computers 3-4 years ago and are upgrading their systems - incentivising (in token) or acknowledging their donation; 2 Import them in shiploads/ container-loads, so that the associated costs and overheads can be spread over the large number. Udit Chaudhuri "Raju Dev Acharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > ------------ ***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/>
