Note I said large quantities. Air freight operations typically use the small packages to make up the rest of the load, very large shipments pay almost the entire fuel cost.
-Adam Don Williams wrote: >I got a package from Hong Kong a week ago. It weighed about half a >kilogram -- cost $7.50. It didn't come across the Pacific but over the >top of the world. Maybe there's something special about the Pacific I >don't know? > >Don > > >mike wilson wrote: > > >>>From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Date: 2006/07/02 Sun PM 11:51:09 GMT >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B >>> >>>Nope, Shel's accurate on this one, they come over by the containerload >>>on ships. Considering the cost of air freight across the Pacific is on >>>the order of $1000/lb for large quantities, Air freight is certainly not >>>viable for anything cheaper than a Canon 1Ds or Hasselblad. >>> >>>-Adam >>> >>> >>> >>No wonder those little (ahem) babies are so costly. Got to be about $5000 >>just to get a 1Ds across the Pacific. >> >> >> >> >>>Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I think Shel was speaking metaphorically. >>>>Paul >>>>On Jul 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Powell Hargrave wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>B&H is listing them, as Shel pointed out. That means they should be >>>>>>available soon. Some may already be on ships. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Do cameras move on ships these days? I would think that with the high >>>>>value and the speed of the market it would make air cargo more likely. >>>>> >>>>>Powell >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>[email protected] >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>----------------------------------------- >>Email sent from www.ntlworld.com >>Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software >>Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
