If new cameras are shipping to the USA for the Xmas season, they are surely produced and shipped by now. Shipped containers by February from the orient is the general rule for the US Toy industry.
Somebody said $1,000 per pound airfreight was off by at least 2 orders of magnitude and I agree. That price would be $160,000 per a passenger ticket for human transport...and I guarantee they are not giving passengers a cheaper fare than freight. Regards, Bob S. On 7/3/06, John Mullan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a friend who is the radio officer on a container ship, it is 5 weeks > for him to go from Oakland, CA to the Orient and return. So ~2.5 weeks from > loading to unloading stateside, and who knows how much longer to get into > the stores. I imagine other ports have similar shipping times. > > jm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B > > > > > >> > >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 02:55:53 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B > >> > >> 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 > > > > I still think you are two orders of magnitude out. $1000/lb? It would be > > cheaper to buy seats on a passenger plane. > > > > Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, 747s full of limited lenses......... > > > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > -- > 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
