[rescue] another sandia/los Alamos auction

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> I do *not* want to know how much this cost to ship:
> 
> http://www.sunhelp.org/e3k/arrival/
> 170 lb (shipping weight) E3K.  In a box, on a pallet skid.
> 2-day FedEx, from NJ to TX.

Well, if you were to win the attached auction, it would be $1.

As in "For you, $1." "Wait, let me get a price check - $1" "$1"

(I lve that ad.)
 
> However, big companies get a huge discount w/major shippers.  At
> $WORK, we get about a 45% discount on FedEx and UPS, from their
> posted prices/normal rates.  I suspect AnySystem does enough FedEx
> business that they get a good discount.  

OK, but being a non-huge company, I don't consider *their* cost, only
what it would cost me! Besides, I don't think FedEx Ground has that
steep a discount policy - I sent a U1-170e, all 40 pounds of it, to MA
from NJ for a whopping $10.33 via FedEx Ground.

That is just under $0.26/lb, while the USPS is $0.37/oz ;^)

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be an Anysystem.com cheerleader/defender,
just one of many happy customers of theirs...


=====
Lionel

"I am not into examining other peoples' dumps..." - Sheldon T. Hall

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