Or you could just drive to pick up your freerunner, and spend around $300 in gas.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Dean <<a href="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info">kevin@foreverdean.info</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I notice that certain groups in the USA are consolidating for 10-pack<br>
purchases. Unfortunately, some of the regions being covered are bigger<br>
than some entire nations in Europe. While I can't be sure this is the<br>
case, I can't help but think that joining in a regional 10-pack ONLY<br>
works if it costs LESS to ship or pick-up your device.<br>
<br>
Are there any size or weight dimensions known about the Freerunner<br>
packages? How much will the 10-pack weigh? How much will a single<br>
using weight?<br>
<br>
Assuming you found 10 people to each chip in for a 10 pack you'd get a<br>
Freerunner for $369 USD and save $30 USD. This assumes that the person<br>
getting the Freerunners doesn't charge you to ship it, doesn't charge<br>
a handling fee, doesn't screw you out of your money. If shipping is<br>
$10 then that drops your savings to $20. If (like I suspect) the<br>
Freerunner SINGLE unit costs about $20 USD to ship via UPS your<br>
savings really drops to about $10 over buying directly from Openmoko.<br>
<br>
Openmoko guys! Can you give us the specs so that those interested in<br>
bulk purchases can figure out the logistics of shipping versus<br>
individual sales and then factor that into the regions that will be<br>
used to organize bulk purchases?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
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