Thank you Kevin!<br><br>That is really good news...<br><br>So by setting up a Midwest group we're really just making freerunner friends near by!<br><br>Well that sounds great. So I guess the best reason for a local 10 pack is being able to all meet and open up the box and not wait for it to be shipped again.<br>
<br>Well I'm stoked!<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Paul Buede <<a href="mailto:paul@buede.com">paul@buede.com</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;">
If you are in Frederick, join our Maryland purchase group, I am 30<br>
minutes from you.<br>
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Kevin Dean wrote:<br>
> Okay, so I just did some number crunching using the information Steve<br>
> gave and honestly, there's no reason at all the 10-packs need to be<br>
> broken up by region.<br>
><br>
> It costs $14.40 to ship a 10-pack from Fremont, CA to Frederick, MD<br>
> where I live (which is pretty close to "across the country").<br>
><br>
> $3,690 + $14.40 = 3704.4 delivered or $370.44 per phone before shipping.<br>
><br>
> Here's the beautiful thing. Shipping a single unit (from a 10 pack)<br>
> back, from Frederick, MD to Fremont, CA is $9.95 by UPS Ground which<br>
> would bring the total cost per unit to $380.39.<br>
><br>
> Assuming that Openmoko's Fremont shipping place is NOT getting a<br>
> volume discount then the savings over a single unit would be $28.56 if<br>
> shipped ACROSS COUNTRY both ways.<br>
><br>
> For fun, I decided what it would cost to ship the unit from home to<br>
> work (as might be done if buying regionally) in Alexandria, VA. The<br>
> diffrerence in shipping is barely noticable, that a shipment of less<br>
> than 60 miles makes it less than $2 cheaper.<br>
><br>
> The point is, I horribly overestimated UPS shipping costs and there's<br>
> actually quite a bit of savings from going in on a 10-pack. That said,<br>
> I also discovered that doing regional purchases doesn't save much<br>
> money over doing national purchases. Guys in groups falling short<br>
> could easily pick up a small group across the country and cash in on<br>
> the bulk savings. People picking up their phones (perhaps at a LUG<br>
> meet) can even score an extra $8 to $10 savings over having it<br>
> shipped.<br>
><br>
> Neat. :)<br>
><br>
> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Kevin Dean <<a href="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info">kevin@foreverdean.info</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> That's quite useful, thanks!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Tomas Di Domenico <<a href="mailto:tdidomenico@gmail.com">tdidomenico@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > I think this is what you're looking for:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/016379.html" target="_blank">http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/016379.html</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Geoff Ruscoe <<a href="mailto:gcruscoe@sigmavisions.com">gcruscoe@sigmavisions.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > > Its on community for April ... Not sure I remember which thread.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Kevin Dean <<a href="mailto:kevin@foreverdean.info">kevin@foreverdean.info</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Steven Kurylo <<a href="mailto:sk@infinitepigeons.org">sk@infinitepigeons.org</a>><br>
>> > > wrote:<br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > > > If you search the archives, Steve already gave us the specs so you<br>
>> > > > > could do this.<br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > > Can you drop any more hints on where specifically to find this? I'm<br>
>> > > > subscribed to all of the Openmoko lists except kernel-dev and even<br>
>> > > > considering that I know it came from Steve, that's a lot of crap to<br>
>> > > > wade through.<br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > > Thanks!<br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > > ><br>
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>> > > ><br>
>> > > ><br>
>> > > ><br>
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