Aiming for Sydney is cheating, there's a major airport right there and probably enough deliveries every day that any address is within a few minutes of a daily delivery route. Did you try some place in the remote australian outback?
(BTW, the devphones aren't shipping from Mountain View) JBQ On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've checked the US costs an they're even more expensive; > > The cheapest UPS Mountain View -> Sydney service which takes a couple of > days is 123.27 USD, which means that BrightStar would get about 30 USD > which I can see as being a commercially viable amount. > > Al. > > Al Sutton wrote: >> Eric, >> >> I've just priced up a package of a $399 item weighing 1Kg from Googles >> US office (*Mountain view, 94043, U.S.A.) *to it's Sydney office >> (*Sydney, 2000, Australia) with FedEx using a scheduled pickup and I >> get 107.88 USD as the cheapest price with $112.03 as their two day >> service, so the profit to brightstar is more like $50 USD which is >> still over the top in my view. >> >> Al. >> * >> Eric wrote: >>> Justin, >>> >>> If Google is not making money out of this, then your distribution >>> partner must be making unreasonable profits out of all the poor >>> developers. >>> At the RRP US$399 price, there is already substantial margin and >>> overcharging for the shipping is NOT acceptable. >>> The current shipping tax fee, ex tax too high, for example, Australia >>> have free entry of up to AU$1000 which means the shipping to Australia >>> is NOT taxed, yet someone reported the shipping fee to cost ~US$160. >>> Last time I check, the cost to post about 1kg worth of item from US to >>> Australia via USPS's courier service only cost like <$50, so there is >>> at least $100 excess profit here.. >>> >>> Too bad our device isn't ready yet, otherwise, it will definitely be >>> sold for much less incl shipping. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Eric >>> Portable Electronics Ltd >>> www.hdmp4.com >>> >>> On Dec 12, 5:30 am, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Peekay, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback, you can be sure that we're learning from our >>>> experience with this developer device program. Google isn't making any >>>> money from the Android Dev Phone 1, since we are not selling them. We >>>> are working with our distribution partner to make the process better. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Justin >>>> Android Team @ Google >>>> >>>> On Dec 10, 11:23 am, Peekay <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks Justin for the response. I did place an order right after >>>>> starting this thread, despite the cost. Just some suggestions since >>>>> clarification / changes are apparently on the way: >>>>> 1. Please do itemize the costs. $264 shipping is seriously >>>>> out-of- >>>>> whack for a $399 phone, even accounting for actual shipping costs, >>>>> brokerage fees, and import taxes. The import taxes should only be >>>>> around $55. Brokerage fees are usually already included with UPS's >>>>> Express or Expedited levels. So that means Canadians are paying about >>>>> $200+ in "shipping and handling" which seems really steep to charge >>>>> indy developers. >>>>> 2. If we're going to pay that much for shipping, be >>>>> transparent about >>>>> the shipping method. When I ordered, only *after* I paid that a >>>>> message appeared stating that shipping could take up to three days. I >>>>> felt like a total chump for paying $200+ for three day shipping on a >>>>> phone (when our US cousins get free shipping apparently.) Really, I >>>>> felt like I've been had. >>>>> 3. Again if we're going to be charged so much for shipping, >>>>> please at >>>>> least give us a tracking number. I got a confirmation email with an >>>>> "order number" but no obvious way to see the status of that order >>>>> anywhere. I ordered a couple of days ago, and I have no idea if the >>>>> phone has even shipped yet!! >>>>> 4. As you know there's a lot of negative press already on this >>>>> shipping issue, on Engadget, CNET, PC World, etc. I know the last >>>>> thing Google wants is being seen as nickel-and-diming indy developers, >>>>> but that's the perception out there right now. $264 buys a lot of >>>>> Ramen. :-) So please really consider cheaper shipping options in the >>>>> future. (It's too late for me, but I'm sure my fellow international >>>>> coders would appreciate it.) >>>>> I'm a believer in Android and that's why I placed my order >>>>> right away >>>>> even with the outrageous shipping cost. I know Google will take care >>>>> of us developers, despite these initial issues. >>>>> >>> >> >>> >> >> > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. 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