I was in a thread elsewhere that discussed this same issue and I also thought that shipping used PCs makes perfect sense. The problem is the actual cost of the used PCs when other overheads are taken into account. Appended is an excerpt from an email I wrote concerning this:-
------------------------------------------------ I've done a little research to put this issue in perspective ... The website of the World Computer Exchange claims that: "WCE has shipped 6,434 computers in 21 shipments worth $1,931,200 to connect 784 schools with 306,200 students in the following 15 countries: Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Lithuania, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda". I pulled out a calculator and assessed the above figures. It works out to about $300 per PC. 21 shipments implies that there are 306 PCs per shipment. Seperately, it was mentioned that it costs $20,000 per container to ship the PCs over which works out to $65 per PC. With those figures, it appears that shipping Walmart PCs at a cost of $65/PC (assuming it costs the same to ship them as the used PCs) on top of the *retail* price of $199 is still below the cost of shipping the used PCs. ---------------------------------------------------------- Guido Sohne [EMAIL PROTECTED] At Large http://sohne.net ---------------------------------------------------------- A master was asked the question, "What is the Way?" by a curious monk. "It is right before your eyes," said the master. "Why do I not see it for myself?" "Because you are thinking of yourself." "What about you: do you see it?" "So long as you see double, saying 'I don't', and 'you do', and so on, your eyes are clouded," said the master. "When there is neither 'I' nor 'You', can one see it?" "When there is neither 'I' nor 'You', who is the one that wants to see it?" ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
