I have a friend who is the radio officer on a container ship, it is 5 weeks for him to go from Oakland, CA to the Orient and return. So ~2.5 weeks from loading to unloading stateside, and who knows how much longer to get into the stores. I imagine other ports have similar shipping times.
jm ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:06 AM Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B > >> >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 02:55:53 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B >> >> Note I said large quantities. Air freight operations typically use the >> small packages to make up the rest of the load, very large shipments pay >> almost the entire fuel cost. >> >> -Adam > > I still think you are two orders of magnitude out. $1000/lb? It would be > cheaper to buy seats on a passenger plane. > > Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, 747s full of limited lenses......... > >> >> >> Don Williams wrote: >> >> >I got a package from Hong Kong a week ago. It weighed about half a >> >kilogram -- cost $7.50. It didn't come across the Pacific but over the >> >top of the world. Maybe there's something special about the Pacific I >> >don't know? >> > >> >Don >> > >> > >> >mike wilson wrote: >> > >> > >> >>>From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>Date: 2006/07/02 Sun PM 11:51:09 GMT >> >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >>>Subject: Re: New K bodies listed on B >> >>> >> >>>Nope, Shel's accurate on this one, they come over by the containerload >> >>>on ships. Considering the cost of air freight across the Pacific is on >> >>>the order of $1000/lb for large quantities, Air freight is certainly >> >>>not >> >>>viable for anything cheaper than a Canon 1Ds or Hasselblad. >> >>> >> >>>-Adam >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>No wonder those little (ahem) babies are so costly. Got to be about >> >>$5000 just to get a 1Ds across the Pacific. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>I think Shel was speaking metaphorically. >> >>>>Paul >> >>>>On Jul 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Powell Hargrave wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>>>B&H is listing them, as Shel pointed out. That means they should be >> >>>>>>available soon. Some may already be on ships. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>Do cameras move on ships these days? I would think that with the >> >>>>>high >> >>>>>value and the speed of the market it would make air cargo more >> >>>>>likely. >> >>>>> >> >>>>>Powell >> >>>>> >> >>>>>-- >> >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >>>>>[email protected] >> >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>-- >> >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >>>[email protected] >> >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>----------------------------------------- >> >>Email sent from www.ntlworld.com >> >>Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software >> >>Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
