Going back to the original question, I can't imagine that Pentax has ever shipped 40 tons of anything, anywhere. I would guess their typical shipment to New York is a ton at most. Look at the numbers. They haven't sold 40 tons of cameras in the history of the company. Paul On Jul 9, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
> John Forbes wrote: > >> Aaron, >> >> When you're in a hole, stop digging. >> >> And put your brain in gear. >> >> As Don points out, large quantities would result in lower prices, not >> higher ones. >> >> I suspect whoever posted this meant $1,000/ton, not per pound. >> And LESS >> for larger quantities. If larger quantities cost more, people >> would just >> ship consignments of one, wouldn't they? >> >> Work it out for yourself. >> >> John >> >> >> >> > After a certain point, it gets more expensive, not less. Which is > why we > use container ships rather than sending 40 ton containers by air > freight. > > > -Adam > > -- > 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

