John Weller wrote: > I did say *has* to charge - I appreciate you can't have the economies of > scale that somewhere like Amazon has. :-)
I hope I didn't come off as being defensive - just trying to explain what's going on behind the scenes. I think it's great that they can deliver books to folks overseas at a reasonable price compared to what we're stuck with. Now that we have the 'personal communicators' from Star Trek taken care of, it's time for some entrepreneur/rocket scientist to invent one of those transporter things so I can ship books to Europe/India for $1.37. :) Whil > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > >> John Weller wrote: >>> I'd not thought of that! I was referring to the rate Whil has >> to charge. >> >> When an overseas customer buys direct from us, our server sends an order >> to our warehouse, where a gal in jeans and a Packer's t-shirt puts a >> book in a box, prints out a UPS label, and then puts it into the UPS >> pile that they grab when they (UPS) picks up at 2 pm every day. Then >> that box gets individually sent overseas. >> >> Amazon owns a 747 that they send to Heathrow every evening, stuffed to >> the gills with all sorts of goodies. >> >> And once a month they send a boat overseas to stock Amazon.co.uk. >> >> That's why it's less expensive via Amazon... :) >> >> Whil >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
