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I;m curious how he ships out of China within 3-5 days at competitive rates. I've inquired with a lot of people, and there seems no way to avoid exuberant rates
by zhte415 11y ago
I;m curious how he ships out of China within 3-5 days at competitive rates. I've inquired with a lot of people, and there seems no way to avoid exuberant rates via air for very low weight shipping (less than 50kg), even via group-buy style agreements.
- dfox 11y agoI would assume that it is about volume. PCH is not exactly what one would call small startup.
- z2 11y agoThat's right, there's also really large supply of air freight, which tends to be obscured when small shippers get hugely inflated quotes. When you ship 40,000 boxes a day, those little boxes are bundled into giant pallets, most of which get shipped as belly cargo on passenger planes with excess space. A quick search shows trans-Pacific rates are quite reasonable these days! http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/drewry-air-cargo-rates-index-below-290-for-the-first-time.html http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/drewry-air...
- zhte415 11y agoExactly. At those wholesale rates, $3 per KG of cargo via air even with a few days delay is amazing in the possibilities it raises, from production to usage.