Did nobody get this or were they just scared to gravy it.o gnoes, I got double-teamed by the Osmonds!
Did nobody get this or were they just scared to gravy it.o gnoes, I got double-teamed by the Osmonds!
Dude, I immediatly made a "Double Lovin" reply. ffs . . . the road is long . . . . with many a winding TURDDid nobody get this or were they just scared to gravy it.
Sorry fly - I typed the shit below because I didn't process correctly. You were pondering the difference between a UPS turd truck and why UPS Freight can be so different. Yeah, I ordered $4k of glass last year, then realized I pulled the trigger before including a few items for the WIFE in the online process. The friendly voice on the phone was like" no problem - and by the way, Freight will save you $450." I was already committed to the money spent - more shopping, please.I just shipped 450 pounds of dildos into Amazon for $120. That's $0.27/pound. LTL would have been even cheaper. How the fuck do these shipping companies actually make money?
Bulk shipping, it adds up I think. I remember that stupid shipping wars TV show awhile back. It made sense for those private haulers to take on side jobs next to their big hauls to add extra money (I think those side jobs is where they made good profit).Everything but last mile shipping must be razor sharp margins. I mean, I can have 3-4 tons of merch shipped from China by boat for probably less than $600. None of it makes sense.
Just think - if you were shipping 160 lbs or more to someone domestically, you could cut the shipping $100 by going freight. On free-standing sites you(fine, me) set the flat rate shipping to not show on checkout until they hit weight, then it displays "if you select freight shipping you can now throw another $100 of merch in the cart for free". Sell them the freight at ground rate - none of their business that it's cheaper. To be fair . . you are giving(selling) them more dildos.Everything but last mile shipping must be razor sharp margins. I mean, I can have 3-4 tons of merch shipped from China by boat for probably less than $600. None of it makes sense.
Someone explained it to me that the Chinese want our American goods so much, they are willing to send containers at almost no cost, so they are available to be rotated and sent back for THEIR benefit. It's an insane system - using the "vin" that's painted on the containers, almost every viable container in the world, owned by anyone, sitting any fucking where, is supposed to be locatable. idk, I thought they were just shitboxes of steel and plywood.Everything but last mile shipping must be razor sharp margins. I mean, I can have 3-4 tons of merch shipped from China by boat for probably less than $600. None of it makes sense.
I sincerely doubt we are sending them *anywhere* near the volume they send us, which puts that theory right on its head.Someone explained it to me that the Chinese want our American goods so much, they are willing to send containers at almost no cost, so they are available to be rotated and sent back for THEIR benefit. It's an insane system - using the "vin" that's painted on the containers, almost every viable container in the world, owned by anyone, sitting any fucking where, is supposed to be locatable. idk, I thought they were just shitboxes of steel and plywood.
It's not about the volume, it's about the shortage of shipping containers moving various directions. Seriously, the Wall Street journal has ran articles on it at times. A few times when I was shipping bikes to EU we had to wait for one to be available, despite there being thousands of them stacked up in Detroit 25 miles away? Da fug!I sincerely doubt we are sending them *anywhere* near the volume they send us, which puts that theory right on its head.
The argument of "demand for American goods" things still makes no sense. There is an insane inequity between what China sends here, and what we send there. So if the Chinese were really offering cheap shipping so "they could get American shit shipped back" - they'd probably need 1/10th of the containers. That's a guess, as its probably much less.It's not about the volume, it's about the shortage of shipping containers moving various directions. Seriously, the Wall Street journal has ran articles on it at times. A few times when I was shipping bikes to EU we had to wait for one to be available, despite there being thousands of them stacked up in Detroit 25 miles away? Da fug!
It's a super tight market. Like I told ex'ange - really hard to find a slightly shit container for $800. It doesn't exist. But you can get a decent refurbished one for $1600+. It's a mob thing I swear to dog.
And no, you turned it backwards imo - because I agree we don't send them as much. That is a big part of their problem - they don't want to have to keep making containers, it's cheaper to just have them shipped there. Even empty.
They buy a lot of low dollar per square foot stuff off of us. Boat after boat full of containers, full of American wheat, rice, corn,etc. CHina is less than half liveable or farmable land. We could starve those pricks out in a few months.The argument of "demand for American goods" things still makes no sense. There is an insane inequity between what China sends here, and what we send there. So if the Chinese were really offering cheap shipping so "they could get American shit shipped back" - they'd probably need 1/10th of the containers. That's a guess, as its probably much less.
Also, I don't think the large shipping companies are Chinese anyway. Maersk is Danish.
kThey buy a lot of low dollar per square foot stuff off of us. Boat after boat full of containers, full of American wheat, rice, corn,etc. CHina is less than half liveable or farmable land. We could starve those pricks out in a few months.
Why do we care about who is the biggest? Other fuckers are getting a piece of the pie - Greeks, Brits, Norwegians, even India. FUcking INdia is one of the top scrappers of old boats and freighters. FInd a pie chart showing how big Maersk's slice is (Please, I STILL love you) before you shove that in my face with whip cream on it. Or did someone blow a seal?
It's late, I'm trying to shit and enjoy a beer and a bowl. Big planet, whole lot of shipping going on. I'll submit if it makes you happy.
Everywhere - dentist, dr. mortgage broker. Your time is shit, their time is money.Arrive for a morning job interview and they're running ten minutes late. Why is that okay but me turning up ten minutes late would be a no no? Not impressed!
It's not okay.Arrive for a morning job interview and they're running ten minutes late. Why is that okay but me turning up ten minutes late would be a no no? Not impressed!
You're a therapist, how can you be unaware of how power differentials work?Arrive for a morning job interview and they're running ten minutes late. Why is that okay but me turning up ten minutes late would be a no no? Not impressed!
I work actively to address such things. Like not keeping my clients waiting everYou're a therapist, how can you be unaware of how power differentials work?