Quick update:?
I received the initial single quantity quote yesterday. The good news -- it is indeed $300 but the entire unit, which includes the crating/palette, weighs something like 77kgs! As a result, the freight itself is very high - they quoted $670 to my part of the country, using air freight -- which is the bad news. I'm not a shipping/logistics expert but the use of ocean freight for a small less than container load would be even more expensive, so they recommended using air freight. This brings the total to just shy of $1000, which is high in my opinion.?I collected our interest and replied back asking for a consolidated quote for 4 sets combined into one palette, so in theory that could shave off some cost. Once I receive the updated numbers, I will share.
I wasn't expecting to organize a group buy and because of the weight, I think it would present some cost challenges for folks not close to the SF Bay Area and logistics challenges in terms of distribution. So at this point, it's not looking great given we all wanted to "experiment" with a low cost option.?
Sang Luu