2010/4/25 Kenny Duffus : > On Friday 23 Apr 2010 10:18:10 Jos Poortvliet wrote: >> maybe if it would be 3 cm shorter it would ship 20% cheaper so I think >> we should base our decision on shipping costs: what would be most >> economical, what is acceptable to ship around all the time? >> We should try and keep the weight of the box (including content) below 31,5kg. Shipment would be €14 within Germany and €40 within EU using DHL, which is the least expensive company I could find. Above 31,5kg its getting really expensive. Remember, the 70kg-box, we have right now costs around €90 within Germany. So I'm trying to come up with a flight case that has a max weight of 14kg, so 17kg are left for the content. > weight will always have to be a compromise on protecting the contents and how > much replacing the contents cost. for instance if the breakable contents of a > box cost €500 but by using a lighter box we save €100 shipping in each > direction.... also to look at it the difference in cost of lighter cases with > that in mind But there is no use in saving shipping costs, if the technical equipment arrives at a booth broken and cannot be repaired there. Torsten -- Torsten Thelke KDE e.V. Linienstr. 141 10115 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 (0) 30 2023 7305 1 Fax: +49 (0) 30 2023 7305 9 KDE e.V. is a German Verein registered at the Amtsgericht Tübingen (VR1301). Its president is Cornelius Schumacher. For more information please see http://ev.kde.org, and http://kde.org/ _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.