Mike's idea is brilliant. Corporate rates with DHL or Fedex are much lower than what you get as an individual. If your freight volume gets high enough then it becomes outright cheap. If Vcfed as an organisation could be the broker then it would work well and make some money for Vcfed. Of course it would also require staff to administer the scheme.
On Wed, 3 July 2024, 4:07 am Mike Katz via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Rather than trying a kind o fidonet like transportation system why don't > we work together to negotiate a rate with a national electronic > equipment mover. > > Maybe through the ausipices of an existing non-profit organization like > the VCFED or maybe an organization of museums. > > Good luck. > > On 7/2/2024 12:33 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:27 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > wrote: > > > >> A lot of us have storage spaces and we could all possibly work together > to > >> create a FIDONET of shipping vintage computer items from one node to the > >> next. I know it's probably in practice impractical on a large scale > >> perhaps but theoretically this might be a nice way to get items slowly > and > >> cheaply from point A to point B (via several less expensive hops). > >> > >> Bill > >> > > This is something I've thought about from time to time. It can more > > readily be accomplished today with the increased interest and > participation > > in this hobby: there are a lot more collectors out there now across the > > entire USA and Canada. > > > > Sellam > >
