"Joe" wrote in message
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On Sep 21, 4:14 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
It's the dawn of the new age of sail.

It's the dawn of stupidity, I'm afraid. Consider the following:

So you're selling it on E-Bay? And it's really great coffee. . .

E-bay and at ellagocoffee.com. What's wrong with a public auction?
How better to reach the masses? Will sell of craigslist as well.

Then ask yourself what's the use of shipping it up to Houston when
you
could sit on your boat in Ambergris and Fed Ex it from Ambergris at
not
much more cost than from Houston?

Sorry, check out the shipping rates from Belize..10lbs 99 dollars..1
lb 10 dollars and that is from the mainland. Regardless it's is the
manner in which it is shipped Wilbur. Commerce and trade use more fuel
than mfg. If we can reduce the fuel use in trade we can reduce one of
the worlds major sources of oil consumption. Would you rather pay a
large oil burning freighter the major portion of that 9 bucks a
pound.. or a sailor who can get it to market faster?

Doh! Your customers will pay the
freight anyway and I doubt they balk at a little more for shipping.

I can not cure the whole worlds dependence on oil, but I can take a
step towards reducing the dependence in one step in the process. I
hope my model of eco-friendly sustainable transport catches on that
any sailor in the future will have a pollution free sky to see the
star, to which he can helm a great sailing ship towards.

Besides, you can probably avoid the state sales tax issue
altogether and
this would offset the extra shipping.

We will sell it local and ship it.

Check out the Fed Ex or UPS rates and you'll see the folly of your
venture. They can ship it cheaper than you can. I hope this helps.

How do you know what it's going to cost me to ship it on RedCloud?
What if it cost more? Are you not willing to spend an extra dime to
help a fellow sailor and the planet? You may not be Wilbur, but I'm
betting that many will be.

Joe


Shipping it on Red Cloud will end up being more expensive than you think
provided you pay the crew a fair wage (on the books) even if the wage
isn't really collected. And you and I both know you can't count on
anything but headwinds on the return trip that time of year. You'll end
up burning lots of diesel. But, it's possible you might beat the
prevailing winds and get a sailing window. Have you researched the pilot
charts for that time of year?

Well, there IS such a thing as a niche market and coffee seems to be a
good way to go as there are lots of greenies sipping with a pinky stuck
out who identify with coffee. Starbucks sure has cashed in on thousands
of dumb liberals who are willing to pay three or four bucks for a cup of
latte.

I wish you well but I hope you've got a brain for marketing. Maybe the
Mermaid is sharp there.

Wilbur Hubbard