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==What is the price of an XO?== |
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About 213$ Total(2012)= 164€. We can only give an approximative price. These XO's are made in Taiwan and all info is expressed in USA $. With the differences in exchange rate, I can only give a directive price. On top of that, I struggle with an eventual additional cost to be taken into account for compensating the organization that will take he final responsability. I mean, we can't leave a container with 6.000 XO's with an open door standing somewhere at the Custom's in Brussels International Shipping Area and have them being disturbed every so many hours by a flok of people that want to come take some XO's out of that container. Someone has to reception the people at the entrance and then go get them out of the container.--[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 17:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC) |
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# 213$ Total(2012)= 164€ |
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## = 209$ Cost FOB(2012) |
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## + 4$ Cost Freight/XO (2012) |
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# xxx$ Duties and Taxes |
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# 20 foot container holds 3.000 pieces = 10 pallets of XO's. Gross Weight: 5,750 KG. Units come in boxes of 5 laptops each. |
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40 foot container holds 6.000 pieces of XO's. |
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This info comes from [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=XO-1.75&diff=prev&oldid=271005#Cost_Price_and_shipping_volumes_20_foot_container_and_40_foot_container Cost Price and shipping volumes 20 foot container and 40 foot container] |
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==Why can't I order an XO at OLPC directly?== |
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OLPC is a registered not for profit supporting an [[Open Community Project]], aligning with [[MDG2]]. It thrives on the free energy, competences, etc. that individuals and organizations from all over the planet can make available for this purpose. |
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In the earlier years, the not for profit OLPC had just the combination of paid staff and volunteers that could manage to explain the value of the XO in attaigning [[MDG2]] along [[Agenda21]] to people and especially the Ministers of Education and alike of developing countries where the XO's are to add most value in kids and families'lives. There were no resources to pick up phonecalls from people asking if they could buy one laptop and deal with the whole customer aftersales people would expect. |
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Anno 2011, now that a couple of countries have a 100% roll out of XO's with all their kids, the team at OLPC that is dealing with orders and shipping and organisation seem ready to accept orders of ORGANIZED individuals that group themselves and place 1 GROUP ORDER of immediately and minimum 1 container of XO's. A 20 foot container contains 3.000 XO laptops and a 40' container 6.000. |
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DO NOT CALL OLPC FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS THIS IS REGARDED AS YOU DISTRACTING THEM FROM THEIR CORE MISSION, i.e. TAKING IN ORDERS FROM COUNTRIES THAT DID GET IT AND ORDER AS A GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY MULTIPLES OF CONTAINER LOADS OF XO'S. |
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Herewith the options to get an XO: |
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* If you are an organisation that needs them for demo, you can borrow a limited number at OLPC Europe. OLPC Europe has a stock of betwee 50 to 100 XO's. An organization can also buy one at 250€. |
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* Move to another country where there is 100% XO deployment. However much you may regret not being able to order an XO for your own school or kids, rather consider moving to anohter country where citizens did elect a government that agrees that XO's for ALL their kids are a thing to go for, than to start distracting the OLPC dpt that deals with shipping and orders ! |
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* Build capacity around OLPC, MDG2 and Agenda21, in such a way that you can convince the minister of education in your country to buy XO's for all kids in your country. If the minister doesn't want to do that and if you cannot move to another country where there is 100% XO deployment, you will have to organize yourself and build capacity untill you can convince the minister or put your minister of education in place who will place the |
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* GROUPED ORDER: Make a binding list with people and organisation that engage themselves to order - together - at least 1 container load of XO laptops. A 20 foot container contains 3.000 XO laptops and a 40' container 6.000. |
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--[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 15:13, 10 June 2012 (UTC) |
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==Why Brussels?== |
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We hope to attaign not only people living in Belgium, but rather in a larger region around Brussels: Paris, Köln, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp are within an hour or two of Brussels by High Speed Train. Brussels is the Capital Region for certainly Western Europe if not the EU-25. Brussels is a central point for a densily populated region around it and in a region referred to as the Blue Banana. The Blue Banana holds about 70% of the muscle power of Western Europe and stretches from the Par of Ireland, West Midlands, London, Antwerp and the Schelde River and Albert Channel (used to rebuild Western Europe after the second World War, Rotterdam, the Rhine River, following the Rhine, over the Grand Duché of Luxembourg, Switserland and curving down to North Italy. Further Brussels has a seaharbor, customs transit zone, so the container can be unloaded there. Brussels is easy to reach by car, high speed train, possibly people can combine it with a visit to this UNESCO World Heritage town or an EU or High Level event that's relevant to them, e.g. GreenWeek, the EU Sustainable Development Days, the EU Sustainable Energy Week.--[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 17:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC) |
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== What organisation takes up final responsability? == |
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## to pay OLPC |
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## to find out the right party to unload the container from the shp and pay them |
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## to find out the right party where people can come and pick up their XO from the container? |
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## Not found yet. Candidates to be contacted: |
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### the not for profit from where spin-out the tabbled.com ? |
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