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It's the same people that put on one of the "Big 3" shows in Tucson so you never know.
I kinda wonder what it costs to fly "rocks" to Hawaii from the Mainland.
It's the same people that put on one of the "Big 3" shows in Tucson so you never know.
I kinda wonder what it costs to fly "rocks" to Hawaii from the Mainland.
Matson.
I once had a theory that the vendors in Tucson would be more willing the deal on the last day of the show to avoid shipping their rocks back home. Come to find out, most of them don't ship home. They just store them in Tucson for next year. I understand storage is cheap.
I'm sure Matson is cheaper than air, but it ain't cheap. We looked into moving our "stuff" here via container. Instead we sold a little, gave away a lot and dumped the rest. MUCH cheaper.
Matson only handles full container loads. You would want to use a freight forwarder unless you plan on buying tons and tons of rocks...LOL.
I thought we were talking about the vendors. They mostly deal in full containers.
In '07, we looked at a full container (door to door) about 5000 miles was going to be about $8K. I'm guessing that's 50% higher by now though I have no data or site. Just know that sending stuff to Hawaii over water has gotten out of hand of late. YMMV
In 2014 it cost me $5837.62 to ship a 20 ft container door-to-door from Tucson Arizona to Kona Hawaii. My understanding is that the price is similar now. A 40 ft container would not have been double, only $1000 more roughly. At the time Matson charged me about $1750 to ship a vehicle to Hawaii from Tucson.
Wow. I would not have guessed there are many people who would "up and move to Hawaii, fully furnish their apartment with brand-new furniture, change their minds a few months later, abandon all their new purchases, and head back to the mainland much poorer" !I know it was all new because the family BEFORE the family selling it bought all new - and then left everything with the apartment 4 months later. Not sure what they charged the next family, but probably next to nothing as they just up and moved "home." So from purchase to selling (two families in a row) was 28 months.
Wow. I would not have guessed there are many people who would "up and move to Hawaii, fully furnish their apartment with brand-new furniture, change their minds a few months later, abandon all their new purchases, and head back to the mainland much poorer" !
You would think they'd research things a bit more carefully so they had some confidence they'd want to stay.
DrRoy, thanks for the update in the BTD thread! It inspired me to look up the gem & mineral shows again, and there is a new one in our state even closer to us, in March, when we can go! (The one that was on the schedule earlier is taking place when we're on vacation out of state, so I had given up for this year.)
If anyone on the board is going to the one at the Montgomery County (MD) fairgrounds in March, feel free to PM me!
So, anyone have any tips for a noob? I know I can haggle, not to act too interested, and that being willing to walk away is the best leverage. I'm only looking to spend a few hundred to start, although maybe into the low 4 figures, but I figure I should start slow.
Wow. I would not have guessed there are many people who would "up and move to Hawaii, fully furnish their apartment with brand-new furniture, change their minds a few months later, abandon all their new purchases, and head back to the mainland much poorer" !
You would think they'd research things a bit more carefully so they had some confidence they'd want to stay.
I've said in other threads, Hawaii can be a tough place to live. I won't list the reasons but a lot of people move here thinking it is like the mainland with tropical weather. But many things do not function well here and it can be very frustrating for many to the point that they abandon their plans once reality sets in. I love it here. But there is a lot I just have to put up with.
That's remarkable! I've never seen a trilobite more than a couple of inches long, and that's a beautiful specimen.
I posted in BTD, but here are some acquisitions so far.
The trilobite is about 12 in long.
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Be careful with that selenite. If you live in an area with high humidity it may literally melt away after just a few years. You may want to install it in a sealed enclosure with desiccant. I lost a beautiful citrine to humidity after about 3 years in Hawaii.
The crystal cluster is quartz.
Be careful with that selenite. If you live in an area with high humidity it may literally melt away after just a few years. You may want to install it in a sealed enclosure with desiccant. I lost a beautiful citrine to humidity after about 3 years in Hawaii.