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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Right, but from the point of view of Kleenex that makes the freight costs more expensive. They ship 450lbs of kleenex and pay the same cost as a much heavier item going the same place.
Maybe the other way to say that is the value density is low. Ie that pallet of industrial equipment probably sells for a lot more than a pallet of Kleenex, but it costs the same to ship.
So shipping it across the continent makes it harder to make money.
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Yep, sorry I was agreeing with you. Just adding more context from within the industry.