Another way to read this is, "Never, ever have a free price point."
> When the Georgia Aquarium broke ground in 2005, UPS made a generous donation: at no cost, they offered their logistics and shipping services for whatever the facility needed.
Fair enough. I like it. So how did the aquarium reply:
>"we’d like to transport ... four whale sharks in Taipei and two beluga whales in Mexico to Atlanta".
There is no way UPS would have been shipping those whales at any reasonable (even discount) price point.
A charitable donation is not a "free price point", and I doubt a company like UPS didn't anticipate the possibility that the open-ended donation might be somewhat expensive.
logicallee|10 years ago
> When the Georgia Aquarium broke ground in 2005, UPS made a generous donation: at no cost, they offered their logistics and shipping services for whatever the facility needed.
Fair enough. I like it. So how did the aquarium reply:
>"we’d like to transport ... four whale sharks in Taipei and two beluga whales in Mexico to Atlanta".
There is no way UPS would have been shipping those whales at any reasonable (even discount) price point.
At least they got this article out of it!
ceejayoz|10 years ago
matthewmcg|10 years ago