IHUK - A day in the life of….

[Giles]

The largest shipment we have ever had from Japan is 60 * 20kg cartons (that was last week).  Today Sarina, Yasu and the Kojima crew, shipped us 97 cartons, UPS Kojima had to pick up in 2 batches as their truck maxes out at 45 of our cartons

[Fadez]

Mo Money Mo Problems… but these are the good kind of problems!

[Giles]

Here's the first 47 cartons being loaded….

[goosehd]

@Giles Remember how you used to operate out of one room in the house…

[Giles]

I remember getting my first set of racking…...Prior to that the stuff just used to sit on the floor in the smallest bedroom in the house....

[goosehd]

Here's an oldie but a goodie…

[Giles]

That's my fishing room, that's when we had moved down to the basement because a friend said to me.  "What the fuck are you doing humping all those cartons up to the top floor, only to bring them down late in the day in smaller packages?"

Yet another light-bulb moment….

[mclaincausey]

It's been fun to watch this success story unfold. IHUK already had some momentum by the time I was paying attention, but a lot has happened over the past decade. Kudos to @Giles and family for having a vision, taking a risk, and working for the reward, and for building an excellent crew and running the business with intelligence and integrity.

[Giles]

That is very touching @mclaincausey , Thank you.  G

[Giles]

Some of today's "small" delivery…....We had 2 dedicated UPS trucks today - this is the first truckload.....

[dinobarnesberlin]

Looks promising :))
By chance any lefty’s in that bunch ?

[Giles]

[dinobarnesberlin]

????

[Giles]

Re:Zero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:Zero_−_Starting_Life_in_Another_World

It's just the "zero" bit that is relevant….

[dinobarnesberlin]

Ha— as in a big fat zero ️
Ok— I gotcha:)

[Chris]

Two UPS trucks? You keep up with this kind of volume and they're going to have to just bring in an 18 wheeler for your deliveries. Though I shudder to think of a big rig trying to navigate the streets around IHUK…

[Jett129]

I’m trying to imagine what the shipping cost for that shipment is,and if it’s at least $100 a box,that’s $9700. Am I even close?

[Kasi]

Nope, cost more the price has soar since the COVID-19…

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[Giles]

@Jett129:

I’m trying to imagine what the shipping cost for that shipment is,and if it’s at least $100 a box,that’s $9700. Am I even close?

More like USD20,000

[Jett129]

WOW…That really sounds like a lot. Thanks for putting it into perspective for me.