I am very happy that my shipment has arrived. As with all shipments, there were difficulties, but this one went pretty well. The shipping company, XPO, called Wednesday as I had requested the shipper to contact me before delivery. They did not know to ship in a short truck and were going to send the pallets on a 53 footer, which would not have fit. I corrected that and Thursday they brought the load in.
The driver was very helpful; however, the pallets had been positioned by the loader in such a way that the driver and I had to pull them from where they were with my tractor and rope so he could get his pallet jack under them.
The condition of the product looked good but I have not opened and examined the panels yet because of timing and rain. I will do that in the next few days.
The panels were:
HT Solar 370W - HTM370MH3-60 (34 Modules)
Quantity: Pallet - 34 Modules
QTY 2
Cost on these works out to:
$3,881.84 panel cost, for which I get $77.64 back on my credit card. The breakout for this is:
- Subtotal
$3,522.40
- Shipping (Free Freight to Commercial Location (special services additional))
N/A
- Tax
$246.57
- Processing Fee
$112.87
- Total
$3,881.84
$297.43 shipping beyond local commercial dock, for which I get $5.95 back on my credit card.
Total cost when credit card pays back will be $3,881.84 + $297.43 - $77.64 - $5.95 = $4,095.68
This yields a cost per Watt of $4,095.68 / (68 x 370) = 16.3 cents per Watt.
So this is a good bit better than the original price from Rosen Solar in China would have been once I got those here. I am very happy so far and I think this was just good luck for me. Thank all commenters for their help in this matter.
HLB
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