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Naming the Bags
If you want to ask about a particular bag, use the image name. The images all have names like "shop.12.bag.03.a.jpg" So I would call this particular item... shop.12.bag.03. Using the Jpg-derived name ought to avoid confusion.
Quoted Prices
Vietnam is a haggling society. Even when there are "price fixed" signs hanging in a shop, half the time they're not serious. I told the vendors that I was thinking an initial order would be 20 to 30 bags, of assorted types. When they gave me prices, I did not haggle. I just wrote down what they told me. It is probably possible to negotiate lower prices. The haggling has not happened yet.
Shipping
Some vendors handle shipping themselves, some do not. I have gotten quotes from two different companies.
Company One (don't know the name, Vendor 01 gave me these prices)
1 cubic meter
weight doesn't matter
$ 113.00 shipped to Baltimore
American Star Transport
americanstar-vn.com
Dimensions don't matter
Up to 250 kg.
$ 130.00 shipped to Baltimore
Why ship to Baltimore? It makes a significant difference which port gets used. Washington D.C. is EXPENSIVE. Other ports seemed to be in the same ballpark as Baltimore, some times 10 or 20 dollars more per cubic meter.
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