What does the shipping term FOB mean?

[motolog]

Can anyone help please?

 

[notfred]

Fresh Off Boat

 

[iamme]

Fear our birds

 

[So]

freshly obliterated box

 

[Eli]

Free on Board.

 

[rudeguy]

found on bridge

 

[BuMMiE]

FOB=Free On Board

There are two types....FOB Shipping Point and FOB Destination. Shipping Point is when the Buyer pays for shipping and the ownership is the carrier's while Destination is the opposite.

 

[gopunk]

i <3 fobbiness

 

[notfred]

I wonder how much this thread has helped the original poster.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: notfred
I wonder how much this thread has helped the original poster.

That's what I was wondering.. LOL!

 

[BlueWeasel]

LOL! --> Fresh Off Boat.....Found On Bridge....

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: notfred
I wonder how much this thread has helped the original poster.

well the right answer did show up

 

[Eli]

In all seriousness, It really does mean Free On Board.

 

[yellowperil]

It's free on board like said above. If I recall correctly it's the point where the transaction is agreed to take place so after that point the seller is no longer liable for what happens during shipping (or something).

 

All this time I thought it was Fat Old Bitch, guess I have to get a new pet name for my girlfriend.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Roger
All this time I thought it was Fat Old Bitch, guess I have to get a new pet name for my girlfriend.

:Q

Bah! I want the old smilies back!

It just isn't the same.

 

[notfred]

Edit: i never saw "shipping" in the title until now.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: BuMMiE
FOB=Free On Board

There are two types....FOB Shipping Point and FOB Destination. Shipping Point is when the Buyer pays for shipping and the ownership is the carrier's while Destination is the opposite.

Isn't FOB actually "Freight on Board"?

 

[yellowperil]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: yellowperil
It's free on board like said above. If I recall correctly it's the point where the transaction is agreed to take place so after that point the seller is no longer liable for what happens during shipping (or something).

Unless you're talking about immigrants, in which case it's Fresh Off Boat, indicating someone who jsut got to this country and doesn't really understand the culture or what's going on.

True, true

 

[Mill]

Fresh out of Beer.

 

[motolog]

thanks, its a little ironic, i'm a fob asking what fob means

 

[Yossarian]

I have also been told that it means 'freight on board' from purchasing people.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: notfred
Edit: i never saw "shipping" in the title until now.

hmm...just noticed that notfred has nef in his name...coincidence? i think not

 

[motolog]

i thought it had the word freight in it..

 

[kmac1914]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: BuMMiE
FOB=Free On Board

There are two types....FOB Shipping Point and FOB Destination. Shipping Point is when the Buyer pays for shipping and the ownership is the carrier's while Destination is the opposite.

Isn't FOB actually "Freight on Board"?

Nah, he's right. We just finished covering this very topic in my Accounting class. I've only actually seen it in a wholesalers' catalog IRL though.

EDIT: Woohoo! My 400th post wasn't a (completely) useless nef!