[Boatanchors] Re: [Heathkit] DX-35 parts needed

[EP Swynar]

Hi Dave,

TWO-HUNDRED DOLLARS for mailing a radio...?! That's incredible...

But tell me something first: did you actually confirm that it did, really &
truly, cost an honest-to-goodness two hundred bucks by taking a look at the
dollar price that's automatically printed by the Canadian post office on the
postage "meter" stamp they affix onto the RH top corner of the parcel...?
(They do this at the time that the parcel is first given to them for
processing.)

Or were you (possibly) the victim of the proverbial "...shipping plus
HANDLING" scam that prevails upon both sides of the border...?

Case in point: I recently mailed FOUR HC-6/U crystals to a Ham in the States
for the princely sum of $1.35 in postage --- by comparison, an American
fellow on eBay quoted the mailing price to me of a SINGLE HC-6/U crystal as
being $19.90...! When I protested, he "corrected" himself --- just $9.90,
sorry!

Yeah, right...it's guys like that who give cross-border radio sales such a
bad name.

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hollander" <n7rk at cox.net>
To: "WØQFC" <erastber at tampabay.rr.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>;
"forsale-swap" <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re: [Heathkit] DX-35 parts needed


> Hi Gene - just thought I would remind you, if you buy from Canada, the
> shipping costs may kill you.
>
> I got a deal on an HRO-5 and accessories a few years ago and forgot to
> take shipping into account. I was close to $200 for shipping from Canada.
>
> So much for NAFTA.
>
> The HFS looks great. Did you get my e-mail? How did you repaint the PW
dial?
>
> 73,
>
> Dave N7RK
> -- 
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> Dave  N7RK          Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk
> Phoenix, Arizona         *DXCC Honor Roll*    *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB*
>
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>
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