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

[EP Swynar]

Hi Dave,

Wow...!

That's some pretty serious dough-ray-me for shipping, but as you say, it was
all honest & up front, and --- I guess! --- merely a sad sign of things to
come as gasoline prices continue their climb to ever-more stellar heights
(meanwhile, I get WEEKLY notifications of price reductions / special
discount days / ad nauseam from eBay, as they attempt to re-coup what surely
must be declining business as a result of all this)...

Ultimately, we ALL know to whom the higher gas expenses will be passed onto,
don't we...? Hi Hi.

I found not too many months ago that U.P.S. & the post office are VERY
competitive, price-wise, in shipping to the U.S. from Canada --- at least
for a 1950's ARRL HANDBOOK at the time...however, the post office doesn't
levy any BROKERAGE FEES onto the recepient, like the commercial carriers do
(thankfully!).

Years ago I got a close-out deal for an internal keyer for my Yaesu
FT-980 --- $49.50! --- from a dealer in Texas...unfortunately, this dealer
elected to ship via U.P.S. Imagine my disappointment when I had to pay the
MINIMUM $25.00 brokerage fee to the carrier upon receipt --- HALF the value
of the doggone keyer itself!

I vowed from that point on to NEVER use the commercial guys on any
cross-border transactions, either way...I'm sure they'd do the same to guys
in the States getting things shipped to them from Canada.

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hollander" <n7rk at cox.net>
To: "EP Swynar" <gswynar at durham.net>
Cc: "WØQFC" <erastber at tampabay.rr.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>;
<FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>; "forsale-swap"
<forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re: [Heathkit] DX-35 parts needed


> Hi Eddie - $200 was the actual cost. I already had an HRO-5, speaker,
> coils and doghouse power supply so I weighed and did the actual costs.
> He was not inflating anything. Keep in mind that the items mentioned
> took three boxes, not one. He did use UPS and that is where I looked up
> the costs. Perhaps it may have been cheaper with the postal system. I
> don't know. I ship a lot to VE and I only use the post office.
>
> I had bought from this VE3 before and he was a very honest seller.
>
> On a DX-35 however, any savings on the transmitter could be eaten up by
> the across the border shipping costs.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave N7RK
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