[Elecraft] Elecraft in England

Fri Apr 9 17:10:44 2004

This was my experience too !

Buying from Elecraft is much cheaper then buying via QRP project !!!!!!

73's - Freek - K2 #4037 (direct via Elecraft HI)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "res04nyt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft in England

Further to Tony's note, I was tempted to buy my K2 from Berlin.

I have bought from the QRP Project group in the past and the pluses are

NO DUTY
NO VAT (already paid in Germany)
You send no money - you pay after you receive the goods!  This is
unique in my experience.

BUT ... Do your sums carefully.  I found it was considerably cheaper to buy
direct from Elecraft even after allowing for postage ($80 in my case) and
VAT (there should be no duty to pay if Elecraft complete the customms
declaration correctly, which they do).

For example, even after their January price re-alignment the QRPProject
price for a bare K2 is 750 euros.  At todays rate 0.658 this equals �493.50.

A K2 from the USA costs $599 + $55 postage (USPS) This equates to �355 at
current exchange rate.  Add VAT and this equals �417.18.  That's �80 less,
which can pay for an SSB kit if you wish.

OK, when you pay by credit card you won't get the best rate but that will
apply to both pound to dollar and pound to euro transactions.

I recommend buying direct from California.  And, if you are lucky (as some
are) you may not even have to pay the VAT!!!

Phil G8JQH

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