[Elecraft] Shipping to Europe

[Nick Waterman]

Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
>> This is to advise you that your order shipped November 14,  2005.
> 
> Shipped using standard US air mail to Switzerland it was waiting for me 
> at the post office this morning, just four days after Pam sent it. US 
> air mail was the cheapest option and IMHO could not be bettered.

My K2/100/KSB2/KAT100/minimods were ordered late on the 14th, UPS had 
them late on the 15th, they're currently in "DERBY, GB" and their target 
date is Monday... so probably an extra 1 working day later ordered and 
delivered. Not bad.

I've heard bad things about ParcelFarce (who do the UK leg of standard 
airmail) incorrectly charging duty and taking 3 or 4 months to refund 
it, so I figured I'd rather pay UPS a bit to get it right rather than 
ParcelFarce a lot to get it wrong.

I might try airmail for my next order though - sounds as though speed 
difference is negligible, so you've just got to do the odds on incorrect 
duty payments.

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