[Elecraft] k3 no dealer in the UK WHY ?

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

One minor correction to Julian's posting.

What we have said in the past and still holds true, is that we will 
always offer direct sales from the factory to the UK and Europe. We have 
not ruled out the possibility in the future that we will authorize 
dealers in the UK and elsewhere for the K3, but we are not planning so 
at the moment. If it happens, it will be in addition to direct sales. 
(And I would expect that the dealer prices would be higher than the 
direct prices for the reasons stated by Simon, Toby and Julian.)

73, Eric   WA6HHQ
Elecraft

Julian G4ILO wrote:
> On 8/1/07, elan paim <elanpaim at btinternet.com> wrote:
>   
>> why there is no Dealer in the UK [let say it is any where ]
>>   Elecraft i think do not like to have any Dealer ? to order it from the US it will cost much
>>   with the vat tex etc ,so please elecraft do something .
>>   g0uut/dl9fcc
>>     
>
> Simon and Toby have given the reasons. It was also discussed in a
> thread a couple of months back (see the archives.) When Ten-Tec
> decided to authorize a UK dealer, it stopped accepting direct orders
> from the UK. Some of the products in the Ten-Tec line are not
> available from the UK dealer, and the prices of those that are, are
> considerably more expensive than they would be if ordered direct from
> the USA. We were reassured by Eric that Elecraft has no intention of
> appointing a dealer in the UK or anywhere else.
>
> There is no difficulty at all in ordering direct from the USA.
> Shipping just takes a bit longer, and you have to pay VAT to the
> postman on delivery.
>