[Elecraft] K3/100 #137 has arrived in Toronto Canada

[Gary Bartlett VE1RGB]

Hi, Tony:

    Congrats on your new rig!  You will be very pleased, I am sure.

    For the record, I think the marking of Elecraft boxes for shipment to 
Canada has been sorted out.  The same thing happened to me and I followed up 
with Lisa after I got mine out of Canada Customs.  The most recent package I 
got from Aptos did have the requisite "Amateur Radio" text on there, and no 
problem this time.  Elecraft is aware of the problem and has fixed it, best 
I can tell.

    73,
    Gary, VE1RGB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Fegan VE3QF" <jafegan at rogers.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Lisa Jones - Elecraft Sales" <sales at elecraft.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:33 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3/100 #137 has arrived in Toronto Canada


> Factory assembled K3/100 was ordered 1 May 2007.
> Received 21 Dec in Toronto Canada.
>
>    It was shipped 19 Dec by "UPS Worldwide Express" and was held up in 
> customs for a few hours and thus missed its scheduled delivery (20 Dec). 
> It seems that this customs officer had assumed that " "VE3QF" was a 
> business and that there should be some duty charged.
>     I explained to UPS (the broker) that it was a shipment to a private 
> person and the contents consisted of "Amateur radio equipment". I also 
> quoted a customs tariff number (8527.39.10.00). That may be an old number 
> but in the end the K3 was cleared. I did not see any reference to "Amateur 
> radio equipment" or any customs declaration form on the box. This could 
> have been removed by customs but usually a copy is kept with the shipment. 
> I unfortunately don't have much experience with customs clearance.
>
>    I would suggest that the call-sign be put after the name and not on a 
> separate line. For Canada the key words are "Amateur radio equipment". 
> This means duty free.
>
>    The radio was double boxed and arrived in perfect condition. First 
> impression is very positive and definitely worth the wait. I had good 
> reports on our 10M net.
>
>    My thanks to the Elecraft team. Merry Christmas and a successful New 
> Year.
>
> 73
>    Tony Fegan VE3QF
>
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