[Elecraft] Elecraft Shipping time to UK

[John GM4SLV]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

> Can anyone give me an idea of the time is takes for goods to reach the UK?
> I'm away most of August and if Elecraft ship my K3 at end of July, it might
> just sit in Royal mail for 5 days, before I can get it - they will then
> return it to Elecraft :-)
> 

Further to the discussions surrounding ParcelFarce's treatment of 
incoming goods, and my only experience with them is through buying 
Elecraft bits, I'm having trouble on my latest purchase that I thought 
I'd share.

I ordered a KAT2 auto-atu kit on or around June 10th and got the usual, 
prompt and friendly email informing me that it shipped on June 11th. It 
still hasn't arrived in the UK, 16 days later.

Using the tracking number, supplied by Lisa, shows that it was last seen 
on 14th June whan it was marked "Left Origin Country". ParcelFarce's 
track & Trace shows it to be in status "Handed Over" whatever that 
means. I seem to remember previous packages show "Arrived at hub" and 
"Awaiting Customs clearance" etc, but I don't recall anyhting sitting at 
"Handed Over" for 13 days before.

Lisa reports that others are reporting missing/delayed parcels that were 
shipped on the 11th.

Is anyone else having this problem? Has anyone (UK or US) taken delivery 
of a parcel that shipped from Aptos on the 11th June?

Cheers,

John

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