[Elecraft] [K3] UPS as shipping option to the EU (was: K3 Shipping options to UK)

[dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de]

Hallo,

My white box (or in my case brown box) from Aptos arrived at 10:26 CET (09:26
UTC) on the 14th of November 2007, and appears to be undamaged. :)

Because the German Postal Service will not accept packages with a high insurance
value, I had to use UPS. The prices Lisa quoted for expedited and express were
almost the same, so I went with express (enough of the waiting thing). 

In less than 36 hours after shipping, my K3/100 kit was delivered to me at my
work place in Ismaning, Germany (very close to Munich). I did not have to pay
the driver the "Import Tax" - the 19% ersatz as VAT for imports here in DL. I
assume I will be getting a bill from UPS or customs for this. 

For about $200, UPS Express worked well for me. But the extra costs for VAT and
shipping are irksome to say the least.

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UPS Tracking:

All times are local !

ALLERSHAUSEN, DE 	
14/11/2007 	7:01 	IN TRANSIT

GARCHING, DE 	
14/11/2007 	5:33 	ARRIVAL SCAN

KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 	
14/11/2007 	4:38 	DEPARTURE SCAN
14/11/2007 	4:24 	DEPARTURE SCAN

KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 	
13/11/2007 	23:23 	IMPORT SCAN
13/11/2007 	22:06 	ARRIVAL SCAN

PHILADELPHIA, PA,  US 	
13/11/2007 	8:56 	DEPARTURE SCAN

KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 	
13/11/2007 	13:11 	REGISTERED WITH CLEARING AGENCY / 
                        SHIPMENT SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY
13/11/2007 	13:08 	PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. 
                        WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / 
                        RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. 
                        NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY

PHILADELPHIA, PA,  US 	
13/11/2007 	6:49 	ARRIVAL SCAN

LOUISVILLE, KY,  US 	
13/11/2007 	5:06 	DEPARTURE SCAN
13/11/2007 	3:15 	EXPORT SCAN
13/11/2007 	2:52 	EXPORT SCAN
13/11/2007 	2:06 	ARRIVAL SCAN

SAN JOSE, CA,  US 	
12/11/2007 	19:07 	DEPARTURE SCAN
12/11/2007 	17:53 	ARRIVAL SCAN

KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 	
13/11/2007 	2:53 	PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. 
                        WAITING FOR CLEARANCE

SANTA CRUZ, CA,  US 	
12/11/2007 	17:43 	DEPARTURE SCAN
12/11/2007 	17:10 	ORIGIN SCAN
12/11/2007 	16:09 	COLLECTION SCAN

US 	
12/11/2007 	18:39 	BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
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I wonder how I will get anything done today.

vy 73 de toby
-- 
DD5FZ (ex 4n6fz, dj7mgq, dg5mgq, dd5fz)
K2/10  #885
K2/100 #3248
K3/100 #??? (arrived, but unpacked)
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