[Elecraft] my Algerian's K3...

[Bruce McLaughlin]

OH my Gosh!  That's enough to make a grown man cry!  I hope you eventually
get your hands on it.

Bruce-W8FU

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of OK1DF
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:40 PM
To: webform at b4h.net; Elecraft Reflector
Cc: Pavel Čmel; PŮBALOVÁ Helena; sousedka; Slavomír Zeler;
Vladimir.Sladek at cnb.cz; radioclub at seznam.cz
Subject: [Elecraft] my Algerian's K3...

On 21st January, Algerian customs office informed me about the K3 delivery.
Hurray!  Immediately, I started 
the usual process to get the entrance permission. However, even after two
months I didn't get any 
response from the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.After innumerable
calls, reminders and official 
diplomatic notes, I finally got a reply: There is no parcel for you! What?!
Luckily, I still had the parcel 
delivery confirmation in my hands. Then it took the Ministry "only" 3
further reminders to inform me that 
they are just waiting for the PTT statement. If you are expecting happyend
now, you are wrong. A week ago, the 
customs sent me a message saying the time limit for submitting all the
necessary documents was up and 
therefore the parcel was going to be shipped back to the
USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Could the parcel be re-shipped to
OK instead? 
Impossible! Yes, the outcome of all this is that I paid US $130 at customs
today and my longed-for K3 (not even did I see it!) is on its way back to
USA. 

Welcome to Algeria...¨

But, I'm still happy for the  7X licence ......

73!

Frantisek
OK1DF/7X0RY

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