[Elecraft] Elecraft Sales service

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Until recently we were unable to ship more expensive items like K3s via 
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to many countries because the USPS (or the 
local postal service in the destination country) would NOT insure above 
$500. This is still the case in Germany and a few other countries due to 
restrictions on that end. 

Fortunately we have recently found a way to use a combination of USPS 
insurance and insurance from an on-line shipping company that works with 
the USPS (Endicia) to insure K3s shipped via USPS at the full amount to 
most Eu and other countries (outside of Germany). For Germany UPS is 
still most common shipping method.

The reason UPS appears more expensive than USPS in some cases is because 
UPS does not offer the slower USPS style shipment methods for packages 
to Europe. All of the UPS shipment options are 'express'. Those prices 
are close to the USPS express prices. We also have found that the end to 
end tracking on UPS is much better than USPS.

We are always looking for alternate methods of shipping around the 
world. Feel free to email sales at elecraft.com directly with any 
suggestions. Also, Katie, Lisa and Madelyn are very friendly and 
knowledgeable in this area. They work extremely hard to ship via the 
best possible method to each customer. Feel free to correspond with them 
if you have any questions on your shipping method.

73,
Eric   WA6HHQ
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