[Elecraft] Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

[Merv Schweigert]

Thanks Jim,  you hit the nail on the head,  I had a hard time convincing 
one gent that the
postage stamp was good to Hawaii,  he thought mailing a envelope to here 
was even
higher priced.   Flat rate priority boxes are the same cost to any of 
the 50 states,  but
then I find also a lot of hams do not even know about flat rate boxes.

Merv K9FD/KH6   ex KH7C
> The problem, generally speaking, is ignorance.    In our case, sellers
> seem to be completely unaware that Alaska and Hawaii are part of the 50
> states.  They think we are a foreign country.  Some of them don't even
> understand that we use the same money!   We have all the same services,
> the post office goes everywhere,  standard US banks, Paypal, etc.
> Fedex and UPS have service to most locations (not so much in the true
> bush) including both air and ground delivery.
>
>
> It is actually easier to convince some people that I live in a 2-story
> igloo and mush a dog team to work, which they love to believe
> :-)           than the real facts, which are that I live in a 4200  Sq
> Ft  home of standard frame construction and drive an  Audi A8 on the
> freeway when I go shopping.    OK, the A8 is 12 years old, but still . .
> .   Heck, we got satellite TV , Starbucks, Gap stores, TGI Fridays, an
> IMAX theatre,  and even a Costco store or three.
>
>
> - Jim, KL7CC
>    Anchorage
>
>
>
> Phil Hystad wrote:
>    
>> One reason is that sending a package in CONUS (continental US) is a lot easier and generally cheaper then sending it to other countries or even to Alaska or Hawaii.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ray Spreadbury wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> I am intrigued, I've noticed that when various Elecraft rigs are offered for
>>> private sale on this forum they invariably say " Continental USA" only.
>>>
>>> Why...?
>>>
>>> We Europeans also have PayPal, Visa, Bank Transfers  etc etc so what's the
>>> problem please?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>      
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