[Elecraft] Private sales of used Elecraft Rigs

[Phil Kane]

On 6/3/2011 3:06 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:

> Recently I ordered a Tablet PC from Amazon, and was surprised
> that they shipped it via USPS.  What I can't figure out is the
> reason that it's scheduled to take until next Wednesday to get
> here from the Seattle area.  When Amazon has shipped books from
> Seattle previously, they took two business days to arrive,
> whether via USPS or UPS.

  Some shippers are now using a hybrid method where UPS sends the
  shipment to a regional USPS distribution center and you then
  get it via USPS. (Forgot the nickname of the service.)

  The absurd situation that I experienced was that using the UPS
  Tracking site I tracked a shipment sent on a Union Pacific RR
  Z-train (hotshot UPS container train) from Los Angeles right
  through Portland (OR) on the way to the Regional Center in
  Kent, WA - across the state near Seattle - and then the USPS
  brought it back to Portland for delivery.  Added three days to
  the shipment versus off-loading the container at UPS Portland
  and out for delivery the next morning along with all the other
  UPS stuff destined for Portland on that train.

  --- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
      Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

      From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
      Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon