[Elecraft] This really bugs me

[Doug Person]

As I said, I weighed a similar, probably heavier kit, fully packed in a 
an official Priority Mail box on an official USPS scale - 8 ozs.
Doug -- K0DXV

On 5/25/2011 8:53 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> I'm not taking sides, just making a couple observations:
>
> - I could be wrong but my gut feeling is the AF1 weighs more than 3 oz. (14,
> probably not).  Also, it's not just the weight of the item, but the weight
> of the packaging too.
>
> - It may be reasonable for a company to charge more for shipping than the
> rate that USPS charges the company.  There are added costs such as people's
> time for processing/packaging/delivering/etc... these are real costs.
>
> We can say that they may subsidize these costs by marking up other items
> such as radios, but without knowledge of their business models, we really
> can't make accurate assumptions.
>
> Again I'm not taking sides, just sayin'
>
> --Andrew, NV1B
>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Doug Person<k0dxv at aol.com>  wrote:
>
>> Excuse the bandwidth and feel free to just hit delete if you don't want
>> to listen to me complain about your favorite company.
>>
>> I ordered an AF1 active filter mini-module from Elecraft.  Just
>> something fun to build and play with.  The price is $59.95.  OK, fine.
>> However, they won't ship it First Class even though their website say
>> First Class is fine for things up to 14oz.  I'm sure the AF1 weighs less
>> than 3 ounces.  First Class shipping for this little package would
>> probably be about $2.00 or less.
> ...
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