[Elecraft] The tortuous road from Aptos to UK

[Nigel (Nidge) Smith]

Hi Stewart

It's not that unusual, unfortunately.  Last month I ordered the XG-3 from 
Elecraft.
It took just under two days to cross the Atlantic, then spent 10 days at 
HMC.  I called
Parcelfarce and they informed me that HMC is suffering from a backlog and 
low manning.

In Europe we probably feel a little remote from the Elecraft clan but I see 
that
there is apparently an Elecraft distributor in Europe:

http://www.qrp-shop.de

Regards

Nidge (G0NIG)

IO93dv

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stewart Rolfe
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:54 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] The tortuous road from Aptos to UK

Hello Brits,

A DVR for my K3 left Elecraft on the 6th of September en route for North 
Wales. It left the US on the 8th and 6 days later, after an email to 
Parcelforce, appeared on their tracking website as entering UK customs early 
on the 14th - and there it has remained ever since, apparently out of reach 
of Parcelforce to continue it's onward journey.

The helpful email from PF gave me an 0845 type phone number for HM customs 
but no doubt I'd end up spending ££s waiting in queues etc and 
'saynoto0870.com doesn't come up with a 'normal' STD number (which would be 
free on my mobile..) so I'm being patient. I can't help feeling this is all 
a bit much and wonder what others have experienced lately with Elecraft 
orders to the UK, or even the EU?


73,

Stewart, GW0ETF


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