[Elecraft] The tortuous road from Aptos to UK

Ken Chandler g0orh at sky.com
Sun Sep 18 10:20:15 EDT 2011


Guys
Always go via UPS.
My KPA 500 took just 4 days from CA to Thatcham, West Berkshire via UPS


Ken..G0ORH

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On 18 Sep 2011, at 13:40, "Nigel \(Nidge\) Smith" <nig_smith at o2.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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