[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
Sent from my iPhone
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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