[Elecraft] The tortuous road from Aptos to UK

[Ken Chandler]

Exceptional for  parcelfarce Geoff!
I note you picked it up which I think is the norm.
Back in 08, I purchased my k2/100 kit. Drove round trip of 100 odd miles to collect it, had to pay them £70 import duty( which is STILL not repaid) even though the commodity code was in plain view.
Since then all parcels have been by UPS
Hassle free and delivered to the door, the driver takes the hmc bit ie vat, job done.
Each to their own on this one Geoff, but one bitten, twice shy!
I'll stick with UPS, just for the service.

Ken..G0ORH.... K2, K3, P3, KPA500.
Elecraft, the rig of Dreams.

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On 18 Sep 2011, at 16:17, "Geoffrey Downs" <geoffreywd at madasafish.com> wrote:

> Yes but UPS is roughly double the cost of USPS for a KPA500, Ken. (UPS around $400)
> 
> At the end of July my KPA500 kit came here to West Yorkshire via USPS, Border Agency (HMC) and Parcelforce and I picked it up from Parcelforce Leeds Depot exactly 7 days after it left Elecraft. Not bad.
> 
> In this instance, unlike other shipments I've had from Elecraft, the Border Agency wrongly charged a small amount of Import Duty in addition to the expected VAT as apparently they do sometimes for no clear reason. I'm at present locked in discussion with them about reclaiming it which I'm told takes time. Even if I never get it back though, it will all cost a lot less than shipping by UPS.
> 
> 73 to all,
> 
> Geoff
> G3UCK
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Chandler
> 
> Guys
> Always go via UPS.
> My KPA 500 took just 4 days from CA to Thatcham, West Berkshire via UPS
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