[Elecraft] FS: K3/100, P3, KPA500, more...

[Vic Rosenthal]

You can pay by PayPal in US dollars and even add the commission fee if 
the seller requests. Who gets eaten alive by currency conversion is the 
buyer, not the seller.

With PayPal you have the same recourse regardless of the location of the 
buyer. And of course you can ask for payment in advance. Sure, in the US 
you can theoretically sue someone. Not practical for $2000.

It is the buyer that takes the risk of local problems, but if he wants 
to pay the premium for UPS or FEDEX, then he can bypass the local postal 
service.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 20 Aug 2015 20:31, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> On 8/20/2015 12:59 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> I also "don't get it". Especially those who specify "Continental
>> USA" or "Lower 48". Priority Mail to Hawaii or Alaska or even Puerto
>> Rico is just like that in the rest of the US.
>
> The seller here specified that he would pay standard surface shipping.
> Those costs are substantially higher to Alaska, Hawaii, and other US
> Territories.  I can understand a limitation with regard to shipping.
>
>  > Yes, International shipping is not difficult at all, just fill in the
>  > customs declaration.
>
> Customs declaration is only a small part of the issue ... most sellers
> will get eaten alive by currency fees and there is no easy recourse if
> something goes wrong in an international transaction.  It's one thing
> for me to ship a "care package" to my son in VE2 and entirely more of
> a risk to ship $2000 worth of goods somewhere in a "developing economy"
> - particularly ones that have histories of "postal issues."
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV