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

[Edward R Cole]

Right, Don!

If someone does not want to sell something to Alaska - its simple - I 
will not buy it (because they will not sell it to me - even when I 
pay the shipping). I still get ignorant questions like do we use US 
currency and do they need a passport to visit (AK became the 49th 
state of the US in 1959...duh).  I do not live in an igloo and rub 
noses with my wife - either!

Regarding sales to other countries that is something the individual 
will have to decide.  I sell assembled DEMI kits world-wide (if the 
buyer can pay for the shipping).  95% of my transactions are via 
PayPal that automatically converts money into US funds (probably a 
charge but its buried in their std fee). I have had a couple hams 
from EU desire to pay with electronic transfer of funds but that is 
charged a monetary conversion fee.  My CU does not do wire transfers 
so that required me to open a bank account in a bank offering this 
service (which cost me a opening fee).  I did one sale that way 
(FT-847 for $1000 to Greece), but the buyer paid for all fees 
including International Priority Mail.  It took a month to arrive - 
but he was happy with the purchase.

It is quite expensive to ship to UK/EU from the US.  DEMI 
transverters ship in the US Priority Mail for $11.80 (medium 
flat-rate box) and I add $9 for $500 insurance.  To EU the same 
box+insurance cost $76.50.  Don't even ask about UPS/Fedex.  So I 
understand reluctance by UK/EU buyers to pay the shipping, but they 
face paying 17% Value Tax in EU-Union for products originating there.

I use on-line USPS shipping which charges my PayPal and I get to 
print the prepaid label for my package.  So all I have to do is drop 
off the package at the PO (no waiting).  Customs forms are generated 
at the same time I fill out the postage and shipping info.  In some 
areas in the US the Postal Service will pick up packages from your home/office.

I have 37-foot of 1-5/8 inch Heliax hardline that a ham in NJ 
wants.  It will coil into a 4-foot diameter and weighs 26-lb but that 
is too large to mail.  Trucking from AK to NJ will be expensive.  May 
not justify the cost of shipping.  So it does depend on certain 
factors if it makes sense to buy/sell at a distance (even inside the lower-48).

73, Ed - KL7UW

From: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FS: K3/100, P3, KPA500, more...
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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.

Yes, International shipping is not difficult at all, just fill in the
customs declaration.

73,
Don W3FPR



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