[Elecraft] Wow, Elecraft charges a lot for shipping!

[Edward R Cole]

This thread is probably just about over-

I ship using USPS Priority Mail almost exclusively.
Small box = $5.25*
Medium box = $11.30*
Large box = $15.80*
*If you pay online - a bit more if you pay at the PO

Priority Mail is 2-day delivery which translates to 3-day in Alaska 
(it gets to the Anchorage Airport Sort Center in 2-days and is 
delivered by truck 180mi to my PO the next day).
But I allow up to 5-days delivery time for Priority Mail out of AK 
for my customers.  Parcel Post takes a min of 18-days and usually 
20-days.  Overnite Express Letter - takes two days!

UPS/Fedex 2-day delivery for the same item in AK is about 2x to 3x as 
expensive (of course shipping in/out of AK requires using a NASA 
Launch to the nearest planet).  Guess what it still takes 3-days with 
them, too!

I ship world-wide using flat-rate International Priority Mail (even 
to Canada which costs more than within the 50-states).
Medium box to UK or EU is $76.50 vs $19.30 inside the US ($8 added 
for $500 insurance).  So you guys in the lower-48 got nothing to 
bellyache about cost of shipping.

73, Ed - KL7UW
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