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

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

It was officially closed yesterday..

Eric
elecraft.com
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> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> http://www.kl7uw.com
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