[Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

[Julia Tuttle]

What's your favorite kind of potato chips? I like Utz, or anything plain
and unruffled. Cape Cod is good too.

Tragically, I will now be making the "that's funny because you're so easily
ruffled, Julia" joke before any of y'all have a chance.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:01 Andrew Moore <andrew.nv1b at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Elecraft products are relatively small however they are expensive and
> many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good subject for the
> list.
>
> Kudos to John for bringing some humor into an otherwise monotonous thread
> (I'm not being sarcastic here).
>
> I eat snacks in front of my Elecraft so a discussion of potato chips is
> warranted too, LOL.
>
> The irony is that despite my initial ask (which I think only three people
> actually understood and addressed; the rest responded with irrelevant
> opinion), I find myself reading most of the thread.
>
> To the original poster (Ted I think? I was a while back):
>
> In the interest of staying on topic: despite your frustration with the cost
> of the UPS Store service, the explanation is also revealed what you wrote:
> the alternative - nearest UPS depot - was a 90 mile round trip. You pay for
> the convenience of having a drop-off location close by, not having to pay
> high fuel costs for a 90 mile drive, not having to spend a minimum of 3
> hours for that effort, etc.
>
> In the interest of getting off topic: I've had loads of success with USPS
> Priority, and there's probably a real USPS office near your location.
>
> I do understand your frustration with the price. I grumble every time the
> cost of potato chips goes up. A family size bag cost $2.45 just a few years
> ago. Now it's just under $5.00, and I swear the bag is smaller and it's
> filled with more air,  fewer chips.
>
> Oh jeez, here we go with the potato chips. My KX2 is out for delivery
> today! I'm going to celebrate by having a snack in front of it.
>
> Speaking of USPS, many thanks to Madelyn & Elecraft for such a prompt
> delivery. The KX2 left Elecraft in California at 3 pm Monday and will be
> delivered in Maine less than 48 hour later. That's 2,700 miles in less than
> 2 days and cost me just $32.46 via USPS, and all I did was sit on my butt.
> Eating chips.
>
> 73,
> -Andrew NV1B
> ..
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:55 AM <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> > In this case the subject line makes it very obvious that the original
> post
> > is about shipping. Elecraft products are relatively small however they
> are
> > expensive and many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good
> > subject
> > for the list.
> >
> > If you read the archives like I do it is very easy to pick which posts
> you
> > wish to read. It is easy to ignore the ones that are not of interest and
> > there is nothing to delete.
> > http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2022-April/date.html
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> > Andrew Moore nv1b wrote:
> >
> > Other than trying to remember and ignore by subject line, is there a way
> to
> > mute specific threads on the Elecraft mailing list (via qth.net)? Maybe
> > I'm
> > thinking of the feature on @groups.io mailing lists - but this would be
> > helpful as Elecraft related topics morph into posts containing no
> Elecraft
> > content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as it's not
> > Elecraft specific.
> >
> > Thanks & 73,
> > -Andrew NV1B
> >
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