[ICOM] RE: swap shops

[Rick Ellison]

After Selling on Ebay for the past 5 years until health problems stopped me the main reason not shipping outside the Lower 48 is cost. Most items I was shipping it only cost 10-14 dollars to ship anyplace in the Lower 48. But when it comes to Alaska and Hawaii depending on the weight class and the package size that price sometimes tripled.  If you are sending an item that costs say 35.00 and either you or the other person is paying 30.00 to ship it and the item turns up damaged then you are eating the cost to have it shipped back to you. so now your 60.00 in the hole.

Canada's Customs are a nightmare. Out of 20 items I shipped to Canada 16 of them customs had problems with for one reason or another. Its just not worth the time when after you have included all the necessary paperwork originally then they hold the package until you fill out another 2 pages of info and send that back to them..


73's Rick N2AMG
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> I always scratch my head when someone posts a for sale with a "ship
> to lower 48 only". I guess Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or any place
> with a USPS Zip Code, other than the "lower 48" are foreign to
> them. Never been able to figure this one out.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:31:37 -0400 Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com> writes:
>
>> It has to do with scams usually run from outside the U.S. for
>> which there is no recourse. Mike NF4L
>>
>> AD5VJ Bob wrote:
>>> I don't think it's the swap shops themselves. It seems to be the
>>>
>> individuals for some reason say only ship CONUS.
>>
>>> I really don't understand why the wont sell to other countries
>>> or
>>>
>> areas, but there seems to be many who say they wont for some
>>
>>> reason.
>>>
>>> A while back I sold and sent a bunch of stuff to Germany and
>>>
>> although it was a little different, it really wasn't all that much
>>
>>> different and didn't cost me any since the buyer paid for
>>> shipping
>>>
>> costs.
>>
>>> 73 fer nw,
>>> Bob AD5VJ(AAR6VM)
>>> http://www.ad5vj.com/
>>>
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