[Milsurplus] PRC-74

[Edward Greeley]

Had one nearly that bad about a year ago. Sent a SMALL (<2 lbs) ARB 
control box via USPS Global Priority (insert disgusted, sarcastic 
snicker here) Mail from stateside to Oz. Didn't bother to insure it 
'cause I knew it would be impossible to collect if  "something" 
happened. Been there, done that. Anyway, after several exchanges of 
e-mail during which I imagine the buyer thought he'd been ripped, the 
damned thing finally showed up in Oz. That was AFTER over four months, 
nearly five months IIRC. "Priority Mail" indeed! What a freaking joke - 
- on the person who pays the premium price for it.

Moral to the story:  Don't even bother paying for "premium" shipping 
service with ANY international carrier. Just ship the item by surface 
(cheapest way), and when it gets there, it gets there. Or it won't.

Example:  Had a vendor in Germany ship a "former East German" 
near-antique ('59-'60) civvy radio to me by "surface" mail in two 
packages. Carrier leaving Germany was DHL. Delivering carrier was USPS. 
Don't ask, I don't know how that works. The BIG box, about 55 pounds, 
arrived 8 days after the shipping date!!! The small package, about 10 
lbs containing the speakers and tubes (yikes!) arrived 10 days from the 
shipping date. Both were "SURFACE", non-premium mail! Hmmm - luck of the 
draw, I guess. I was happy as a pig in slop - could've paid three times 
as much for "premium" shipping and the stuff would probably have NEVER 
gotten here.

Ed

jwatkins wrote:

>John Watkins ONPQ/32
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>Hi All,
>
>Just thought that I would pass on an interesting story about buying a radio.
>Bought the PRC-74B from a Gentleman in Greece, and he sent it out last June
>2nd 2006, the radio was sent, but no tracking data.  Waited and waited,
>emails flew back and forth, and we finally decided to wait some more.  The
>radio just arrived in Texas, January 10th 2007.  A long journey.  Would be
>great to get some miles on my Frequent mailer account.  Just goes to show
>that sometimes patience is a virtue.
>
>Cheers,
>
>John  WD5ENU/A45XV
>
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