[Milsurplus] ... plus shipping to Hawaii

[gl4d21a at juno.com]

Since this topic refuses to die, let me stir the pot further.  This is another example of the total failure of the US educational system.  My brother-in-law worked for the gov't at at White Sands, NM for years.   He once told me that he occasionally encountered resistance from vendors to shipping sensitive equipment to him in a foreign country, new MEXICO, even if there was a US operation there.  I seem to recall there was some other case of the State Department classifying new MEXICO as a foreign country which appeared in the news a few years back.  So, you are not the only one, Michael in foreign HI.

73,
George
W5VPQ

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>
> * Peeve time: A couple years ago, someone had some T-47s he was parting out
> and offered up parts for them.  While an entire unit would have been far
> preferable, I wanted the CFI & audio chasses, modulation transformer and
> variometer from one for my own projects.  The response was that it was no
> problem but now he would rather sell the entire chassis that had all that
> on
> it as a unit.  Okay, this isn't a problem and, yes, I know the shipping
> would be steep but it's worth it to me.  Then he decided that he really
> didn't want to ship "overseas" and deal with the paperwork and all.  What
> paperwork?  Customs forms.  Yep, customs forms.  Let's not worry about the
> fact that an intact transmitter can be made to fit postal regulations for
> domestic shipping which he also didn't believe (remove the CFI and audio
> chasses to drop the weight and ship them separately), he wasn't going to
> ship it to "a foreign country."
>
> Let me straighten a few things a out about shipping here to the real
> sunshine state. (*evil gryn*)  First off, Hawaii has been a state since 16
> August, 1959 - give or take a bit plus the attitudes of a few local groups
> who haven't figured out that neither the kingdom nor the republic exists
> anymore.  With that, USPS parcel post and UPS & FedEx ground all come here.
> The same 70 pound weight limits apply.
>
> Parcel Post takes longer; figure on about a month average with a week of
> that being ocean transit and more time being on Matson's docks either at
> the
> Port of Los Angeles or Port of Honolulu (Pier 51 on Sand Island) where they
> have to wait their turn being loaded and then dug out of the stacks 'n
> stacks of containers respectively.
>
> On the other hand, Priority often arrives faster than UPS or FedEx 2nd day
> (which is really 3rd day) which tends to upset folks who insist on shipping
> UPS 2nd day to Hawaii because it's "faster".  Priority Flat Rate Boxes are
> the optimal means of shipping here but, as has been pointed out to me, not
> everything fits an FRB.  Some things will if you stomp on them real hard
> but
> that seems not to fit the ideal scenario. :-)
>
> The bottom line is that, except for Priority FRBs, shipping here can be
> frightfully expensive and I'm well aware of that.  It's part of the price
> of
> living here.  If I'm allowed time to insert the shipping cost into my next
> month's (or the month after that) budget, I'm not too awfully concerned
> about it for items I really do want and *none* of them exceed USPS regs as
> to size and weight with the possible exception of a BC-191/-375 carcass or
> two, and I think even they can be squeezed in under the size restrictions.
> Some exceed the 70 pound limit as is but subchasses or subassemblies can be
> removed to bring them to or under the limit.
>
> It's all really simple.  Really, it is.
>
> [/rant mode]
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI
> Share and Enjoy!
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> Hiki Nô!
>
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