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Rose

OT: Order handling

As a shipper of hundreds (thousands?) of Elecraft carrying cases
and dust covers, I'll offer the following:

Priority Mail via the USPS is the only way to go. I've never had a
package ... either padded envelope or box ... take more than three
days to reach -anywhere- in the US.

Plus, for the shipping cost I get a delivery date and tracking number
that I provide to the customer so he/she can track the package.

I once had a package go from my MT P.O. to delivery in Turkey in
five days!

All my vendors are told of they use FedEx it will be the last order
they receive from me. I once had a packet of legal papers thrown
into a driveway puddle and left by a FedEx delivery person. Plus,
their closest office is 50+ miles away.

FWIW ...

73!

Rose - N7HKW
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> That delay is stated to "cover all bases" to include weekends.
>
> There are several reasons.
> First, there is simply the time to assemble your order and ship it.
> Second is the time to process your order and get the paperwork from sales
> to shipping.
> Thirdly - yes, you order will be run through a final test before shipping.
>
> Other delays may be possible if some part of your order is not currently
> in stock, and in that event you will be notified and you will be asked
> whether to ship-now, or hold until everything is available.
>
> Shipping time is not included. Normal orders ship UPS Ground, and if you
> are not in-state for California, UPS can take another 5-7 days to arrive.
> If you are in a hurry, choose USPS Priority Mail and it will take 2 to 3
> days.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 3/22/2018 10:26 AM, richard kappler wrote:
>
>> This is not a complaint, so no flaming. Yes, I'm a bit impatient, but
>> that's more "kid before Christmas" than annoyed custmoer.
>>
>> I ordered my first Elecraft last Thursday, the KX2 Shack in a box. The
>> website states quite clearly orders will ship in 5-7 days (business days
>> iirc), so I'm wondering, as I wait less than patiently, what happens
>> during
>> those 5-7 dyas? Are the radios built to order? Are they built but go
>> through some testing process before shipping out? I'm figuring there must
>> be something going on to cause the 5-7 day delay, just wondering what it
>> is?
>>
>>

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Tommy

Re: OT: Order handling

And your package will less likely be tossed around or thrown down!

73! Tom - KB2SMS

On 03/22/2018 01:22 PM, Rose wrote:

NS9I WI

Re: OT: Order handling

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As of late, all my Priority packages have been taking 4 -5 days down
here in NC - I asked the P.O. today about that and, they said you must
use Priority Express.

73 Dwight NS9I

On 3/22/2018 1:22 PM, Rose wrote:

> As a shipper of hundreds (thousands?) of Elecraft carrying cases
> and dust covers, I'll offer the following:
>
> Priority Mail via the USPS is the only way to go. I've never had a
> package ... either padded envelope or box ... take more than three
> days to reach -anywhere- in the US.
>
> Plus, for the shipping cost I get a delivery date and tracking number
> that I provide to the customer so he/she can track the package.
>
> I once had a package go from my MT P.O. to delivery in Turkey in
> five days!
>
> All my vendors are told of they use FedEx it will be the last order
> they receive from me. I once had a packet of legal papers thrown
> into a driveway puddle and left by a FedEx delivery person. Plus,
> their closest office is 50+ miles away.
>
> FWIW ...
>
> 73!
>
> Rose - N7HKW
> [hidden email]
> 1-406-560-3738
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>>
>> That delay is stated to "cover all bases" to include weekends.
>>
>> There are several reasons.
>> First, there is simply the time to assemble your order and ship it.
>> Second is the time to process your order and get the paperwork from sales
>> to shipping.
>> Thirdly - yes, you order will be run through a final test before shipping.
>>
>> Other delays may be possible if some part of your order is not currently
>> in stock, and in that event you will be notified and you will be asked
>> whether to ship-now, or hold until everything is available.
>>
>> Shipping time is not included. Normal orders ship UPS Ground, and if you
>> are not in-state for California, UPS can take another 5-7 days to arrive.
>> If you are in a hurry, choose USPS Priority Mail and it will take 2 to 3
>> days.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 3/22/2018 10:26 AM, richard kappler wrote:
>>
>>> This is not a complaint, so no flaming. Yes, I'm a bit impatient, but
>>> that's more "kid before Christmas" than annoyed custmoer.
>>>
>>> I ordered my first Elecraft last Thursday, the KX2 Shack in a box. The
>>> website states quite clearly orders will ship in 5-7 days (business days
>>> iirc), so I'm wondering, as I wait less than patiently, what happens
>>> during
>>> those 5-7 dyas? Are the radios built to order? Are they built but go
>>> through some testing process before shipping out? I'm figuring there must
>>> be something going on to cause the 5-7 day delay, just wondering what it
>>> is?
>>>
>>>
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k6dgw

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Ummm ... sounds like a bureaucratic answer. The only Priority mail
packages we have sent over the last 10 years or so that have taken more
than 2 days are those to APO/FPO addresses. Those generally take
between 7-10 days depending on where our troop is actually located. I
just mailed a Priority envelope last Mon and our PO says 2-3 days. It
got there in 2.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 3/22/2018 1:13 PM, dgb wrote:
> As of late, all my Priority packages have been taking 4 -5 days down
> here in NC - I asked the P.O. today about that and, they said you must
> use Priority Express.
>
> 73 Dwight NS9I

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Grant Youngman-2

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Do your packages come through Jacksonville, or somewhere else … Charleston, maybe?. Down here in the radio equipment and parts wasteland of Savannah, everything comes through Jacksonville. I actually think if I mail my Savannah water bill from my PO (in the same county as Savannah), it goes to Jacksonville and then comes back. In any case, virtually everything I purchase these days is shipped Priority Mail (not “Express” Priority).

I almost always get Priority packages (from anywhere) in 2 days (not counting the day it was accepted at the local PO). Once in a great while it takes 3 days.

> On Mar 22, 2018, at 4:13 PM, dgb <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> As of late, all my Priority packages have been taking 4 -5 days down here in NC - I asked the P.O. today about that and, they said you must use Priority Express.
>
> 73 Dwight NS9I
>
>
>

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342

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Wes Stewart-2

Re: OT: Order handling

Tucson, with about a million people using that as as their city address, has no
post office anymore. If I mailed a letter to my neighbor it would go to Phoenix
and come back.

Wes N7WS

On 3/22/2018 1:41 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
> I actually think if I mail my Savannah water bill from my PO (in the same county as Savannah), it goes to Jacksonville and then comes back.

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Don Wilhelm

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Dwight,

Not here in the Raleigh area of NC. If you are in a remote area, then I
guess it might be possible that it would take 4 - 5 days, it depends on
your local post office.

That really should not be true, unless there was an intervening Sunday
involved which would delay it a day when it is shipped on a Saturday.
The day it is dropped off at the Post Office is not counted. If it can
get to the sorting facility before Sunday, it will be send on its way
with no delay.

I got two USPS deliveries today - both had Click-n-Ship labels, so I
don't know when they were actually dropped off. One label was marked
3/19/18 and the other 3/20/18 - so that complies with the 2 to 3 days in
both cases.

I regularly get packages of parts from Elecraft via either 1st class
mail or Priority Mail from Watsonville, CA and they arrive in 2 to 3 days.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/22/2018 4:13 PM, dgb wrote:
> As of late, all my Priority packages have been taking 4 -5 days down
> here in NC - I asked the P.O. today about that and, they said you must
> use Priority Express.
>
> 73 Dwight NS9I
>
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