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Brian J. Linn

OT Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

All:

In seeing some discussion on the exchange of funds when selling Electraft
equipment, I wanted to share a possible solution with everyone: Dwolla. When
I first heard about this (and signed up), I thought about how I might use
this in the future when buying or selling used equipment. Essentially, it's
an on-line bank account where users can give money to one another easily
with each having the confidence of knowing that the monies are real (no
bounced checks) and will transfer very quickly. One can then place funds
into this account from a bank account or withdraw funds to a bank account.
See www.dwolla.com for more info. If anyone has questions not answered by
the website, please feel free to reply off list. (By way of transparency, my
employer holds a minority position in Dwolla, though I myself have no direct
relationship, beyond being a user.)

Brian KD0HII

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Tony Estep

Re: OT Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

Well, I recently sold 2 Elecraft rigs outside the U.S. It gave me a chance
to make a new friend and to do a little business in French, an opportunity I
rarely get in St. Louis MO. I sent them via USPS and they arrived within the
promised time frame. Filling out the customs forms is simple and takes 3
minutes; the post office lady had no trouble answering my questions. I've
heard from friends who have had bad experiences, but there are good ones as
well.

Tony KT0NY
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Doug Person-3

Re: OT Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

I pretty much had the same experience. Some places you have to worry
about the post office on the receiving end. I once sent a TS-850 to
Belarus. It was triple boxed. A total of five inches of peanuts. They
still managed to damage it substantially. So I'm a little picky about
where I send things. But, for the most part, its pretty easy.
Doug -- K0DXV

On 6/3/2011 5:43 PM, Tony Estep wrote:

> Well, I recently sold 2 Elecraft rigs outside the U.S. It gave me a chance
> to make a new friend and to do a little business in French, an opportunity I
> rarely get in St. Louis MO. I sent them via USPS and they arrived within the
> promised time frame. Filling out the customs forms is simple and takes 3
> minutes; the post office lady had no trouble answering my questions. I've
> heard from friends who have had bad experiences, but there are good ones as
> well.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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Stephen G4SJP

Re: OT Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

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This is pretty standard practice here in the UK, and I guess much of
the rest of Europe. I doubt if I write more than half a dozens
cheques (checks) a year now and they are shortly to be phased out
altogether by the banking system here. I can, in most cases, transfer
money from my account to someone else's and the money is often there
in the other account in a matter of hours and two days at most.

Life is getting easier for some, but I feel sorry for some of the
older folks with no ready access to the internet.

73 Stephen G4SJP

On 4 June 2011 00:29, Brian Linn <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All:
>
>
>
> In seeing some discussion on the exchange of funds when selling Electraft
> equipment, I wanted to share a possible solution with everyone: Dwolla. When
> I first heard about this (and signed up), I thought about how I might use
> this in the future when buying or selling used equipment. Essentially, it's
> an on-line bank account where users can give money to one another easily
> with each having the confidence of knowing that the monies are real (no
> bounced checks) and will transfer very quickly. One can then place funds
> into this account from a bank account or withdraw funds to a bank account.
> See www.dwolla.com for more info. If anyone has questions not answered by
> the website, please feel free to reply off list. (By way of transparency, my
> employer holds a minority position in Dwolla, though I myself have no direct
> relationship, beyond being a user.)
>
>
>
> Brian KD0HII
>
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Jim Low man

Re: OT Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs

Interesting, Stephen! Then you are a bit ahead of us here in the US.

I receive almost all of the statements for credit cards, auto loan and
utility bills
electronically, and pay the bills the same way. I have to think about
where my
checkbook is on the rare occasion that I need to write a check.

About 10 years ago, my now-nearly-87-year-old father-in-law became
unable to
drive. Prior to that he would pay his bills the way that he had done
all of his
life - by cashing his check and driving to each agency to pay each
bill. My wife
helped him to open his first checking and credit-card account. He's
still wary
of using ATMs, though, and still insists on going into the branch to
cash his
dividend checks so that he has some money in his pocket.

As much as I hate to go to the supermarket for other reasons, I find it hard
to believe that some people still write checks there. Granted, the approval
process has improved over the years, but it's still faster to pay with
cash or
use a debit or credit card.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 6/4/2011 12:17 AM, Stephen Prior wrote:

> This is pretty standard practice here in the UK, and I guess much of
> the rest of Europe. I doubt if I write more than half a dozens
> cheques (checks) a year now and they are shortly to be phased out
> altogether by the banking system here. I can, in most cases, transfer
> money from my account to someone else's and the money is often there
> in the other account in a matter of hours and two days at most.
>
> Life is getting easier for some, but I feel sorry for some of the
> older folks with no ready access to the internet.
>
> 73 Stephen G4SJP
>