Wow, Elecraft charges a lot for shipping!

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Let's end the thread for now, as it looks like its been pretty much beaten to death. Lots of posts!  Time to give the rest of our readers an email overload break ;-)

73,
Eric
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> On Aug 31, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Alan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I bought a mic mixer on Ebay that arrived packed with no padding whatsoever.  He had basically just wrapped cardboard around the chassis, taped it up, and stuck a mailing label on it.
>
> The damage was surprisingly small considering, but of course the seller didn't even reply when I contacted him about it.
>
> That's one reason I rarely buy anything on Ebay.  I've had much better luck with Amazon.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
>> On 08/31/2015 04:14 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> Yes, definitely.  I almost never buy anything on eBay, but did purchase
>> a Bird Thru-Line with several slugs a few years ago.  It arrived with
>> the meter destroyed [pretty hard to destroy the rest of a Thru-Line
>> :-)].  It had been packed with two of the double large air bags, 3 of
>> the 4 bags were deflated when I opened the package. No relief from the
>> seller, I guess it's caveat emptor all over again.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> Sparks NV
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 8/31/2015 3:33 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>>> Bubble wrap and packing peanuts work well for packing, but those large
>>> air bags should not be used with anything having substantial weight. I
>>> have seen many of those large air bags that have popped and allowed
>>> the contents to move after they pop.  Soft foam sheets do not work
>>> well either, they 'squish' too much.
>>
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

You are forgetting to add the weight of the shipping box and any packing
material.
Yes, that is the weight of the raw board.
Add 2 or 3 ounces for the packaging and the total goes over 14 oz, which
is the 1st class limit.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/31/2015 6:57 PM, Michael Eberle wrote:

>
> It says right there in on the Shopping Cart screen that the KSUN3AUPG
> is 0.80 lbs, or if you have 2 in the cart, 1.60 lbs which is 12.8 oz
> for one or 25.6 ounces for two.
>
> On 8/31/2015 6:37 AM, Nr4c wrote:
>> I really don't think the two boards exceed 4 oz much less 14. He left
>> a field blank on the info screen. Go back and make a selection for
>> EVERY field and you should be fine. The form does not make assumptions.
>>

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[Edward R Cole]

This thread is probably just about over-

I ship using USPS Priority Mail almost exclusively.
Small box = $5.25*
Medium box = $11.30*
Large box = $15.80*
*If you pay online - a bit more if you pay at the PO

Priority Mail is 2-day delivery which translates to 3-day in Alaska
(it gets to the Anchorage Airport Sort Center in 2-days and is
delivered by truck 180mi to my PO the next day).
But I allow up to 5-days delivery time for Priority Mail out of AK
for my customers.  Parcel Post takes a min of 18-days and usually
20-days.  Overnite Express Letter - takes two days!

UPS/Fedex 2-day delivery for the same item in AK is about 2x to 3x as
expensive (of course shipping in/out of AK requires using a NASA
Launch to the nearest planet).  Guess what it still takes 3-days with
them, too!

I ship world-wide using flat-rate International Priority Mail (even
to Canada which costs more than within the 50-states).
Medium box to UK or EU is $76.50 vs $19.30 inside the US ($8 added
for $500 insurance).  So you guys in the lower-48 got nothing to
bellyache about cost of shipping.

73, Ed - KL7UW
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

It was officially closed yesterday..

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> On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Edward R Cole <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> This thread is probably just about over-
>
> I ship using USPS Priority Mail almost exclusively.
> Small box = $5.25*
> Medium box = $11.30*
> Large box = $15.80*
> *If you pay online - a bit more if you pay at the PO
>
> Priority Mail is 2-day delivery which translates to 3-day in Alaska (it gets to the Anchorage Airport Sort Center in 2-days and is delivered by truck 180mi to my PO the next day).
> But I allow up to 5-days delivery time for Priority Mail out of AK for my customers.  Parcel Post takes a min of 18-days and usually 20-days.  Overnite Express Letter - takes two days!
>
> UPS/Fedex 2-day delivery for the same item in AK is about 2x to 3x as expensive (of course shipping in/out of AK requires using a NASA Launch to the nearest planet).  Guess what it still takes 3-days with them, too!
>
> I ship world-wide using flat-rate International Priority Mail (even to Canada which costs more than within the 50-states).
> Medium box to UK or EU is $76.50 vs $19.30 inside the US ($8 added for $500 insurance).  So you guys in the lower-48 got nothing to bellyache about cost of shipping.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> http://www.kl7uw.com
>    "Kits made by KL7UW"
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I always use USPS Priority Mail going both ways.  It's faster, less
expensive and I'm glad Elecraft uses them by default.
73


On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:41:09 -0400, you wrote:

>Probably USPS Priority Mail.  At least it has been my experience that
>Priority Mail is less expensive and more reliable than either UPS or
>FedEX 2-Day or surface.
>
>73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
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