Excuse the bandwidth and feel free to just hit delete if you don't want to listen to me complain about your favorite company.
I ordered an AF1 active filter mini-module from Elecraft. Just something fun to build and play with. The price is $59.95. OK, fine. However, they won't ship it First Class even though their website say First Class is fine for things up to 14oz. I'm sure the AF1 weighs less than 3 ounces. First Class shipping for this little package would probably be about $2.00 or less. The next shipping method available is Priority Mail. And this is what bugs me - they want $11.98 to ship a 3oz package. Even though we've all seen the Flat Rate shipping ads on TV a million times and I could ship 10 pounds for $5.20 all day. The order details also claims the shipping weight is 2 pounds. Really? I have an official Priority Mail shipping box stuffed with a comparable small kit (WM-1 which is actually much heavier) and as much bubble wrap as will fit on my official USPS digital scale and it reads way less than the 14oz First Class limit (like 8oz). So the bottom line is I'm being asked to pay $10 more for shipping then is necessary and more than twice the going rate for the actual shipping method they claim they're going to use. Am I just being a cry-baby? Or perhaps being retired and living on a fixed income drives me to care very much about (and really resent) a hidden $10 charge from a highly respected and trusted company. I guess I'll just live without the AF-1 or any of the other small kits I'd like to buy. Doug -- K0DXV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
