As I said, I weighed a similar, probably heavier kit, fully packed in a an official Priority Mail box on an official USPS scale - 8 ozs. Doug -- K0DXV
On 5/25/2011 8:53 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > I'm not taking sides, just making a couple observations: > > - I could be wrong but my gut feeling is the AF1 weighs more than 3 oz. (14, > probably not). Also, it's not just the weight of the item, but the weight > of the packaging too. > > - It may be reasonable for a company to charge more for shipping than the > rate that USPS charges the company. There are added costs such as people's > time for processing/packaging/delivering/etc... these are real costs. > > We can say that they may subsidize these costs by marking up other items > such as radios, but without knowledge of their business models, we really > can't make accurate assumptions. > > Again I'm not taking sides, just sayin' > > --Andrew, NV1B > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Doug Person<[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. > ... > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
