Hi Doug, That does sound a little high. All of the shipping calculations on the order form are estimated and we can easily correct them at time of order entry. There could even be a mistake on the form itself. Give me a call tomorrow morning and we'll take a look at the best way to ship it to you at low cost. I'll also check the weight of the packaged unit.
73, Eric WA6HHQ 831-763-4211 _..._ On 5/25/2011 7:39 PM, Doug Person 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. 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
