Here in the USA I always choose USPS Priority Mail if given the option. It usually costs about the same as UPS Ground and is always delivered within two business days of being shipped. Why pay more?
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:32:42 +0200, István Szabó <ha...@t-online.hu> wrote: >USPS is great to buy goods from US. Reasonable cost and I have never had >any issues with them. For transceivers this should be a tracked package. >UPS is more costly but also good. > >István Szabó >HA4ZD > > > > >On 6/2/2011 7:25 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >> On 6/2/2011 10:06 AM, Jan Erik Holm wrote: >>> I can not understand how going down to the local post >>> office would be a problem and if the customer pays the >>> shipping why would that present a problem for the seller, >>> but then again what do I know? >> Shipping via the US Postal Service is not something that many of us >> would choose to do, especially with something as delicate and valuable >> as a ham transceiver. That's a big part of why UPS and Fed Ex exist. >> >> In my case, the major reason I don't want to sell internationally is the >> matter of customs and duties, with the associated paperwork. Here it's >> mostly ignorance of what is needed, what the procedures are, etc. I >> might look at it differently with a ham I knew as the buyer. Nothing >> parochial beyond ignorance. :) >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
