I have used FedEx locally when shipping a variety of items, including some pretty pricey ham gear, as well as some pretty pricey pieces of art.
When I have gone to the local KINKOS, they REQUIRE that they box it, and double box it if the value is above some specific amount. I recently needed to ship an FT1000D. They would not accept the box it was in, even as the interior box... and the box sizes they had available would have resulted in a HUGE final package, at a cost of over $60 for packaging, and another $80 to ship it to Burghardt for repair. They would not cut down any of their boxes to make the size more reasonable. Instead I took it directly to the local FedEx office, which is actually closer to my home, but not as easy to find. They had no problem with the my box as an interior box, but agreed that it was not in good enough condition to ship as it was. They cut down a box they had to end up with a double box of reasonable size. They did not charge for that, and the shipping was FAR less than what I would have paid if I went with the KINKOS option. I am fortunate to have that choice locally. Dave - K9FN On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:20 PM, John's email <k...@att.net> wrote: > > I had a similar experience. I sent my K3 back to the factory a couple of > weeks ago. When I took it to the UPS shipper here, he had to call UPS for > special instructions since the declared valued was so high. I had it packed > in the box Elecraft sent it back to me the last time I sent it in. UPS made > me take it home and double box it. The cost to ship it UpS ground from TX > was $78. It's on its way back to me now, I am sure in the single box with > foam padding from Elecraft and the cost is in the mid $30 range. I'm not > sure if it's the insurance or what but it's a big difference in both > packaging and cost. > > > John KE4D > > Sent from my iPad > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
