An excellent summary Alan. Sent from my iPhone
> On 25 Feb 2017, at 09:50, Alan. G4GNX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once you have ordered directly from Elecraft, you will usually receive an > invoice with the shipping costs added. After you pay, you should receive an > order confirmation and eventually you will receive a "Package shipped to you" > email, containing a tracking number. Depending on the over all cost and > insurance, Elecraft will send via your chosen method of shipping. If it's > sent by FedEx it will eventually arrive at your chosen destination and will > have to be signed for. After about 1 week you will receive a written tax > invoice by post to your shipping address, which will include a fee for FedEx > collecting the tax on behalf of HMRC. Pay the invoice and you're all done. > > If it's sent by USPS they generally hand it over to Parcel Force in Coventry > and it's held in a customs holding facility until HMRC decide to release it. > This can sometimes take over 1 week and is very frustrating! Once HMRC > release your package, Parcel Force will usually take 1-2 days to move it to a > local depot and in the meantime they will send you a written tax invoice by > post to your shipping address, which will include a fee for Parcel Force > collecting the tax on behalf of HMRC. It's probably easiest to pay this > online with a credit card - full instructions are contained in the > correspondence. Parcel Force WILL NOT deliver until you pay the tax invoice, > but when you pay it you can usually arrange a delivery date of your choice. > > Taxes: You will have to pay VAT at 20% on the entire package, including the > shipping charge. Import duty is not charged on Amateur Radio equipment/kits > etc., Taxes are calculated in GBP. > Elecraft cannot collect international taxes. They must be paid in the > destination country. > > It's generally much cheaper to order direct from Elecraft, rather than a UK > agent. Although UK agents will receive a lower shipping charge on a bulk > consignment, they still have to make a profit and they have to charge enough > extra to cover any warranty they may give. You might have issues with > warranties from UK agents if you're outside the UK, but it's likely that if > it's delivered to a UK address and is returned to that same address, they > would have to honour the warranty. If you're in any way concerned about UK > warranty, you should call the UK agent and have them give you a commitment in > writing. AFAIK warranty returns are fairly rare with Elecraft products, as > long as you follow the instructions when assembling. If you haven't built an > Elecraft kit before, double read the instructions and take great heed on the > sections about electrostatic discharge and its prevention. > > If you need a UK shipping address, I would be willing to provide it and you > would have to collect from the Brighton (South Coast) area of the UK. Send me > a PM if you need this. > > 73, > > Alan. G4GNX > > -----Original Message----- From: Martin Sole > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 4:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K2 kit ordering > > Hi, > > So it's time I got on with this, and I can see it happening really soon. > Before I proceed though I'd like to get an idea about shipping and > delivery. > > The most viable option for me is to have the kit shipped to a UK address > where I can pick it up on one of my visits so if you are in the UK and > have experience with K2 kit delivery I'd be interested to hear your > experience. I'd like to confirm what extra fees are levied on delivery, > if any. It's likely the kit will be delivered to someone other than > myself so I want to try and identify for them what might need to be paid > on receipt. > > Many thanks > > Martin, HS0ZED > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
