Don,
This is one of my biggest gripes. So many sellers (and not just
hams) that will not ship to AK/HI or outside the US (48-states).
I handle all international sales of preamps for (Pete-WA2ODO) since
most want to use PayPal for its ease of currency exchange. I also
handle any US sales that want to use PayPal to purchase Pet's
preamps. MY point is that I am doing custom's paperwork and the
differences in insurance for different countries a lot. The form is
not difficult: They want both address of sender and receiver,
description of package, weight, value of package, and shippers code
(a drop down menu) which for most will be the under $2500
category. If you do the form at the PO they will help
you. Insurance coverage differs by country so sipping expensive
items might not be attractive by international mail. UPS/FedEx are
an alternative but an expensive one; typically 2x or more what
flat-rate priority mail will cost.
73, Ed - KL7UW
on the third moon orbiting Saturn (which you call Alaska)! BTW
Alaska is on the NA continent (not an island floating off Catalina Is
as shown on some maps).
I don't understand why some sellers insist on CONUS only. I can
understand if they do not want to fill out the customs forms, but that
is not difficult. The amount of insurance can be limited depending on
which country the item is being shipped to, and that can be a factor for
high value items.
Of course, many sellers do not seem to realize that shipping to Alaska,
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico is the same as shipping to the continental US
and so they specify "CONUS" when it is not necessary.
The other possibility is that they do not want to deal with payment from
all over the world, but PayPal makes that seemless in most cases.
73,
Don W3FPR
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
Dubus-NA Business mail:
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