> Your USPS info is ~15 months out of date. Priority Mail > International was announced June 1, 2007 and is very > reasonably priced with 6-10 days delivery time:
I simply did not add "international" to the end of Priority Mail. > Insurance is available and quite reasonable (e.g. $9.05 for > the first $700 of value and $0.95 per $100 above that); only > Canada is limited to $675 total insurance. Not accurate ... check the International Mail Manual. Priority Mail International insurance limits vary by country. For example, Priority Mail can not be insured to Venezuela and South Africa. Priority Main to Great Britain has a $650 limit, Canada a $675 limit, Germany a $500 limit, etc. I've encountered each of those cases within the last month. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill W4ZV > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 #1140 For Sale on ebay > > > > > > Joe Subich, W4TV-3 wrote: > > > > Most low cost carriers will not provide insurance. For > > example, US Postal Service does not offer insurance for > > Priority Mail (Air Parcel Post) to many countries. The > > only choice is the more expensive Express Mail International > > or one of the "high priced couriers." > > > > Your USPS info is ~15 months out of date. Priority Mail > International was > announced June 1, 2007 and is very reasonably priced with > 6-10 days delivery > time: > > "Priority Mail International (PMI) provides customers with a > reliable and > economical means of sending correspondence and merchandise up > to 70 pounds > to over 190 countries and territories worldwide." > > http://www.usps.com/international/prioritymailinternational.htm > > Insurance is available and quite reasonable (e.g. $9.05 for > the first $700 > of value and $0.95 per $100 above that); only Canada is > limited to $675 > total insurance. > > http://www.usps.com/international/intlspecialservices.htm#H3 > > If I were ordering from overseas, I would certainly ask > Elecraft to check > out USPS' PMI. I shipped some 3cx400 tubes insured for $650 > to the UK in > spring of this year and the service worked very well. > > 73, Bill > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/K3--1140-For-Sale-on-ebay-tp842188p1083003.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
