Until recently we were unable to ship more expensive items like K3s via U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to many countries because the USPS (or the local postal service in the destination country) would NOT insure above $500. This is still the case in Germany and a few other countries due to restrictions on that end.
Fortunately we have recently found a way to use a combination of USPS insurance and insurance from an on-line shipping company that works with the USPS (Endicia) to insure K3s shipped via USPS at the full amount to most Eu and other countries (outside of Germany). For Germany UPS is still most common shipping method. The reason UPS appears more expensive than USPS in some cases is because UPS does not offer the slower USPS style shipment methods for packages to Europe. All of the UPS shipment options are 'express'. Those prices are close to the USPS express prices. We also have found that the end to end tracking on UPS is much better than USPS. We are always looking for alternate methods of shipping around the world. Feel free to email [email protected] directly with any suggestions. Also, Katie, Lisa and Madelyn are very friendly and knowledgeable in this area. They work extremely hard to ship via the best possible method to each customer. Feel free to correspond with them if you have any questions on your shipping method. 73, Eric WA6HHQ ==== ______________________________________________________________ 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
