Another consideration is the degree of risk in acting as your own import/export agent. Almost all vendors sell on terms where the buyer is the owner of the equipment once it leave the seller's facility. If there's a problem during transit, it becomes the buyer's problem. Insurance can help but it's not a cure-all; avoidance of claims payment is a common practice. In many countries, getting equipment through customs can be a real "adventure". Most countries are also familiar with the many ruses for avoiding import duties; most have a high degree of regulation of payment for just this reason. Attempting to avoid such duties can produce a high risk of having the equipment confiscated.
Dunc, W5DC Dick Williams wrote: > Has anybody tried to buy a Yaesu, Icom or Kenwood direct from Japan without > going thru their dealers in the states? > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:49 AM > To: Tom Meier > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Disgrunteled Japanese > > Tom, > > If he buys direct from Elecraft, he will have Tech Support direct from > Elecraft, so I would guess he does not know his facts. > > He may not have access to tech support from the Japanese distributor, > but that is a different statement. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Tom Meier wrote: > >> Was talking with a JA operator yesterday who said that Elecraft is getting >> > a > >> very bad name in that country - not for their product, but because of a >> business decision to have everything go through an exclusive dealer for >> > both > >> sales and service. The problem (according to this operator) is that the >> exclusive dealer is jacking the price up by up to 50%. Yes, it is true >> > that > >> they can buy the product directly from Elecraft, but doing so puts you >> without access to any tech support. >> >> Don't know if this is the isolated case of a guy who doesn't have his >> > facts > >> straight and likes to spread rumors. We've got a few of them in this >> country also. But thought I'd pass this along. >> >> 73 de Tom (K7ZZ) >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4743 (20100104) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4743 (20100104) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
