My experience is that the best carrier to use is UPS. Of those I have used
UPS has always performed flawlessly with international purchases (not -
Switzerland is not in the EU - so everything I buy goes through customs). If
the parcel is correctly marked I can rely on UPS for efficiency,
Nederveen
PE2SVN
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
Verzonden: dinsdag 6 september 2005 9:34
Aan: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Onderwerp: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Ordering form PA (AND UK!)
My experience is that the best carrier
At 00:47 05/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be great if all this worked, but am sad to say you are still at the
mercy of the official at the point of import who may not understand or want
to understand the rules and can place import duty on the package. This ramps
up considerably
At 00:47 05/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Others have got their consignment without any hindrance of this type. Just
the luck of the draw on the day or which way your personal Customs official
gets out of bed in the morning.
Just to balance the horror stories: I have had a number (~7) of
Just to add my experiences.
My first order for a K2 (Jan 2004) came through parcel force and full duty
was charged. Parcelforce collect the duty for customs, but would not admit
that they were in the wrong. I did manage to contact customs by phone, but
only by way of a helpful receptionist
pa3gyu wrote:
1. I seem to recall that this was a cheaper route then buying from
Germany, but do check for yourself.
2. I seem to vaguely recall that we asked Elecraft to mark the package
as 'transmitter', with a special customs-code. I can't recall exactly
which code that was, but may be able
Kits are irrelevent.
Import duty rules are the same for all of Europe and I would expect that
Elecraft already know the correct codes and descriptions to use.
Try
8525209900 for transmitters and transceivers (including kits)
8529904 for accessories for above
852910 for antennas
In a message dated 04/09/05 17:27:02 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Import duty rules are the same for all of Europe and I would expect that
Elecraft already know the correct codes and descriptions to use.
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