The problem, generally speaking, is ignorance. In our case, sellers seem to be completely unaware that Alaska and Hawaii are part of the 50 states. They think we are a foreign country. Some of them don't even understand that we use the same money! We have all the same services, the post office goes everywhere, standard US banks, Paypal, etc. Fedex and UPS have service to most locations (not so much in the true bush) including both air and ground delivery.
It is actually easier to convince some people that I live in a 2-story igloo and mush a dog team to work, which they love to believe :-) than the real facts, which are that I live in a 4200 Sq Ft home of standard frame construction and drive an Audi A8 on the freeway when I go shopping. OK, the A8 is 12 years old, but still . . . Heck, we got satellite TV , Starbucks, Gap stores, TGI Fridays, an IMAX theatre, and even a Costco store or three. - Jim, KL7CC Anchorage Phil Hystad wrote: > One reason is that sending a package in CONUS (continental US) is a lot > easier and generally cheaper then sending it to other countries or even to > Alaska or Hawaii. > > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ray Spreadbury wrote: > > >> I am intrigued, I've noticed that when various Elecraft rigs are offered for >> private sale on this forum they invariably say " Continental USA" only. >> >> Why...? >> >> We Europeans also have PayPal, Visa, Bank Transfers etc etc so what's the >> problem please? >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
