Thanks Jim, you hit the nail on the head, I had a hard time convincing one gent that the postage stamp was good to Hawaii, he thought mailing a envelope to here was even higher priced. Flat rate priority boxes are the same cost to any of the 50 states, but then I find also a lot of hams do not even know about flat rate boxes.
Merv K9FD/KH6 ex KH7C > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
