Hello David, After I read through the answers, it appears to me that it would be a matter of convenience for individual seller and knowledge about international shipping. Hong Kong is an international city not less advance than New York City too much. We ship in and out all sorts of goods and gears everyday as part of a financial centre of the world. Banking system here is also first rate. To comfort USA sellers, I would offer to pay by paypal, wire transfer or a check drawn in favour of a US bank such as HSBC US. I would further allow the seller to wait for the clearance of my check before shipping. I bought radio gears occasionally from US dealers. I did not encounter any problem in packages. Elecraft is one of the good examples. I did not encounter any problem from the shipping of Elecraft gears from Apoto to Hong Kong because they were well packed. I also bought my K3 from an US ham in this reflector. The entire transaction was smooth and no problem. Both the buyer and seller were happy. We do not have any state tax, federal tax, import duty, VAT, GST and customs duty etc. Filling the customs papers is simple. The seller simply writes down the actual contents and prices. On the other hand, I have no problem to send any gears from Hong Kong to US. Radio gears of the big names here are mostly 20% cheaper than US. Sales from Hong Kong to most parts of the world including US are just common and part of the radio dealers' lifes (I am NOT a dealer). To conclude, it would be just an individual seller's preference and knowledge of international shipping. Clearly, if he can sell his gears right the way in CONUS, then why bother shipping overseas - even Hong Kong is one of the free ports with advanced banking system in the world.
TNX & 73, Johnny VR2XMC 從︰ David Herring <d...@ah6td.com> 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2011年06月3日 (週五) 6:45 AM 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] Private Sales of used Elecraft Rigs Let me just add a few bits of information about shipping to the 50th state: USPS is quite likely the best way to ship to Hawaii (provided you DO NOT ship Parcel Post or Media Mail -- they can take up to 3 months to get here, even from places as close as California). Priority Mail and First Class are excellent to Hawaii, arriving in a few days. They are insurable, trackable and almost always arrive in good condition. The old notion that USPS is rough with packages doesn't seem to be true anymore. Some of the worst looking packages, as far as being beaten and mistreated, have come UPS. UPS is about the worst way to ship to Hawaii, inasmuch as they cost about 3 times as much as Postal for no better service. Oh, and they just love to try and convince us that we don't have Ground service to Hawaii and that we must pay even more for 2nd Day Air. It's a bunch of hogwash. We get Ground shipments everyday (still 3 times overpriced, though). FedEx to Hawaii is great when the package is too big or too heavy for Postal. They are more expensive, but not ridiculously so as in UPS. So, I say all this, not to clog up the reflector, but to just suggest that anyone selling anything here should lay off the "CONUS" restriction. If you want to limit to USA Only, well that's one thing, but no need to cut AK and HI out of the party. True story: I was going to buy a $1000 item from someone who as it turned out didn't want to sell to HI. I explained that there is no difference in shipping and if there was, I'd make up the difference. Then he says he can only ship via UPS, and that shipping would be nearly $300. *I don't think so!* I tried to suggest USPS, or even FedEX, but he'd have no part of that. So he got to keep his item (I have some suggestions as to where he could store it, but never mind that now...). Now, a little while later, I found the same thing for about the same price, and it was being sold by someone who didn't mind Hawaii and didn't mind postal. Shipping via Postal was about $40, insured and tracked. It arrived, in perfect condition, in 3 days from the east coast. Those of us in Hawaii deal with this everyday. Its an island...if you want it here you have to ship it here. So those of us that live here know the ins and outs of shipping here. if in doubt, ask us. OK, I'm done. Back to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress. 73 & Aloha, Dave AH6TD ______________________________________________________________ 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
