If you think EU & UK are remote from Aptos, then think about me in Tasmania! I'm on the edge of the world and knuckles are white :)
I've had a large number of packages shipped to me from Elecraft & other US suppliers via the USPS over the past 2 years - more than 50 - and I've learnt to be patient. My packages are always sent USPS International Priority Mail and I follow their progress with the online tracking facility. The curious thing I've noticed is that there are two tracks by which they get here: fast and slow. If they're going to arrive quickly, they're on my doorstep within 7-10 days. If not, then I know they're going to take 4 to 6 weeks. With the "slow" mode, they leave the US processing facility within 1-3 days of lodgment and then enter some kind of postal void over the Pacific, before being scanned into Australian customs a few weeks later. There's no way of predicting which shipments will come by which route - large or small, heavy or light, they can come either way and I never know which it'll be. But I've just come to understand this is part of the process and I'm patient. I should point out that in over 50 shipments - fast and slow - not one item has ever failed to turn up in the end. So now I relax and play with my toys while waiting for the next one to arrive - hi hi. 73 from down here! John VK7JB ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au ______________________________________________________________ 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
