Once you have ordered directly from Elecraft, you will usually receive an
invoice with the shipping costs added. After you pay, you should receive an
order confirmation and eventually you will receive a "Package shipped to
you" email, containing a tracking number. Depending on the over all cost and
insurance, Elecraft will send via your chosen method of shipping. If it's
sent by FedEx it will eventually arrive at your chosen destination and will
have to be signed for. After about 1 week you will receive a written tax
invoice by post to your shipping address, which will include a fee for FedEx
collecting the tax on behalf of HMRC. Pay the invoice and you're all done.
If it's sent by USPS they generally hand it over to Parcel Force in Coventry
and it's held in a customs holding facility until HMRC decide to release it.
This can sometimes take over 1 week and is very frustrating! Once HMRC
release your package, Parcel Force will usually take 1-2 days to move it to
a local depot and in the meantime they will send you a written tax invoice
by post to your shipping address, which will include a fee for Parcel Force
collecting the tax on behalf of HMRC. It's probably easiest to pay this
online with a credit card - full instructions are contained in the
correspondence. Parcel Force WILL NOT deliver until you pay the tax invoice,
but when you pay it you can usually arrange a delivery date of your choice.
Taxes: You will have to pay VAT at 20% on the entire package, including the
shipping charge. Import duty is not charged on Amateur Radio equipment/kits
etc., Taxes are calculated in GBP.
Elecraft cannot collect international taxes. They must be paid in the
destination country.
It's generally much cheaper to order direct from Elecraft, rather than a UK
agent. Although UK agents will receive a lower shipping charge on a bulk
consignment, they still have to make a profit and they have to charge enough
extra to cover any warranty they may give. You might have issues with
warranties from UK agents if you're outside the UK, but it's likely that if
it's delivered to a UK address and is returned to that same address, they
would have to honour the warranty. If you're in any way concerned about UK
warranty, you should call the UK agent and have them give you a commitment
in writing. AFAIK warranty returns are fairly rare with Elecraft products,
as long as you follow the instructions when assembling. If you haven't built
an Elecraft kit before, double read the instructions and take great heed on
the sections about electrostatic discharge and its prevention.
If you need a UK shipping address, I would be willing to provide it and you
would have to collect from the Brighton (South Coast) area of the UK. Send
me a PM if you need this.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Sole
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 4:52 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 kit ordering
Hi,
So it's time I got on with this, and I can see it happening really soon.
Before I proceed though I'd like to get an idea about shipping and
delivery.
The most viable option for me is to have the kit shipped to a UK address
where I can pick it up on one of my visits so if you are in the UK and
have experience with K2 kit delivery I'd be interested to hear your
experience. I'd like to confirm what extra fees are levied on delivery,
if any. It's likely the kit will be delivered to someone other than
myself so I want to try and identify for them what might need to be paid
on receipt.
Many thanks
Martin, HS0ZED
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