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I ordered on the phone May 18th. and told that a confirmation would be sent after the shipping costs were known. 73, Glenn - KD0Q - Original Message - From: Bob k...@att.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Office On a different Front Office note. Has anyone received any confirmation or order number for a phone order for their KAT500 placed in the early batch when announced at Dayton. Mine was placed May 18th. Or am I a little premature? Just a confirmation, nothing to do with shipping I know Hoping for that in late August. 73, Bob K2TK __ 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
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On 12-05-25 12:21 PM, bob finger wrote: Other than placing a few orders to the office, via the web page I have had no need to contact anyone at Elecraft I have heard lots of good things about Elecraft and its staff on this list. I recently placed my first order with Elecraft and I seem to be the exception to the rule. When I received the email to say my order was shipped I noticed the first letter of the street address had changed from an M to an N. but the house number was still correct. I used Reply in my email program to ask the person sending the shipping notice to confirm the address but never received a response. I also never knew how much was being charged to my credit card until I received my next CC statement. Seems I was charged the the rate on the website of $35 and actual shipping was around $24. The item arrived promptly (the postal code probably helped to point to the right street). Checking the packing slip I saw the same street name error as in the confirmation email, the wrong callsign, and the wrong (but still valid) phone number. Looking back at the original order, the phone number error was mine. I used the secondary number at the house. The other issue was a minor one with a small hole in the plastic back of the mini kit. A couple of parts were poking out the bottom of the bag. An inventory of the parts showed that nothing was missing but a part or two could easily have been lost/misplaced due to the hole in the bag. Overall, the problems were minor. It just shows that even the best of companies still has room for improvement. Shipping labels and confirmation should be part of the same order system to avoid errors in the paperwork and confirmation email. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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We thrive on constructive feedback like yours, Kevin. Thanks, Wayne N6KR On Jun 1, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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No one ever said Elecraft was perfect. However, in my experience, NO ONE comes close! Keep it up, Elecraft! 73, Tony K4QE On Friday, June 1, 2012, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net javascript:; This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, Tony K4QE Elecraft K3 #6478 + P3 #2058 + KPA500 #844 + PR6 + K144XV __ 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
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Hi All, Yes, the folks at Elecraft are human and do indeed make mistakes. That is certainly true of them, or any group of humans! Though it is certainly not true that they can do no wrong it is true that they set the standard much higher than many other groups - and among several of their competitors. Remember: Nothing is absolute. ;-) Sort of like: Every rule has an exception except this one! ;-) OK, I will stop now! Have a great day! 73 de JP WF4Z On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Kevin Cozens ke...@ve3syb.ca wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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With Elecraft Office I had two times excellent experience, last month at Dayton I ordered my P3 and I arranged to be delivered at the hotel one day before my arrival (I arranged to be delivered before my arrival to be on the safe side just in case). So in my case the delivery method was little bit complicated...shipping address different to billing address plus to a hotel over UPS and he service was AAA+. Same when I ordered my K3 around Xmas last year... I arranged with Ele Office to be delivered not in Canada but in US to a friend that I visited for few days on that time, AAA+ serivice also.One tip that I alway do when I have to arrange shipping over the phone (I am not a native English spreaker so I learned my lessons long time ago)...use ham radio phonetic alphabet when spelling address and kindly ask them to repete on the phone the address one more time to doublecheck all is ok. Also to be on the safe side one day before they suppose to ship product do a follow-up with them. As far as I undarstand Elecraft is not a 10.000 employee company, I am not sure how many employee are working in Shipping Dpt but considering the volume of sales I bet this support department is understaffed and overloaded. I am looking only on SN only K3...in range of 7K so I bet at least 20 orders/day in different forms and quantities (my guestimate) and in some ocations like new line e.g kx3 launch can go over 50. And is well known office overloading is working resonable for peek times but not on regular basic...my two cents VE3GNO Daniel From: Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com To: Kevin Cozens ke...@ve3syb.ca Cc: K2 elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:54:18 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Office We thrive on constructive feedback like yours, Kevin. Thanks, Wayne N6KR On Jun 1, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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 __ 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
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On 12-06-01 12:54 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: We thrive on constructive feedback like yours, Kevin. There is a message in my drafts folder which I will be sending to the other sales e-mail address with some comments. I haven't yet taken the time to finish the message. I'm about to get in to the final exam week for an online course I'm taking. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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That's it right there. BTW, I'm building a KX1 right now, waiting for the 3 to be in stock, and had several occasions to start to email for a missing part...BUT, each time I thought of how unique that would be in my experience, so I looked deeper and found the part hiding under some foam etc. So it pays dividends...the excellent attention to quality control, eh? Chuck, KE9UW Sent from my iPad On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: We thrive on constructive feedback like yours, Kevin. Thanks, Wayne N6KR On Jun 1, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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 __ 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
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I thought because it was so trivial it was intended to be a joke. :-) Was the packing tape on nice and straight ? Bob K6UJ On Jun 1, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 12-06-01 11:39 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: Wow. While I'm one of the Elecraft isn't perfect people, you're complaining about typos that didn't delay shipping and parts poking out of a bag. No, not really a complaint. More a case of mentioning a number of issues I experienced as contrast to the usual glowing reports one sees here. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick __ 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
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On a different Front Office note. Has anyone received any confirmation or order number for a phone order for their KAT500 placed in the early batch when announced at Dayton. Mine was placed May 18th. Or am I a little premature? Just a confirmation, nothing to do with shipping I know Hoping for that in late August. 73, Bob K2TK __ 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
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On 6/1/2012 4:04 PM, Bob wrote: Or am I a little premature? Based on announcements here, you are at least 3-4 months premature. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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
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On 6/1/2012 11:04 PM, Bob wrote: Has anyone received any confirmation or order number for a phone order for their KAT500 placed in the early batch when announced at Dayton. Mine was placed May 18th. 18 May 1315 PDT is what she said. I don't think I got an email, I'd likely have printed and saved it. I could be wrong, that does occasionally happen. More than occasionally if you were to ask my wife. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org __ 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
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Bob, I received an email confirmation just a couple of days after I got home from Dayton. I placed my order on May 18th at the Elecraft booth. Projected ship date is August 15th. 73, Tony K4QE On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Bob k...@att.net wrote: On a different Front Office note. Has anyone received any confirmation or order number for a phone order for their KAT500 placed in the early batch when announced at Dayton. Mine was placed May 18th. Or am I a little premature? Just a confirmation, nothing to do with shipping I know Hoping for that in late August. 73, Bob K2TK __ 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 -- 73, Tony K4QE Elecraft K3 #6478 + P3 #2058 + KPA500 #844 + PR6 + K144XV __ 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
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Yes, yes and yes you are. ;0) 73, Rick wa6nhc -Original Message- From: Bob Has anyone received any confirmation or order number for a phone order for their KAT500 placed in the early batch when announced at Dayton. Mine was placed May 18th. Or am I a little premature? Just a confirmation, nothing to do with shipping I know Hoping for that in late August. 73, Bob K2TK __ __ 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
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Go Elecraft, 1st class operation indeed! Needed the K3IOBUFFKT to get my LP-Pan working ... one call to Dale at Elecraft ... in my mail box two days later. Support just don't get any better than that ... hooray to all at Elecraft. 73 Dwight NS9I __ 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
