What I've done sending goodies to our troops is to use the flat rate
Priority Boxes available free at the post office. All you can stuff
into it for the 2 pounds rate or $8.10. Mose have been delivered within
a couple weeks.

If interested might check out http://www.anysolder.com

73 Bob W7AVK

"Paul Hinman" wrote in message news:aLfEg.400583$Mn5.137675@pd7tw3no...
I frequently see postings in the ham radio related newsgroups for items currently being offered on E-Bay.

All to often I that items will be shipped only to the lower 48 states, leaving hams in Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada out of the picture. What is the problem. In Canada we are well served by FEDEX and the United States Postal Service. Amateur radio equipment crosses the border with out any problem. I realize that Hawaii and Alaska may be a bit far from the "lower 48" but the same delivery services are available even though surface transportation may be a little bit slow. In the US you also have UPS, the folks in Brown which we Canadians prefer not to use because the often make the border crossing more difficult than it needs to be and we don't like getting stuck with brokerage fees.

So why the discrimination, if the buyer knows that delivery may take a little longer and is prepared to accept the fact then it becomes a non problem. If the seller is intimidated by the prospect of complicated paperwork, he needn't be. Please leave it up to the buyer to decide whether he wants to bib or not.

I can not speak for shipments to Europe, Africa, India, China, or the South Pacific but for fellow Americans, or friendly northern neighbours, I think that people should be prepared to deal with us.

Thanx for letting get this off my chest and I realize that I have cross posted this to four different newsgroups but I wanted to get to a broad audience.

Paul

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