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What is wrong with Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada
With personal contacts in the USA it is often best to get the goods
(small bits and pieces)sent to a US address first , from where people will then send it abroad. The referred US$64 transportation cost will then be largely reduced. Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There is an occasional problem importing items here to the UK from the States. Although the current GBP to US Dollar exchange rate makes prices quite attractive, the postage often charged doesn't. Recently I was quoted $64 on a single $19 integrated circuit. The reason for this being that the supplier would only send items overseas by what amounts to a courier services and not by the good old US Mail. I think this is because they are tied in to contracts with certain companies to handle their outgoings and cannot deviate from them. Perhaps it is also this that limits some of them to the lower 48. The postal service on the other hand may absorb part of the cost in delivering items to Hawaii and the like whereas the private companies may not. Cheers - Joe |
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