"Newsgroup Lurker" wrote:

I purchased a hand held antenna from
Burghardt and was charged $15.00 for
UPS Ground. They don't notify of
shipping charges until you receive it, at
least the time I ordered.


I noticed your message was posted from "news.uni-berlin.de." You are in
the United States, right? If not, $15 is not excessive to ship something to
Germany. However, if you're in the USA, you're right that $15 is a little
high. However, I don't know why they would charge that. If I remember
correctly, they only charged me about $15 (also UPS ground) when they
shipped two handheld radios with extra batteries and chargers. Perhaps they
have a minimum shipping charge or something.


Honestly that was my problem since I
didn't ask.


Well, it is certainly a good idea to get all the details before ordering -
something I would recommend with any mail-order transaction.


The truth of it is, that is far too expensive
to charge. (snip)


Agreed.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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