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.

Honestly that was my problem since I didn't ask. The truth of it is, that is
far to expensive to charge. Keep product costs down, make up the difference
in shipping I guess.



"Dave Heil" wrote in message
...
Dwight Stewart wrote:

"Rusty in Louisville" wrote:

I would like to get some opinions
about Universal Radio, Inc., located
in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. (snip)

I've had mixed results with Universal Radio - one order went well and
another didn't. I've had slightly better results with Burghardt
(www.burghardt-amateur.com) and their prices are often better. However,
since you added a shortwave newsgroup to your message, I should point
out
that their primary focus is on Amateur Radio, with very little shortwave
equipment.

I've had less than pleasant experiences with Universal. The staff seems
almost surly and almost equally unfamiliar with the equipment they sell.
Prices are higher, by quite a margin, over other dealers. My personal
preference is R&L Electronics in Hamilton, Ohio, just north of
Cincinnati.

Dave K8MN

"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)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

I've only ordered from them once, but my experience was generally
good. Shipping charges were listed up front ($4.95 to ship a Kaito
radio, not bad...), and my order arrived in good condition. Turns out
I'm not crazy about the radio, but that's not their fault. I'd
probably buy from them again.

jm

"Rusty in Louisville" wrote in message ...
I would like to get some opinions about
Universal Radio, Inc., located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

My reason for asking is they seem to never ship on time
and always have to back order, sometimes taking 30 days
or more to back order.

Rusty in Louisville

I've been a customer of Universal Radio for well over
10 years and always received cureous and polite service.
I find using the 800 order line makes everything faster
moving. I recently purchased an Icom-R75, ordering it on
a Saturday, having the DSP optioned installed (they do it for free
and it eliminates any warantee problems). They intalled the DSP module
on Mpnday and shipped it Tuesday, I received the receiver Thursday
and it works as I expected-good. The receipt shows that Universal installed
the DSP unit and is under full warantee. I's reccoment Universa Radio without
a second thought. Grove, Lentini and AES are also very reliable
as is R&L I've used them all with good results
CB

(M?che?l ?Drisceoil) wrote in message . com...
"Rusty in Louisville" wrote in message ...
I would like to get some opinions about
Universal Radio, Inc., located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

My reason for asking is they seem to never ship on time
and always have to back order, sometimes taking 30 days
or more to back order.

Rusty in Louisville

Placed one order with Universal Radio, and it was promptly processed.
Have been waiting on a back order (Sony AN-LP1 Active Loop SW antenna)
since early January. I'm sure they're waitning on Sony to deliver to
them, but it's frustrating.

In light of other recent threads regarding Universal Radio and my own
post, I must say "fair dues" to Universal Radio. Called today to
cancel my backorder for a Sony AN-LP1 (not Universal's fault... Sony
is just too busy building flat screen TV's), only to be told my order
shipped today. The person I spoke with said they received only 10
units. My hat's off to UR!

Mike

I bought my HT and some other items there, and AFAIR everything shipped
promptly.

My one complaint is that their online "shopping basket" times out very
quickly: a couple of times I needed to check something and by the time I
came back to continue shopping my basket was empty again.

My biggest purchases have been from HRO, but their prices are sometimes
higher.

Alan AB2OS


On 02/18/04 01:13 pm Rusty in Louisville put fingers to keyboard and
launched the following message into cyberspace:

I would like to get some opinions about
Universal Radio, Inc., located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

My reason for asking is they seem to never ship on time
and always have to back order, sometimes taking 30 days
or more to back order.

In article ,
Minnie Bannister wrote:

My experience with HRO is that they will at least match *any* listed
price.

Roger
kg6ras

My biggest purchases have been from HRO, but their prices are sometimes
higher.

Alan AB2OS


On 02/18/04 01:13 pm Rusty in Louisville put fingers to keyboard and
launched the following message into cyberspace:

I would like to get some opinions about
Universal Radio, Inc., located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

My reason for asking is they seem to never ship on time
and always have to back order, sometimes taking 30 days
or more to back order.