[hpsdr] Export experts?

[Roger Hayter]

I agree. Unless you have a big contract with a courier the costs for 
carriage and for customs clearance are very high.  If there is an 
insurance limit on USPS I would suggest sending one or two boards at a 
time as the default plan unless anyone specifically wants it done 
differently.  Many American companies put very imaginative values on the 
customs form too, but us hams are probably too honest for that.  It 
remains true that only a proportion of packets coming by post to UK ever 
get charged duty or VAT.

Roger, GW8BFO




In message <20070227131154.7161B8DD74 at spunkymail-mx3.g.dreamhost.com>, 
kd5nwa <kd5nwa at sbcglobal.net> writes
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>Shipping cost is nothing compared to having to buy the parts in
>smaller volumes and at European prices. It's far cheaper to make
>multiple postal shipments than anything I've heard mentioned here.
>
>At 06:05 AM 2/27/2007, you wrote:
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>>On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 01:05:09PM -0600, John Koster wrote:
>> > Now in giving shipping estimates to several people I've found that the
>> > insurance limits to many countries won't allow full insurance for more
>> > than one set of boards.  That either means splitting shipments so they
>> > won't end up saving any money by pooling an order, or going to someone
>> > like FedEx or DHL where I need the code number for their documentation.
>> >
>> > Surely someone does this as a daytime job?
>>
>>If shipping/insurance to some regions of the world is a problem for
>>hardware, why not just "ship" the knowledge (circuit diagrams, board
>>layouts, ...).
>>
>>You "just" need some kind of "partner" for the different shipping areas
>>of the world who is able to make hardware from the layouts and who
>>handles the shipping for his area.
>>
>>If, lets say, someone in germany is able to do that for europe, it
>>should be no problem to ship the hardware within the bounds of europe.
>>With much lower expenses than the shipping from the US to europe.
>>
>>--
>>73,
>>Karsten, DG0ONH
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