[hpsdr] Apache no longer ship direct to the UK

[Steven Doyle]

Elecraft don’t seem to suffer from this problem. I recently purchased some gear from them, they shipped direct to the UK and all I had to pay was the VAT. I saved over £800 from what the UK distributor wanted, incidentally the same distributor that Apache Labs uses.

I got one of the first 100D units shipped directed from Apache Labs, I was thinking or ordering a 200D, but I will not buy through your current distributor.

73

Steve
G1YLB


From: Abhi A 
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:17 AM
To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org 
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Apache no longer ship direct to the UK

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This has been discussed in the past and I believe initially there was a problem because we did not have a distributor in the UK and EU, in fact Apache shipped direct to EU for over 8 months.

We have had 24 radios confiscated by customs over this period, this not only resulted in the loss of the radio but we obviously had to refund the purchase amount to the buyer,

I think there is a problem with the implementation of EXIM and compliance regulations and the way they are  handled by local customs in some EU countries and I don't blame them with most Chinese goods marked as CE even when they don't comply,

You will find that most manufacturers operate through distributors in the EU, we tried to beat this model but could not succeed, 

Both the Hermes and Angelia cards are available for sale directly from India, as "Kits" they do not fall under the same scrutiny as the finished radio, Wully please let me know who you dealt with at Apache please,

Scotty -  I did allow TAPR to manufacture Hermes

I certainly have not given manufacturing rights to Gerd, I don't think he is manufacturing Hermes

I hope this clarifies some issues, 

73s,
Abhi
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