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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>73</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=abhiarunoday@gmail.com
href="mailto:abhiarunoday@gmail.com">Abhi A</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:17 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hpsdr] Apache no longer ship direct to the
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<P>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.</P>
<P>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,</P>
<P>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,</P>
<P>You will find that most manufacturers operate through distributors in the EU,
we tried to beat this model but could not succeed, </P>
<P>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,</P>
<P>Scotty - I did allow TAPR to manufacture Hermes</P>
<P>I certainly have not given manufacturing rights to Gerd, I don't think he is
manufacturing Hermes</P>
<P>I hope this clarifies some issues, </P>
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