Hi Doug, I didn't read where it says you contacted Elecraft to discuss this with them. Did you take this up with them before posting here? If not, then it seems a little unfair to complain publicly before giving them a chance to resolve the problem for you.
73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS --- On Wed, 5/25/11, Doug Person <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Doug Person <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] This really bugs me > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 10:39 PM > Excuse the bandwidth and feel free to > just hit delete if you don't want > to listen to me complain about your favorite company. > > I ordered an AF1 active filter mini-module from > Elecraft. Just > something fun to build and play with. The price is > $59.95. OK, fine. > However, they won't ship it First Class even though their > website say > First Class is fine for things up to 14oz. I'm sure > the AF1 weighs less > than 3 ounces. First Class shipping for this little > package would > probably be about $2.00 or less. The next shipping > method available is > Priority Mail. And this is what bugs me - they want > $11.98 to ship a > 3oz package. Even though we've all seen the Flat Rate > shipping ads on > TV a million times and I could ship 10 pounds for $5.20 all > day. The > order details also claims the shipping weight is 2 > pounds. Really? I > have an official Priority Mail shipping box stuffed with a > comparable > small kit (WM-1 which is actually much heavier) and > as much bubble wrap > as will fit on my official USPS digital scale and it reads > way less than > the 14oz First Class limit (like 8oz). So the bottom > line is I'm being > asked to pay $10 more for shipping then is necessary and > more than twice > the going rate for the actual shipping method they claim > they're going > to use. Am I just being a cry-baby? Or perhaps > being retired and > living on a fixed income drives me to care very much about > (and really > resent) a hidden $10 charge from a highly respected and > trusted > company. I guess I'll just live without the AF-1 or > any of the other > small kits I'd like to buy. > > Doug -- K0DXV > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
