[time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice
Patrick
optomatic at rogers.com
Thu Nov 27 12:02:06 UTC 2008
I am on the lower end(maybe dumbest) of the intelligence spectrum on
this list when it comes to pure electronics. However I have plenty to
offer in logistics. I ship all over the world, this week it was Nigeria
and Lebanon from my home based business in Canada.
Virtually all of my parts come from the U.S.
I have a P.O box at a UPS store in New Hampshire. I had one in N.Y state
before but I ended up paying state taxes for certain items. It is
hopeless to claim these taxes back as a foreign entity. N.H has 0% state
taxes, taxes are due in the state that you take possession in. However
if you arrange for shipping via a third party some states, such as
Michigan, will have deemed you to already have taken possession even
though you never entered the country.
With the dark spectra of a severe recession looming on most of us I find
myself in a peculiar situation. I have little money but the cliente`le I
service are dying for the products I sell. I could easily sell >20X what
I do now. I have been trying to slow my business down for months in the
hope of re-organizing myself but to no avail. I can't hire anyone, as I
work from home due to some health issues with my Wife and Son.
I can't promise anything at this time but if someone would like help
shipping items out of the U.S(or Canada) I would love to help. The
logistics of servicing unknown equipment from a far is likely impossible
to overcome but I have plenty of work that needs to get done. If
something could be worked out I would gladly pay for shipping or
shipping & labor for help with my business.
-Patrick
Neville Michie wrote:
> Many US or UK sellers will sell out of their country if you email
> them and ask them,
> even if they list as home country only.
> I bought an HP 54501A oscilloscope from US, and it was sent to
> Australia.
> Cost 30% more with the freight, but it was still only a few hundred
> dollars,
> and I would not have found anything as useful in Australia at the price.
> cheers, Neville Michie
>
> On 27/11/2008, at 7:55 PM, Steve Rooke wrote:
>
>
>> Hmmm... International Traffic in Arms Regulations, well I don't like
>> to poke holes in that excuse but unless the US customs are REALLY
>> paranoid, I can't see how most of the items I have tried to purchase
>> would be covered under this. But, I suppose you could poke someone in
>> the eye with a ball-point pen therefore it could be labled an an arm
>> but I'm sure there are other reasons for most of refusals to ship
>> outside the 48 States. It's not just a couple of dealers who take this
>> position, it seems to be the case with a number of sellers sadly.
>>
>> What I need is a magic wormhole that runs from a US address and ends
>> up in my home. Anyone got a design for one of these, sort of like a
>> stargate :-)
>>
>> 73, Steve - ZL3TUV
>>
>> 2008/11/27 Robert Atkinson <robert8rpi at yahoo.co.uk>:
>>
>>> One reasion why many US dealers will not ship otside the USA is
>>> the ITAR export regulations (Google it!). These are very hard to
>>> follow and the penalties are heavy. I know a couple of dealers
>>> have been warned and have just decided not to export anything
>>> rather than take the risk.
>>> Robert G8RPI.
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 27/11/08, Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting
>>> withoutschematic advise
>>> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-
>>> nuts at febo.com>
>>> Date: Thursday, 27 November, 2008, 8:21 AM
>>>
>>> And I envy you guys in the UK and the US as over here in New Zealand
>>> there is little to be had and anything that comes up costs an arm and
>>> a leg. My Mother is just emigrating over here and so I bought a few
>>> items (all I could afford) and had them sent to her so they can come
>>> over in the container with her furniture etc as there is no way I
>>> could afford the shipping otherwise. At least shipping via surface
>>> was
>>> a workable option with heavy items like scopes, even with the 3 month
>>> wait, but that is now gone :(
>>>
>>> The other thing that really gets my goat is the habit of a lot of US
>>> eBay sellers who won't ship outside of the country. What really rubs
>>> is that it's usually the really hard to locate items or the ones that
>>> are going really cheap that will not ship. They always say that you
>>> can bid if you have a US address to ship to but that is hopeless for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Still, I have a great lifestyle over here and wouldn't swap it for
>>> the
>>> US or going back home to Blighty anytime soon.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> 2008/11/27 David C. Partridge <david.partridge at dsl.pipex.com>:
>>>
>>>> I envy you guys over in the US - test gear on the 2nd hand
>>>> market seems
>>>>
>>> so
>>>
>>>> much cheaper than here in the UK. Current shipping costs from
>>>> USA seem
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> wipe out the difference most of the time - I wish they'd bring back
>>>>
>>> the USPS
>>>
>>>> Surface Mail service.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-
>>>> bounces at febo.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Robert Darlington
>>>> Sent: 27 November 2008 07:17
>>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting
>>>> withoutschematic advise
>>>>
>>>> I picked up a Tektronix 7000 series mainframe scope and a curve
>>>> tracer
>>>> plugin for under $200, and I bet you can too if you look around
>>>> on eBay.
>>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>> have a Tek 7854 digital storage analog scope (400MHz analog with
>>>> digital
>>>> sampling capabilities, GPIB port, and 4 mainframe slots). The
>>>> cart was
>>>> another $40 though!
>>>>
>>>> -Bob
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
>>> Omnium finis imminet
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>> --
>> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
>> Omnium finis imminet
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