Jack,
a couple of thoughts,
1) put your design on oshpark as a shared project. Others could then
order (in multiples of three) at a reasonable price.
2) contact Hans Summer G0UPL ( I seem to recall he is a member of
this group) who runs he may have some good
ideas on how to better do what you are trying to do.
Either way, your commitment to providing these boards at a
reasonable cost is commendable
Cheers, Graham ve3gtc
On 2017-05-31 19:30, Jack Purdum via
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I
just spent an hour at the post office while they processed
each foreign order. Last night I spent another several hours
filling out export/customs forms. Potentially, each country
charges a different amount on packages to their country.
Because the PCB "cannot be bent during processing", it has
to be sent parcel post, rather than first class mail, which
is much more standardized. The cheapest rate was over $9 to
Canada and the most expensive were several European
countries just under $15! I was stunned. I still sent the
packages, but everyone in Europe only has a $2.62 credit as
that's what I assumed the charge would be plus a little
more. I told people read the postage cost on the outside and
remit that amount less $2.62 since you've already paid that.
In most cases, that make the board stupidly expensive.
If the European Union has one rate for parcels,
my solution is to sell a bunch of boards to one place in the
Union and let people order from them. Same for the Pacific
Rim. Another solution is to find someone who likes waiting
in post offices and filling out forms and let them handle
the foreign orders. The third alternative is to not take
foreign orders, but that's unacceptable to me.?
So,
if you have some great idea for solving this problem, please
write me off-line so we don't chew up bandwidth here. I'm
good in QRZ.com. If something looks like it will work, I'll
inform the group.
Also,
I'll post to the group when the new shipment of boards comes
in.
Jack, W8TEE
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