RE: To set the record straight

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Original poster: "Mike Doyle by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mdoyle-at-CHERRYCORP-dot-com>


Hi Bert, 

"Ouch" - those were my words exactly. Funny I went to the USPS website and
didn't find any reference to international shipping. Obviously I just needed to
look harder. Those rates are in-line with what I originally expected.

Anyway thanks to everyone who replied. This list is such a great resource of
knowledge with so many people from different backgrounds and cultures that it
continually amazes me.

I got a good deal on a lot of these transformers and since I was going to buy
one for myself anyway decided that I could offer the rest to the list at a
discount over retail and have one leftover that was basically free.

This started for me because the comment was made to Malcom "why don't you just
get one of your friends to send you one". It's was obvious Malcom wanted to
participate but was at a disadvantage for no other reason than geographic
location. Though I've never met anyone on the list in person, we all share a
common interest and after two years reading others posts and learning  from
them I kind of feel like we're all friends.

Looking forward to meeting some of you at the cheesehead teslathon. 

Regards, 

Michael Doyle - Senior Lab Technician 
Cherry Electrical Products 
11200 88th Ave, P.O. Box 581913 
Pleasant Prairie, WI  53158-0913 
Phone: (414) 942-6627 
Fax: (414) 942-6334 
EMAIL: <mdoyle-at-cherrycorp.htm>mdoyle-at-cherrycorp-dot-com 
http://www.cherrycorp-dot-com/  
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Re: To set the record straight 

Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net> 

Hi Mike, 

Ouch - This sounds too high! USPS may be less expensive. Assuming the  shipping
weight was 5 pounds (the transformer weighs 3.5 pounds), the  USPS charges for
Airmail Parcel Post would be about $28.75 (4-10 days)  or Economy Surface Mail
for $21.50 (4-6 weeks). You can check out the  rates for other weights at: 
<http://ircalc.usps.gov/weight.asp?Contents=1>http://ircalc.usps.gov/weight
.asp?Contents=1 

Best regards, 

-- Bert --  -- Bert Hickman  Stoneridge Engineering  "Electromagically" (TM)
Shrunken Coins!  <http://www.teslamania-dot-com>http://www.teslamania-dot-com 

Tesla list wrote:  > > Original poster: "Mike Doyle by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"  <mdoyle-at-CHERRYCORP-dot-com>  > > All,  > > I recently
offered
to donate a Franceformer 4020SE to Malcom Watts so that he  > could participate
in the "Tabletop Tesla Coil Showdown" because I for one  would  > be interested
in his entry.  > > Well I guess I was being a bit naive because I found out it
would cost  ~$80 to  > ship it UPS. Needless to say I can't afford to be THAT
generous and Malcom is  > not interest in paying $192 NZ for a transformer
worth
a tiny fraction of  that.  > Also, I spoke with Franceformer today and they
have
no official distributors  > outside of the US but they offered to try and
locate
an intermediary  closer to  > New Zealand.  > > Having said that, if anybody
knows of a much less expensive shipping  option or  > happens to be taking a
trip to New Zealand in the near future please contact  > me.  > > Come to think
of it I need a vacation - hows the weather in New Zealand this  > time of year
Malcom ;-)  > > Regards,  > > > Michael Doyle - Senior Lab Technician  > Cherry
Electrical Products  > 11200 88th Ave, P.O. Box 581913  > Pleasant Prairie, WI 
53158-0913  > Phone: (414) 942-6627  > Fax: (414) 942-6334  > EMAIL:
<mdoyle-at-cherrycorp.htm>mdoyle-at-cherrycorp-dot-com  >
<http://www.cherrycorp-dot-com/>http://www.cherrycorp-dot-com/