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If anyone knows of a shipping company with reasonable hazmat charges, please
pass the info to the guys at Lancair. Before I go further, this posting is
NOT a complaint about Lancair, but a request for info that can benefit all of
us.
I live in Palmdale, California, where the temperature has already reached the
high 90's. The Jeffco 1307-LV resin with the 3102 hardener is extremely
difficult to work with in the afternoons because the pot life is so short.
Fortunately, Lancair now has a slower hardener available, 3156, but it is
considered a hazardous item for shipping.
I've bought hazmat stuff mail-order before. You used to pay about $10 extra
(god knows why) and that was that. In fact, my 1999-2000 Aircraft Apruce
catalog describes United Parcel Service hazmat fees as being $16.50 as of 1
Jan 1999. I do know that UPS changed their fee structure somewhere around
January of this year.
I bought a quart of the slower hardener and some mixing cups from Lancair
last week. Vern advised me before shipping it that the hazmat charges had
gone up tremendously. In fact, we ultimately discovered that the total UPS
shipping charges for this shipment were $80. I don't know what the cost
would have been for a non-hazmat shipment of the same size, but I estimate
between $10 and $15. That means the hazmat surcharge is now close to $70!
I'm not upset at Lancair, not at all, but I am unhappy with UPS. If anyone
knows of a better shipping company that they could use for hazmat items,
please pass it on. (If you know of a Jeffco distributor in Los Angeles, that
would be nice to know, too, but I'll still have other hazmat items to mail
order....)
- Rob Wolf
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