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My original posting about shipping charges was not intended to start a slew of complaints.  After all, UPS charges are what they are -- I don't think Lancair gets a special higher rate or anything, and I presume there's no profit taking by Lancair on the shipping (though they have a right to collect fees for boxing stuff up, and I expect they do -- no problem there).  In fact, UPS is usually pretty good.  Vern advises me when other options will be cheaper, and I once got something FedEx because they were cheaper than UPS for the 3-day service I needed at that time.  Thanks, Vern, for saving me a couple of bucks then.

But there's still a problem with Hazmat.

I received one reply from a gentleman in the shipping business who's father owns a Lancair IV-P and thus reads this list.  I forwarded his solicitation on to Lancair for their review.  I don't know what the outcome will be.

So once again, if anyone has suggestions for lowering hazmat shipping costs, please sing out.

For example, I have bought Hysol directly from EV Roberts in Culver City, CA, down there in the Los Angeles nightmare.  It costs more than when I buy it from Lancair (they get a quantity discount, it seems) but I just drove there and picked it up, so there was no shipping cost at all (sales tax, though).  Jeffco is located in San Diego (Kearny Mesa, actually) but I haven't tried to buy direct from them.  Anyone else know of local sources for these products?

- Rob Wolf

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