Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 08:37:52 2004

>>>>> "Hans" == Hans B PUFAL <Hans> writes:

 Hans> Philip Pemberton wrote:
>> There doesn't seem to be anything even remotely close to this on
>> Ebay at the moment, well, at least there's nothing that's
>> available to the UK. Plenty of probe kits available USA-only
>> though...
>>
>>
 Hans> I find it amazing that in the land of rampant capitalism they
 Hans> are unable to see the advantages of selling internationally....

 Hans> The eBay "will ship to <insert your country of choice> only" is
 Hans> something I do not understand. Why reduce your potential
 Hans> market? An international buyer knows they will have to pay for
 Hans> shipping and that might put them off but why shut them out
 Hans> completely? The extra hassle of an international shipment
 Hans> cannot be that great, at least it isn't in my experience here
 Hans> in Europe.

Unfortunately you're mistaken (for the case of exports from the USA).
Shipping things may be easy if you don't bother studying the export
laws, but if you DO make the effort to learn and understand them and
comply, you'll find it is not easy at all.

I spent several days in a course on this topic back in 2000, and
naturally things are more complicated now.

          paul
Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 08:37:52 BST