Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 12:22:41 2004

>>>>> "Joe" == Joe R <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com> writes:

>> And ya know what? Once I tell em I actually live in the U.S., but
>> am "sent out" to Europe... they're all of a sudden OK with sending
>> it to Holland again. Even though they need exact instructions on
>> how to fill out those damn forms ;-)

 Joe> Exact instructions? Let's see; shippers name and address (I
 Joe> think they can figure that one out), Addressies name and address
 Joe> (that shouldn't be too hard, after all they are mailing the item
 Joe> to them), then name of the item and it's value (can't be too
 Joe> hard, they did just sell it on E-bay), next weather it's a gift,
 Joe> sample or merchandise (gee, that's tough but since they SOLD it
 Joe> I'd say it must be merchandise), then finally sign and date
 Joe> it. This must be the rough part, they either don't know their
 Joe> own name or they can't read.

 Joe> Seriously, what's the difficulty?

Did they check the recipient's name against the denied parties list?
Do they even know what a denied parties list is? Did they check the
export category of the item being exported, and verify what the export
rules are that apply to *that* category for *that* destination country
and type of recipient?

That's the difficulty.

       paul
Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 12:22:41 BST