Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 21:57:10 2004

At 01:22 PM 6/30/04 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>> "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
>

   I was talking about the claimed difficulty with the forms not the
prerequisites. The forms are about the same level of difficulty as filling
out an address lable.

    Joe
Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 21:57:10 BST