[time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

Robert Darlington rdarlington at gmail.com
Thu Nov 27 17:41:34 UTC 2008


It's much easier to buy our technology back from China after they get it on
the surplus market anyway!

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net> wrote:

> Hi David:
>
> I got a couple of Austron 2000 LORAN-C timing receivers from Government
> Liquidation and they required an End Use Certification.  One was sold to
> someone on this list.  Later a couple of investigators showed up at my
> house
> (that required a long trip from Sacramento and an overnight stay at a
> hotel,
> two agents = two rooms, food, etc.).  They wanted to see the two receivers
> or
> get the name and address where they were.  The cost to make this audit far
> exceeded what I paid for the two receivers.  Note these are commercial
> items,
> not military specific, but I suspect they were purchased for use on a
> military
> program and so have been tagged with that program's restraints.  Not the
> brightest thing to do, but something that does not require anyone in the
> government to think.
>
> EUC items can be shipped internationally and that's a provision of the
> terms of
> the EUC.  The problem is that to do it requires getting an export license.
> That's something that I haven't done and probably requires a steep learning
> curve or hiring someone to do it.  Not economical for items that sell for
> under
> maybe $10k or $100k.
>
> I have a small home business and ship world wide.  But that requires a
> customs
> form be filled out and attached to the package and most of the time also a
> trip
> to the Post Office.  So there's an added cost both in terms of dollars and
> time.
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.prc68.com
>
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