[R-390] BUREAUOCRACY... at its best !

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I've have sat through enough of the endless training / updates / revisions / modifications / enhancements to the multitude of export regs over the last 30 years to rack up significant vacation time on that basis alone. They now come form many organizations and countries. All it apparently takes is somebody stating that a coma in this or that case does *this* and not *that* to the reg to toss it all into confusion (and mandatory re-training). I could fill a couple of pages with what it’s done to our products alone.

Yes they have tried to straighten things out. No it’s not as bad as it could be or might be. Simply based on the training aspect, if I sold the range of stuff that McMaster-Carr does, I’d think very carefully about the cost of sending any of it overseas. 

Bob



On Apr 21, 2014, at 4:43 AM, Mark Richards <mark.richards at massmicro.com> wrote:

> It does not inspire confidence to consider that, within the high-criteria established by the current US government, circlips and rubber bumpers are all that stand between us and disaster from "overseas".
> 
> Perhaps it is easier to import needed hardware.
> 
> Keep the comedy coming :)
> 
> /k1mgy
> 
> 
> On 04/21/2014 01:26, Chris Farley via R-390 wrote:
>> I had a very scary problem with McMaster-Carr regarding this very thing-  I had requested COO on some items I had purchased, and made the mistake of answering "Yes, it's possible these may end up being shipped overseas".  They then informed me that due to the below BS, they would not accept future orders from me.  (!!!!)  It was entrapment, and in my opinion ridiculous.  In your situation, how does one BECOME an established customer if they refuse to ship you anything!?!
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