henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch) (09/25/89)
Anyone who sells techno-toys wants to be careful about not being seen as an "export" firm because then they need to organize export licenses. An aquaintance (in Australia) had to get a friend of his to run down to the store to buy a Sony ICF-SW1S (a pocket shortwave radio) and have his friend ship it because stores here wouldn't ship to Australia. (This is, of course, an educated guess on my part ... ) Stupid, eh? # Henry Mensch / <henry@garp.mit.edu> / E40-379 MIT, Cambridge, MA # <hmensch@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> / <henry@tts.lth.se> / <mensch@munnari.oz.au> [Moderator's Note: Very stupid. Not your remark! I mean the policy which calls for an 'export license' for one or two little things. This would be understandable -- even if I did not agree with it -- if a manufacturer was shipping large quantities of things overseas. But a single radio or telephone? As the late Jack Benny would say, 'Really, Mary...' PT]