I think there is a lot of truth in this. My younger daughter sells antiques
online. She will not ship directly  outside the US and there are far fewer
restrictions on antiques than electronics. She says the time involved with
the paperwork makes it impossible to make a profit. For those who are
willing to pay more for the shipping than for the product (a surprising
number) she uses eBay fulfillment. They do the paperwork.

Allen

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> John Gardner
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> Subject: Re: [PIC] Pololu.com has inexpensive PIC18F25K50 boards
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> ...I think they simply do not want to ship directly internationaly...
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> Often the case with small orders. Complying with US export con-
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> trols on "technology" products is neither trivial nor free of liability.
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> Earlier this year, someone (in the UK, IIRC) mentioned on-list that
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> he'd received a letter from a USG office inquiring what he proposed
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> to do with the microcontrollers he'd ordered (from a US seller) a few
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